Evening star., 1919-11-09
Correspondence Of The Star.
LUCERNE, Lake of the Four Cantons.
Switzerland. September 80, 1919.
(Delayed.)

Americans and convenient for kings
In exile.
Tino and his wife, the ex-Queen
Sophie (the kaiser's sister). do not
sleep in all the rooms There are
guest chambers, audience chambers.
antechambers. banquet rooms and. II
10 said. a throneroom.
King Tino is surrounded by his suite
of bankers. hackers. advisers, ad-
venturers, defunct statesmen ana
budding empire builders to whom he
has given titles. They call him your
majesty" Everything is your
majesty" says James. Including So
phie's goats milk"
Tino calls them count and baron He
never miscalls one out Of his title and
they couN on this wonderful memory
OF his because he has promised to name
streets after them when he gets back
in Athens. They'll have to make
new city directory" says James.
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All are busy. in quiet. unassumfng
mystery. 1t slacks at tea time, swells
to dressing for dinner, slumps until
am. and breaks into strong statesman
ship for the arrival Of the through train.
King Tino is planning a trip to the
United States, they say, for the purpose
Of personally conducting a propaganda
among the 1000. 900 well-to-do and Ca
pable Greeks in America.
There you have the great news. in
word.
In conducting his American propa-
ganda King Tino counts on his personal
charm. which is real, his prestige with
all Greeks cannot be denied. and on
certain lines Of chat which have effect.
here, on real patriots-when he can get
near enough to them for hearing.
But there Is more. For the legitimate
purposes OF his propaganda it is under
stood that Tino has a certain sum at
his disposition to finance Greek news
paper in the United States, set up pro-
paganda offices and circulate monster
petition which is to receive the sigma
lures Of the 1000 900 Greeks who are in
America.
This petition will advocate the return
Of ex-King Constantine to the throne Of
Greece His son, who is at present
king, is said to be quite willing and
would be the first. might he consult his
filial sentiments, to sign such q petit
ton.
The charm Of Tino must be counted
with when he gets to America. Those
who deny 1t. when sincere, may not
have been as near to him as Is required
for personal Impressions In Lucerne
he gives card parties, teas, lunches and
dinners continually. inviting the other
exiles, royal. princely. archducal. grand
ducal. imperial edged. noble, gilt-em-
bossed and plain, with whom Switzer-
Land is teeming. and at night there is
court drawing room in the kursaal
which warns the hearts Of many. AL
ready 1t has won him some American
pile-driving for his firm foundation.
When you think that this same draw
ing room in the Casino Of Lucerne COM
ports, as the Swiss say. lot Of bacca-
rat and bouncing ball. you will conceive
the courage of this strong prince trying
to be modern. Recently Tino sold
quantity Of beautiful jewelry-jewels
some of which. they say, are going to
America with friends And. simulta-
neously, he acquired an automobile for
himself and jog-about car for the young
princesses, the former being limousine
and touring, you know-shifting body.
A shifting body. But not shiftless.
In contrast with the gay and busy life
Of Tino is the almost secluded existence
Of Sophie. his wife. the exkaiser's sis
ter and ex-Queen Of Greece. who, they
say. has never recovered from the shock
of her brothers abdication.
She has grown weak and anemic.
She spends most Of her time in the Sc
clusion of her rooms of the palatial
suite. She reads German and English
newspapers continually, and receives
great packages Of new books. bro
chures of governmental printing Of
fees and reports Of proceedings. both
typewriter and printed-all of which
she dashes through. to neurasthaenic
collapse. for certain lines of thought.
She has taken enormous interest in
the progress of the peace conference,
and especially in every scrap and line
bearing on the fate of the ex-kaser,
and recently she expressed to an
American in Switzerland the belief
that her brother would never be tried
u captured alive"