Evening star., 1919-11-09

of Athens had called but so lately the
Son of the Eagle. and who. according
to the song which they had made to
his glory. was to crunch or MUNICH
the Anglo French" without delay. had
wearisomenesses at the hotel-poor
little brothers Of femmes de -chambre
and parlor maids.
He quilted Zurich for Lucerne.
You have to give 1t to him.
The courage that struggles ever.
without seeming effort.
The Spanish influenza is still in his
system. 1t has never really quit HIM,
and yields only to stimulation. In the
earlier days Of his exile important
Greeks came to whisper with him, but
with the defeat of his brother-in-law
these visits dwindled to zero. And the
lowest point of his fortunes coincided.
quite visibly, with this same moment
when, bumped off from Zurich. sick.
wounded. neglected and seriously an
noyed by temporary money worries.
Tino put it over on the Hotel Ma
tional of Lucerne for an entire floor.
He registered as His Majesty the
King of the Greeks" One day. at the
height of his hopes In Athens. he saw
himself emperor of Constantinople-
the Basileus and st. Sophia. the ba-
Silica his lordly temple where to wor-
ship, all connecting by marble pillars
with the purple chamber and the rest
of it. Well. they say there was no
difference in him visible to the naked
eye when he was cussing the little
blue lake of the Four Cantons.
His hotel bill was 2.400 francs per
day-as it still is. Even in those first
days, he paid, not without pains, but
still he paid. In the silence of his
palatial entire floor. fighting off the
Spanish influenza with cocktails and
waiting for those to come for whom
he waited, Constantine was just the
same.
1t counts for him.
Then, SO soon that the interval 10
now forgotten, King Tino had his
court of bankers, hackers, advisers,
adventurers, defunct statesmen and
budding empire builders, whom 1t
would be foolish to despise. There are
quiet parties who are not going to
have streets changed to their names.
Because. they say. you can say what
you please. STREET. and Theotokis are
extremely rich, both of them. And
having pushed him in, they ought to
pull him out.
"Or. having pulled him out" says
James. they ought to push him In.
Oh, you know what I mean"
Time and again, before the German
defeat. 1T was declared in Switzerland
that Tino's financial credit was ex-
hausted. He had solicited a modest
loan of six millions for his cause; and
even in Germany. where they owed
him so much. Ludendorff had esti-
mated the son of the eagle to be not
worth the price, and the kaiser could
do nothing against the pigheadedness
OF the all-powerful quartermaster of
the German general headauartera.
And yet. today, we see exactly what
we see.
And hear great deal more.
When Constantine goes to America.
they say, he desires and has firm
purpose to take Sophie, sister of the
ex-kaiser with him. Also Prince Mich
olas. brother OF King Tino, is claimed
to be strong" Capable. succeeding).
a true ally in winning. He
speaks English quite as well as Tino.
The whole family speak English. cur
rently. in their walks abroad in Lu-
cerne.
The Diadochus, 1t seems, scarcely
counts. He travels much by his title
OF Duke of Sparta and he Is regarded
as faithful messenger The young
est son OF Tino. Prince Paul, aged
nineteen. forgets the care OF royal
scheming. they say. in the eyes Of q
sweet young thing Of Vienna. 1t Is a
romantic idyl. of simplicity and mod
esty and honesty, the world forget
ting. by the world forgot His mother.
Sophie. gives him 1000 francs psr
month. at present rate of exchange.
say. $185. But the princesses are go-
Ing to America.
Put that in your breast pocket and
your incest handkerchief on top!
Even in the days when few, in Lu-