The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17
KING OF GREECE
THE NEXT TO GO
This Is the Belief Held in
Washington Official
Circles
.SULTAN'S THRONE
ALSO TOTTERING
1t Is Thought Allies Will Re-
move Constantine, Now
Cars Influence Is Gone

Washington, March l7--That the Rus
sian revolution and victory of the dums
over the Russian bureaucracy may b,
Immediately followed by stronger pres
sure by the entente allies on Greece
and, perhaps, removal of King Constan
tine from the Greek throne, is indicated
in official dispatches received here from
representatives of this government
abroad.
Reports that carried these hints
brought also the official indications that
the collapse of the Turkish empire is
imminent, and that if such events as
are expected transpire they will result
in the complete removal Of Turkey from
any influence or territorial holdings in
Europe.
1t is known that the cars influence
was the chief power exercised in favor
of Constantine and against any radical
| action in Greece by the allies. The car
held that, no matter what Constantine
attitude might be, he was still king,
and Nicholas was opposed to anything
calculated to lessen the respect and pow
er Of kings. With the swiftly changing
tirely removed.
The United States government yester-
day adopted "handoff" policy with ref
erence to the Russian revolution. Over
turning the government will not affect
the diplomatic relations between the
United States and Russia, it was an
nounced, nor affect the intercourse be-
tween the state department and Rus
sian Ambassador Bakhmeteff.
II any diplomatic changes are brought
about by the ears abdication it will be
only in the initiative of the new Rus
sian government and not at the sug-
gestion Of the United States.
Whether the Russian crisis will result
in the recall of Ambassador Bakmeteif
by the new government is a matter on
which neither the state department nor
the Russian embassy has any informa
ton.
Ambassador Bakhmeteff was educated
at oxford university, in England, but
after entering the service of his govern
ment served Gar Nicholas In confidential
capacities. which may leave his status
questionable He was master of the
TO Washington in 1911 as ambassador
The Russian embassy maintained alb
solute silence yesterday.
In the opinion of competent observ
ers in Washington the overthrow of the
ministry in Russia and the seizure of I
control over the government by /
the Russian duma have destroyed com
pletely all Germany's hopes Of negotiating |
a separate peace with the Siavonic en-
pire.
To understand thoroughly the meaning
Of the Russian revolution, officials here
declare. it is necessary to appreciate the
fact that, whereas the people Of Russia
nave strongly supported the objects of
the war against Germany the ruling
classes in many instances have been
more or less lacking in enthusiasm, de-
pending on the extent to which these
.lasses feared that an overthrow OF Prus-
sian absolutsm would mean the end of
Russian despotism
In this situation, it is pointed out, it
vas comparatively easy for pro-German
Influences to get to work among the
minister's in Petrograd and to prevent,
line and again, the Russian armies in
he field from reaping the fruits of vic
DRY. 1t has long been suspected at the
,arious entente capitals as well as in
Washington that the repeated break
Towns in the Russian war Office and the
ecent development of food crisis in
Russia were due, not so much to incom
,etence, inefiiciency and graft, as to the
ntrigues of the pro-German sympathiz-
RS in the Russian cabinet.