Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-22

nouncement the Creek soldiers grew
Imutinous, and the king. seeing he had
lost the affection of his army. organ
lied q homogeneous force, made up
| largely Of criminals. released from the
prisons and penitentiaries for the pur-
to Greece. Picture. If you can. the
travesty of n national army, with reEi-
ments of Jail birds. marching past the
| homes Of Athens: homes built upon the
cd down through many years OF olesn
living and flae principles.
Spies Sent to Malta.
Q. Why. II King Constantine was
pro-German. did he send two Ttarr on
GERS to Malta, in the spring of 1915. to
demonstrate to the British the futility
OF tho Dacdanelles enterprise
A 1t Is not known whether this CUES
| ton was meant to be facetious. King
Constantine. as all the world now well
Knows. has clearly evinced that he
would be glad to see the earth bereft
OF all the English and French that
care breathe Gods air. because they
stand between him and the kaiser and
rule in Greece as tyrannical and in
famous as that which exists In Ger
many today. He sent two staff off,
GERS to Malta to act in just the ca
| pacity they did act-as spies From
the military viewpoint of some strate-
gists the Dardanelles campaign was a
failure. That tho expedition was of
great military value, however is po-
| tent fact that cannot be gainsaid 1t
| resulted in the destruction Of tn. cream
or the Turkish army, and, in a meas
ure. prevented the Turkish invasion of
Egypt.
| The officers of the entente armies knew
! is why the kings couriers were not
even permitted to land at Malta The
entente at this stage had become sur
lel1eo with Constantine's fraud and double
o oeanI hs. Inc couriers or staff officers.
or what you please to call them, were
ordered to return whence they came
All faith in Constantine and his inten-
| tons had long been lost when this in
cldent occurred. and it is unfortunate
for the royalists to refer to it. The first
DAY of the disciplining of Constantine
dates from this dismissal of his staff Off
GERS, but in the language of England and
france they were spies. and to be known
| by no other name or title
Kings Statement to Correspondents.
9. Why did he tConstantine) advise the
entente ministers in Athens of Bulgaria s
intentions and mobilize his own troops so
as to be ready to join the allies. should
France and England carry out their
promise to send to Serbia 10000 troops?
A. In the coming years it NAV be the lot
| of Greece and her people to pass many
milestones of pain and woe But no suf-
1ering or misfortune can open up a vista
| OF deeper horror and humiliation than
that which occurred in this connection
Whlch TINS kings agent has the temerity
TO discuss. The allies sent four times the
number of troops that were asked Con-
stantine had given his royal word of honor
that he would cooperate. He never had
the slightest thought of doing anything
of the sort. as was shown by his suisse
quent action No sooner had the troops
arrived on Greek soil than he summoned
the correspondents of the foreign news
papers to the palace. They were immedi-
ately told that the landing of the troops
was an invasion and that they had not
even been invited. The correspondents
with one exception correspondent who
has since been discharged from his post
told the story in verify. BY this time no
pro- German act that Constantine could
commit could have surprised the news
paper men, as his pro-German utilization
was known to all Europe
Then came the browning act OF shame
upon Greece and her people. innocent
| themselves Of all wrongdoing but helpless
to prevent their royal ruler from COM
hitting a long series of crimes that it will
take centuries to live down.
An Act Of Treachery.
Without word of excuse to his people
and small effort at secrecy Constantine
delivered to the Bulgarians forts. arm
ament of almost incalculable value at
that crucial time, munitions Of war
fare in great quantities, of even more
value. and provisions enough to feed a
multitude of million or more people
for more than a year.
The Tellenes tn then, true to their
traditions. had done their best not to
add one iota of heart burning to
painracked world. They had fought
against all thought of revolution and
blindly followed the lead of the great
statesman and leader Nenizelos, whose
self-renunciation was ever before them.
But the time had come when they could
no longer bear the burden of shame, so
they rose and disavowed their king.
Greece and her people are done with
kings and the scions Of kings. Within
a comparatively few months her new
government at Saloniki had accom-
plished what it sometimes takes a new