Evening star., 1916-10-01

George I was arrayed in q brilliant urfs
form Of the navy, attended by his sons.
who constituted guard OF honor. The
eldest Constantine, said M Roux, N01
already married ts-the Princess Of Hoesqs
zollern. who has had q sad influence 20
Constantine's destiny.
Prince George wore. as his father. tbs
navy uniform. The prince was . great
favorite with the people and with stran-
gers. He was like his mother. more Bus.
sian than Danish He added to thd
shoulders Of grand duke a Joyous STOUT
ness which filed up his uniform and tha
smile by which the nervosity Of the 9Th
ietes was overcome Prince Nicho,as.
woman's long glove The two oeher
sons. Andre and Christophorus. were only
graceful children dressed as little eaalors
with great straw hats and carrying vhis-
ties over the shoulder.
The following day King Georre refer-
ring to his son Constantine as tho heir
apparent. remarked to NJ. Roux: There
is my son Constantine. I pass my time
in reminding him that We are nothing
outside of the win Of the people who
have adopted us. I put him on guard
against 'coups de tete: against the idea
that we may set up in the prince ths
divine right On the contrary, I see that
my son George has captured the hearts
OF ALL That one had no need to be
borne alongside Of a throne to mako his
way in the world. He is mild and GOOD:
he is distinguished officer Of the navy:
he talks like a man who is already i'm
have not ships to place at his disposal, for
he knows how to commando
King George thus evidently had al
ready Gin 1886 grave doubts as to the
fitness of Constantine to
Doubt as to govern because of hi. dis
rA position to violent action
S0' and his prediction for
the principle of the divine right of
kings versus the will of the people In
view of this incident. Venizelos may
have in mind the ultimate succession
of the brother of Constantine as King
George II.
Meanwhile revolution grows through
out Greece. Canea, the capital of
Crete. has been occupied and the revo-
lutionists acclaimed. The revolution is
we'll organized and operates mechan-
ically. Crete. indeed, should know her
lesson WELL for this is the eleventh
revolution during the last century.
Ih1s reminder casts no reflection on
the brave Cretans. for former revolu-
tions were aimed at breaking the in
tolerable yoke of the "unutterabie
Turk"
The Athens newspapers of the Esd
ultlmo contained for the first time the
Information that Greece had made a
demand on the Austro-Germans for the
return of the Greek troops held at
Goerlttz, Silesia. The Hesperini, il
should be remarked, an anti-Venizelos
organ. contains an editorial by Nicholas
Stratos, former minister of marine in
the Gounaris cabinet, who strongly
advocates war, convinced that no fur
ther dependence should be placed on
the diplomatic assurances of the CEN
trail empires" 1t will read like a ro-
nance to learn the character of those
diplomatic assurances made by the
fantastic Baron Schenk To have SO
leo the king by the nose the baron
must nave held up to the kings vision
or nose the alluring bait of becoming
the equilibrist of the Balkans with
Constantine king. seated on the throne
tinople.
hour of the Greek drama Agamemnon
schliemann, who in 1914 was Greek
minister at Washington. 1t is perplex-
ing even to the wise in Greek politics
patch that Nicholas Stratos and Aga
memnon Schliemann have formed
new anti-Venizelos war party" The
correspondent may have been incor-
shall learn all about Greek politics
and the Creek revolution from that
clear minded patriot, Venizelos, who
henceforth is the head and soul Of the
Greek revolution.
1t should be borne in mind as a guide
through the maze of incidents reported
from Greece that on May
Raid on 2s a Bulgarian army Of
n $4,000, led by German Off
GERS and supported by a
strong force of German cavalry. cross
ed the Greek border. They captured
Fort. Roupel, reached the Demie- -Hissar
bridge, recently blown up by the
French, and poured into the Strumitza
valley. The invaders seized the rail-
road from Saloniki to Kavala, which
is the key to Seres and Sofia. 1t was
at this moment the reorganized Ser
bian army arrived from Corfu and con-
fronted the Bulgars. who had racked
Belgrade and with their German allies
the Serbian army, "blotted it
out definitely" it was said. Serbia was
now resuscitated as il by magic!
As result of this invasion it was an
that $4,000 Greek troops had
surrendered. 1t appeared
that the number was
s, 900 and the surrender was made, II
was charged, with the connivance of
the king and his chief of STAFF. Gen.
Dousmanis. If it should be ask<d why
Gen. Sarreil, commanding the noniki
front, did not anticipate this movement.
it may be answered, in the absence OF
other reasons. that Gen. Sarreil had
the Greek government that it
should prepare to defend its own from
tiers. In default of such defense. 1T
would prove to all Greece that the king.
his court and army were not defending
Greece, but defending Bulgaria. This
was the crucial test and the Greek peo-
pie, awakened, have turned from the
king to Venizelos to save Greece.
There is a note in the taking OF kav-
ala by the Germano-Bulgars which af-
fects the government at Washington
contained in a dispatch from Athens of
September rs and released from Lon
Ion September 26 to the effect that OF
the $4,000, 900 value of tobacco found
n the warehouse at Kavala and seized
BY the Bulgars, 100000 value is the
of American companies. The
American minister at Athens had pro-
ested and demanded that the BulgaFi-
LII government return the property.
At this hour (September 2S) the un-
Wiling king is reported as willing to
listen to the murmurs Of the people
low heard in a general clamor. The
with a council of King Con-
tantine. Queen Sophia, Gen. Dousmanis
nd NJ. STREET., the trio who have brought
ireece to this impasse The questions
n discussion are said to be the aban-
onment of neutrality, the resignation