The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-27
CREEK GOVERNMENT
CALLS PRINCE PAUL
TO SUCCEED BROTHER
(By Associated Press)


ATHENS, Oct 27-Instructions will
be sent by the government today to
the Greek minister at Berne to presers !
to Prince Paul, brother of the late
King Alexander, the government S
condolences, and to inform him thai,
according to the stipulations of the
constitution. he has been called to
succeed to the throne. ~ .:
Owing to the present relations ex-
listing between the Greek nation amt
the former King Constantine, the min
lister is requested to inform Prince
Paul that, before there is official pro
clamation of his accession to the
throne, certain guarantees must he
given.
These include the formal and "irrC-
vocable" abdication of former King
Constantine, remuneration by Prince
George, Duke of Sparta of all clailus
| to the throne, and recognition by tue
new king of the legality of the state
of affairs resulting from the Salonlki
revolution.
PARIS, Oct. 27.-Complicated prob
lens must be solved before the sitGa-
ton arising from the death of KIM,
Alexander of Greece, is satisfactorily
adjusted, it is said in we'll informed
circles in this city. Many solutions
of the problems presented suggest
themselves and the way of meeting
the questions involved is by no means
simple.
Nobody really knows how the dy
nastic crisis will be settled remal X
ed Jacques Roujon, the foreign editor
of the Figaro. premier Venizelcs
knows where he is going, but he keeps
his own counsel, as always. Will he
confront Europe with the accomplish
ed fact? If Prince Paul accepts the
Greek crown, it will be with the con-
sent of his parents, and probably IN
der their influence and guidance. Pre-
mier VeniZelOs has bitter enemies. Ii
he is generally supported by the popu
latiOn of new Greece, old Greece does
not always give him spontaneous con
fidence. However clever he may be,
there are certain perils he can noj
avert"
Brothers Eligible.
1t is pointed out that it is not nee
essary that son of King Constantine
become King of Greece to keep the
throne in the dynasty King Cons
tantine has four brothers, all of whom
might be looked upon as eligible.
They are Prince Christopher, who re
Gently married Mrs. w. B. Leeds, an
American woman; Prince George,
whose wife was Marie, daughter OF
Prince Roland Bonaparte; Prince Mich
olas, who married Grand Duchess Hell
en- of Prussia, and Andre, who married
Princess Alice of Battenberg.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-Former King
Constantine. of Greece. still appears to
maintain the attitude that he is oc.
cupant of the Greek throne, says a
despatch to the London Times from its
Lucerne correspondent. For this rea-
son, it is uncertain whether he will
consent to the accession of his son,
Prince Paul, who is better known to
the inhabitants of Lucerne as an ex-
cellent dancer than as a student of
international politics, the despatch as
serts.
1t is understood no formal invita-
ton to accept the throne has been
received from Athens by Prince Paul,
and none is expected, pending action
by the Greek parliament.
Former Queen Sophia, who received
news of the death of her son, King
Alexander, yesterday morning is pros
trated with grief She applied several
days ago for permission to return to
Athens to nurSe her son, but received
no reply to her appeal. Constantine is
said to apepar agitated and has been
suffering from insomnia since the in
ception of his sons illness.