The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-06-23
KING CONSTANTINE
ADVOCATES THRONE;
.SECONDSONRULEs
French Troops Land at Athens
After Monarch Resigns.
WILL GO TO SWITZERLAND
Brother.in-law Of Kaiser Surrenders
Throne as Allies Envoy Arrives to
Demand Concession and Sol
diers March Into Capital.

Athens, June 13.--king Constantine
has abdicated In favor Of his second
son, Prince Alexander. His abdica-
ton was the result Of demand made
by the entente allies,
Premier Zaimis made the announce
.ment of the resignation and designa-
ton of his successor. He said also
that Constantine and Crown Prince
George would leave the country.
May Go to Switzerland.
Constantine has expressed the in
1ention Of embarking on British
warship and proceeding to Switzer-
land by way of Italy. Allied troops
have occupied Elassona without re-
sistance. There has been no disorders
in Athens up 10 the present.
Alexander, the new king, was born
August !, 1893. He Is n captain in the
First regiment of artillery in the
Greek army.
Career Of Constantine.
King Constantine's abdication is the
elimination of his quarrel with the
entente allies, which stretches back
10 Turkeys entrance into the great
war. and Is perhaps the last political
net of royal career marked by a Sc
ries of ups and downs.
Constantine is believed 10 be strong
~ prO-German. He was educated by
German tutors at Leipsic and married
Prussian princess, sister of
Kaiser Wilhelm. His encourage Is
largely pro-German, many of the
army officers having been trained In
the Teutonlc empire.
Constantine's people are, however
divided. A portion, prompted per-
haps by loyalty 10 the crown. have
supported the king In his efforts 10
keep the nation out Of the war, or at
least not TO participate in the conflict
on the side of the entente.
Venizelos' Following.
strong party, however, led by the
statesman Venizelos, is not only pro-
war but pro-ally.
Effort after effort was made by the
entente and the Veniselists 10 force
Constantine To draw his sword
against the central powers, especially
since the entente troops landed at
Salonikl. tardily taking up operations
in the Balkans following the collapse
Of the GallipOli campaign. But en-
couraged by his queen and the leu
tonic league, he resisted only to see
his power wane, his subjects break
into revolt and his army locked up In
the Peloponnesus. where il could not
attack the entente forces from the
rear, as II was suspected the Gcrmanic
court clique had planned 10 do, par
ticularly after the outbreak last year
IF the military against the entente ex-
pedition occupying Athens.
Name Significant.
Constantine was born in Athens on
August 3. 1863, the name Constantine
being given him as an indication of
the ambitions of the recently liber-
ated nation TO extend its sway to in
clude the capital Of the Turkish en-
rire, and succeeded his father. George
/, on the thone after his parents as
sassination at Saloniki in 1913.
The new crown prince first came
into prominence at the time of the
Greek war with Turkey In the late
nineties.
Greece unprepared.
Constantine had tried TO prevent
The conflict, knowing the Hellenic
army 10 be ill-prepared. hut popular
clamor brought about the clash.
Greece was disastrously defeated,
However, he regained the national
favor In the Balkan troubles of 1912
when at the head Of 10000 Greeks. he
captured Salonikl, which was de-
Tended by $1,000 Turks.
French Occupy Athens.
Paris, June 13.-French REINFORCE
ments have been landed in Greece, il
was officially announced. French mill
tary authorities have taken over con-
troll Of the food situation In Greece and
large bodies of French troops have
been moved into Athens.
A dispatch to the Havas agency
from Athens says:
m. Jonnart has had long con-
ference with Premier Zaimis. He in
timated that the entente desired
greater, security for the army of the
east and the re-establishment of
unity In the Greek kingdom. He ap-
pealed TO the patriotism of NJ. Zaimis
to see that these objects were OBJ
tanned peacefully.
M, 'Jonnart announced that mill
tary forces had been placed at his
disposition to establish control of the
1sthmus Of Corinth and to maintain
order in Athens. These forces were
landed Monday without Incident"