Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-26
PRINCE PAUL
TOBE OFFERED
GR:EEKTHR0NE
May Succeed Alexander,
Who is Dead From
Monkey Bite.
/ CONSTANTINE MAY
MAKE OBJECTION
Concessions to Be Made to Former
King by Restoration Of Pension
venixeios to Dictate Selection and
.Terms-AIexander Succeeded to
Throne When Entente Allies Forced
Constantine to FIes Country.
T. Associated Press.

AtnonS. OCt. AAS
(;reece. made vacant by the death OF
Hing Alexander, who died last n1ght,
viii be offered to Prince Paul, tnird
ann Of former King Constantine, 1t Is
officially announced.
MANY difficulties regarding success
sion to the Greek throne will resui.
f,om the death/of King Alexander.
There Is every indication the throne
u III be offered to Prince Paul, but as
:. condition King Constantine must
a rmaly abdicate and Prince George
older brother Of Prince Paul, mus
rtnounce his rights. 1t is propaolo
HAT king Constantine VIII AT ns. s.
fuse to meet these condltlohs' W.
It is understood Premier VeIizeios
wi1l produce arguments or some I'M
f,onstantine's financial status Is
o 81, known and it Is thought the pre-
n,ier will agree to restore the former
king.s suppressed pension II the
u above terms are accepted
Republic A Possibility.
on,v in the event Of Constantine's
:. .-s;stent refusal would there pc
e,,astion of the establishment OF d
rsnnhlic. but It 10 know Premier
sr,r,;za,os Is Of the opinion tnat
Ss,,eece Is not yet ripe for that form
OF government. oe,ar.
There is also possfpillty oi 49,
;,,,, thas throne to q foreign prince
hit the premier is reluctant 10 tdAe
such a. step. a .or sof
( 1s;ny Albert, of Belgium, has peen
mentioned as probable cahoiua'.' 5.
h,,t Kinr Albert recently made IL
c,ear that. If the throne should oe
ofssrad the prince, 1t would be re-
fused. .
dniral Coundouratis, former MN
,,+ =. IF marine. is believed to be the
rnyernment official most faVoreo iol
8 The. appointment as regent OF dieeoe
to hold the office until the sucSeo
Of King Alexander ascends the III ~.
He was formerly member VI '.o
ca,.o,;lxi goernment and is known "
he friendly to the<entente. ,,
rsha lower chamber OF the dreeh
,a,,;an,ent will be convoked ln1ineu-
iatelv to elect the regent.
succeeded Deposed Father:
,,exander succeeded to the throne
oe-nreace in June, 1917, when ms
har King Constantine, abdlcateu
IN response to the demand OF an
6;,s,at Britain and Russia the III.
,,asyers which had guaranteed III =.
Constitutional liberties OF the Greef>
raf,nle. Alexander was the second son
ae7ronstantine 20 and at the time OF ms
ACCESSION was not quite "a years old'
IIie, elder brother, Crown Prlnce
George. was considered ineligible TOT
- ltbrone lacause Of alleged pro-
German syr Pathies.
Tn any event, King Constantine
nominated Alexander to succeed hl1n'
Tho fall Of Constantine had been
brought about thru the agency of the
French senator, II. Jonnart, Who
Went to NAthens in June, 15l'' as d
REPRESENTATIVE of the three great
powers on ne ground that this step
would establish U ity of feehns
among the Greeks and greater Sc
curity for the enten-a forces then op-
era ting in the east, Constantine hao
been accused OF pro German synpa-
thi.s partly on account of his mar
rial, to the Princess Sophie, sister OF
the then Emperor William of Ger
naa)ay, and it also was charged that
he had not acted honorably toward
the allies Alexander, on the other
hand, was reported to be free from
pro German procliivities.
Constantine left Athens and took
y
Alexander took the oath Of office
at Athens in August, 1917, and prom
ised to carry out the policy Of his
father. This was said to have
shocked the entente powers. 1t soon
was reported that he was at odds
with Premier Venizelos and had re-
fused to abandon his idea of continu-
ing his fathers program. Some
doubts were raised as to the advisa-
bility of permitting him to assume
the throne unless he discontinued
what was characterized as an OBJ
structive policy.
Morsanatie Marriage.
Reports of lack of harmony be-
tween Alexander and Venizelos were
circulated in the spring Of 1920, but
the premier disposed OF these in a
statement in which he paid tribute to
the kings patriotism. One respect In
which the king and his premier were
said to have been at odds was over
the kings morganatic marriage to
Il Mile. ManOS, daughter of a former
aid de-camp to his father, which IS
said to have taken place in Novem-
ber, 1919. No record Of the marriage
was obtained owing to the fact that
it was not recorded with the metro
politan Of Athens, the supreme &C.
cleciastic authority of Greece.
Tile young king and his morgan
attic wife were childhood friends and
sweethearts. Alexander asserted that