The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-01
As Associated Press Cores.
pondent Learns on a Long
Walk with Him.
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tcorrespondence of Associated Press)
AEDYSOS. Euba, Greece, April
Colonel Todorovitch, aide de CANT
OF His Majesty King Peter OF Serbia
clapped his heels together and bowet
from tho hips.
His Majesty would be glad" hi
said In German. III you would wall
with him this afternoon"
The Hotel OF "The Baths of sulla'
was bathed in flood OF welcome
winter sunshine. Snow-clad Parnas
sus. across the Gulf Of Eubea, glisten
ed like q Christmas card. Fisher.
mems boats, picked out against tbs
cleaning water between, rowed by
banks OF oars like ancient triremes
crept back and forth, or with sails
set aswing, scudded before the light
breeze.
King Peter OF Serbia came down
the steps OF the hotel into the sun.
light. short. slight figure support,
ed by a cane, but jauntily carried
withal. He wore the gray-brown
Serbian uniform with blue cavalry
collar and cavalry breeches with
broad, red stripes Of a general. On
his shoulders. the silver-threaded
furnished epaulettes were mounted
by Serbian eagle. and his short
peaked cap Of the Serbian officer
bore the like in its center. An eagle
face with hooked nose; Drifting
white moustache and white imperial
short-clipped, iron-gray hair and
brown, almost unseeing eyes, whose
Iris seems to have become all pupil
little man, but strong. for all his
seventy two years-such the King
without country.
The Associated Press correspond
ont walks on the right Of the SOW
ereign. for King Peters right ear is
slightly less deaf than his left one.
Striking out with eager step, the
monarch leads the way. his cane be-
fore him Just barely feeling his steps.
The path leads past the curious for
nation OF sulphorous alkaline de-
positis hanging out over the sea in
an irridescent mass. Here and
there out OF little holes in the porous
mass the steaming water bubbles up.
too hot to hold ones hand in, and
then disappears only to reappear
again near the edge, keeping the lip
Of the strange deposit wet and shin
ing in the sunlight.
"Volcanic--all volcanic" says the
old king. turning over bits Of GEM
like stone with his sticks end. "Thc
day before you came we had an earth
quake shock-a little one." And
then, as he leads the way again up
the hill, "even the earth turns against
ME" he adds ruefully. And tapping
the yellow ground wit hhis cane:
"There must be some Austrians
buried under there!" And he
laughs merrily.
The way leads past some shallow
quarries where peasants, men and
women, rough-hew the porous, they
stop their work and put down their
tools. The men stand bareheaded,
the women bow. while fallen majesty
passes them by. Soldier fashion.
King Peter salutes the simple folk
who love him.
They are sorry for me-" he ex-
plains. "and they try to tell me that
they are sorry for me, in their kind
~, wordless way. They have great
hearts, sir--like the people Of your
country: plain people. as l am plain
man."
You nre wrong, Sire" says il
yoin Balougdgitch, the Serbian min
lister to Greece. who for many years
was King Peters secretary. "Those
simple folk stand uncovered, not out
OF pity, but out OF admiration. They
aren't sorry for you-they respect
YOU"
The monarch puts his arm around
the companion of his years OF exile
in Switzerland.
"Ah! Balougdgitch. old friend. al
ways the CHEEKY, brave world" And
then to Balougrgitch's son, sergeant
In the Serbian army. who has come
from Corfu as a messenger: And
thou, my hoy. art thou too socialist
like thy father, who has no faith In
kings?"
I'm some kings, Sire" says the
diplomatist.
Tho walk ends at last at bench
at the waters edge, full In the
warmth OF the declining sun. AS the
fishermen's boats pass on their way
to the wharf. the men doff theli
caps and the king salutes them in re-
turn. The king and the correspond
ent. seated on the bench, look out
over the Gulf OF Eubea.
Like Lake Geneva" the sover,
eign says, waving his hand ut the
water and the distant mountains
Here we are at Oucy. and owe,
there Is the Jura and France" He
sits a while in silence and then takes
up again, aloud. the theme OF his
thoughts. How much she has done
for us-France! How much she has
done for all the world! Now she IL
taking our children to her deep hos