The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-28
t5y The Associated Pres0

ATHENS, Sept. 27-Voice of
the people. The revolutionary
army is marching on Athens.
and will reach the capital to-
night. Three hundred army of
1cers visited the King and urged
the formation of a military
cabinet. They were ready, they
said, to put themselves at the
head of the people to combat the
revolutlonists, maintain order
anddefend the King.
A street demonstration bv
prominent citizens acclaimed
Venizelos and Republic. There
was some rioting and former
Minister of Agriculture Sideris
was wounded.
King Cnstantine bowling to the will of
the army and navy. has abdicated and
crown Prince George, who married prin-
cess Elizabeth of Rumania, becomes KIM
Until the people say they want mo ro
moTv, 1 shall hold my throne" the Lltnr
declared to the Associated Press cores
pondent last night He accents this
swift revolution as the voice Of the neo-
pie
Constantine twice occupied the throne
OF Greece His first reign began March
H. 1913, with the assassination OF his
Iather' George !, and continued until
= = une 1917, when he was forced by the de-
rnands Of Great Britain, France. and Rus
sia. to abdicate because OF his pro-s,or.
man sympathies
He was succeeded by his second son.
Alexanuer, who was nominated' by the
deposed monarch and who had proposed
10 carry out Constantine's policies. de-
spite allied demands to the contrary. For
three stormy years Alexander reigned in
name only. Then his tragic death in
iSzO' due to the bite of a pet monkey
again turned the spot light on Constan
tine who had spent the Intervening three
years in exile with his large family.
A plebiscite had shown that the Greek
nation insisted on the return of Constan-
tine to the throne, and while the allied
governments continued to exert every
pressure at their command to prevent
lis reascension the former King marched
in to Athens and was
crowned in December, 1920. amid scenes
IF the widest enthusiasm.
Constantine was born August 3. 1868.
ind obtained his education under German
utors and army officers. Once in 1909
le was dismissed as commander of the
Greek army because of popular clamor
against him; but he became a national
ZERO in the Balkan war Of 1912. when he
ed a Greek army in the capture of Sa-
oniki from the Turks. In consequence
# this achievement he was accorded the
popular title of "the Liberator."
Prince George is the eldest son of Con-
tantine. He also was pro- German and
vas excluded from succession by the al
led terms which compelled his fathers
bdiction in 1917 He accompanied the
oval party to Asia Minor in 1921 and was
member Of the staff OF the Greek COM
nander General Papoulss. George was
orn in July 1890, and married Princess
Elizabeth of Rumania in the spring Of
s21. The only other son of Constantine
) Prince Paul. born in December 1901.
While Prince George has been regarded
s their apparent since Constantine's re-
urn to the throne. the deposed monarch
lso has four brothers who were con-
idered eligible for kingiy honors.
These in order of succession are: Prince
ieorge, after whom the Crown Prince
'as named. born in 1869: Prince Nicholas
orn in 1872; Prince Andreas, born I'm
sS2. and Prince Christopher. born in 1895.
Christopher's wife is the former Mrs.
William B. Leeds. widow of the Ameri-
an Tin Plate King"