The Washington times., 1920-12-13
REVEALS
GREEK POLICY
Wires Hearst Correspondent he
viii Return 10 Throne to
Expose Allies.
Nv KARL II. yON WlECAND,
Special. Correspondent Of the Wash
inxtoa Times.

fnxtoa Times.
Copyright. 1890. by star Company
BERLIN, Dee. l3.-All reports 10
the contrary notwithstanding, King
Constantine is about TO return to
Greece TO resume the throne which
he gave up in 1917 under pressure
from the allies.
FIRST CASE IN HISTORY.
While this Will certainly be one OF
The few times in history that a father
succeeds his son rs king. II is prob
ably the frst time that n European
monarch has succeeded to the throne
upon the death of his father and again
upon the death OF his own son.
Written In the royal fashion OF the
King. speaking or himself In the third
person, King Constantine has tele-
sraphed me as follows from Lucernc:
CoNsTANTiNE's MESSAGE.
"Wiegand. Berlin: II, as reported
today from London and from Paris,
Constantine Is receiving kilograms
from Greece begging him to abdicate
Notwithstanding the overwhelming
plebigcite OF tho people calling him
back, he gives no indication that he
~ Delng Influenced thereDy.
Constantine. CT the He.leues, is OF
the point OF returning to his own
country and reassuinlng the burden
OF high duties and responsibilities
that the unmistakablo will Of his
people as exp essed by the recent
unanimous plebi3citc imposes upon
him.
THANKS HEARST PAPERS.
He takes special pleasure In cor
daily thanking the Hearst news
papers for having so inanfully
championed HIS cause tthc right OF
Belf-determination for peoplcs) at
a time when II was more difficult
than now to do so.
Through them he wants to as
sure the great and grand people or
the American Republic that he has
not at any time been az black as
he las been painted by not quite
disintercsted persons, or BY insidi-
Gus propaganda which his enemies
TT home had organized abroad.
"lIc seemed Il his duty TO his
people not to take sides until II was
necessary in the most disastrous
war OF hlstory, first because his
people were already tired and en-
hausted by two previous wars
against heavy odds, ard. secondly,
because he firmly believcd--snd
subsequent events proved that he
had figured 1t out right---that the
way would be n protracted one, at
least for small nation Ike Greece.
who had neither the means nor the
stamina to go through the whole
o? it.
"ln the third place. when at
last the time and opportunity had
come to enter the war. il was
made impossible for Constantine
TO grasp il. The sclf-stylcd revo-
luton OF Neni2clos, by causing
such n schian IN tne people and
the state, on the enc hand and
by causing the King to ne suspect
ed by the allies. had stultihed
Greece IN its neutrality.
FAVORED ENTENTE.
The King had always intendcl
TO come out openly for tho en-
tente, with whose interests those
of Greece were coincident to the
point OF being identical. The only
reserve he ever made was TO
choose his own time, as he was
afraid that too early a start might
prove fatal to Greece in Turkty.
He only regrets his being so
shamelessly misrepresented to pub
lie opinion OF the allies. He does
not, however, harbor any resent
r1ent against those whose hsndi-
work such nisreprese nations
have been. Ho now has no other
desire or wish. but to show the
powers which he considers natural
friends and allies Of his country
how grossly they misjudged him.
HE never has had in view any.
thing but the interests of his
people and those he will forever
have in view. at Whatever cost TO
him.
iSiened) CONSTANTINE"
This Is the complete message from
King Constantine himself in an
swer to my request Ter a statement