Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-15
CONSTANTINE PAID
FORFEIT Of CROWN
TO SUPPORT KAISER
Belief in Divine Right of Mon
arChS to Do as They Please
Cost Him the Throne of
Greece

PARIS. June 13.-Ex-King Constan-
tine. of Greece is going to Switzerland
in his exile according to authoritative
information received today from Athens
LONDON. June 1S-One more king
has paid forfeit with his crown for his
support of the divine right of monarchs
10 do as they please. Constantine l,
king of Greece, was forced to abdicate
because he had lost the support of his
people and brought his nation almost to
ruin through insistence that Greece join
with the German intrigue. His success
sor. the second son of the monarch, is
Prince Alexander, liberal-minded, not
subject to the intense pro-Germanism or
his royal father and acceptable to the
allies.
Dispatches from Athens today de-
clare the change in rulers had been ef-
fected with an utter absence of disor-
der. Demands voiced on behalf of the
allies by NJ. Jonnart, a French senator
and special envoy to Athens. that Con-
stantine step down were acquiesced in
by that monarch without more than tort
NAL protestation. He refused to permit
his partisans to fight against the allies
ultimatum that he resign.
Early entry Of Greece into the war on
the side of the allies is now expected.
Prince Alexander the new ruler, who
presumably will take over the relns of
government at once, is known as pro-
ally.
FRANCE TO AID GREECE.
Until Greece can reorganiZe her own
affairs. France will aid in the admins
tration of her internal troubles, partic-
ularly that of furnishing the country
with food. Greece has been under
blockade by the allied fleets since last
fall.
Constantine-"Tino" to the kaiser, &C
cordirs to his famous Christmas mes
sage to Queen Sophia, sister to the Ger
man ruler-is no longer to be permitted
to live in Greece, according TO the terms
with which the allies demanded his alb
dication. He must remain in exile and 1t
was expected today that eventually he
would go to Germany. Early departure
of the king and queen in am allied war
ship is expected.
First of the problems to be faced out
of the change in rulers is the restora-
ton of until among the Greek people
and of adequate measures to provide for
complete revictualing and distribution.
French forces are already landed in
Greece to aid in this work.
FUTURE OF VENIZElOS.
Secondly, comes the future of former
Premier Eleutherios Venizelos, now
head of the Greek provisional (revolu-
tionary) government established at Sa-
lonika sVenizelos had received COM
plete support Of the Greek people thrice
at the polls in his demand for Greece's
benevolent neutrality" toward the al
lies, but the king thwarted this express
sion of the popular will. Then Venice
los organized a government and pledged
aid to the allies.
1t is Of vital import to the allies that
Greece-the back door to the Balkans
be kept open to them and closed to Ger
many's Vaccinations. a cosmopolitan
force of soldiers is fighting in Macedo-
MIA and Salonika, a Greek port, has long
been held by the allies as base of OPP
erations for this army. Included under
General Serial fighting Serbia's battles
on the Macedonian front are Serbs,
Italians, French, British and Russians.
Venizelos' provisional government, To-
Gated at Salonika, has been tacitly rec
ognized by all the allies. The new ruler.
Prince Alexander, is said to be an ar
dent admirer of the former prime min