The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-11
HEMMORRHAGE
OF BRAIN IS
DEATH CAUSE
Turbulent Career of Deposed
Greek King Comes to an
End While in Exile
FAVORED GERMANCAUSE
Exiled First During War
When Nation Opposed His
Interference in Conflict
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
PALERMO, Sicily, Jan. 11.--Former
King Constantine Of Greece died
suddenly here of cerebral hemmorr-
rhage.
The death of ex-King Constantine
of Greece comes after a series of
trying exper ences which the former
ruler of the Hellenes had UNDER
gone, beginn ng tn the beginning
of the World War.
Forced of Throne
He was forced off the throne of
Greece by the allies in 1917 after
he had successfully resisted num-
erous attempts to bring Greece into
the war on the side of the allies. In
Constantine was called back to
Greece in 1920 and resumed the
throne.
Under his re'gn Greece plunged
INTO war with Turkey in Asia Minor
Constantine personally going to tht
front at one period of the cam
paign.
Last fall came the disaster to tkc
Greek forces in Asia Minor, followed
by the revolut on IN Greece whico
threw Constantine off the throne
He abdicated and retired to Ital
and has been making his home a
Palermo.
PrO-German in War
Eight years or more have elapsed
since Constantine first ascended
the throne of Greece; for three o.
them he was IN exile in Switzerland,
having been forced to abdicate b.
the Allies ow ng to his proGerma'
attitude during the war. Upon tn
death of his successor, his son Ale
ander due to the bite of a pet MOI
KEEP, in October 1920, Constantir
returned to Athens amid great ell
thusiasm of the Greek people.
plebiscite having determined N f;
vor of his restoration to power
The Treaty Of Sevres, by the sigu
ing of which peace was declared b
tween the Allies and Turkey, gao
the Greeks control of Smyrna al
the greater part of Thrace which
for centuries, had been Turkish te-
ritory. The Turk sh Nationalists lsd
by Mustapha Kemal Pasha, in revo
against the Constantinople COVER
ment, opposed the provisions of Il
treaty awarding those regions ro
Greece and, as a result, in the spril
Of 1921 the question of revising t.
document was discussed at an all,3
conference in London attended by
representatives of the peoples in
volved. Despite Greek protests, the
treaty was modified and this, togetn n
er with reports Of Turkish atrocitie
against Greek colonies in Asa n.
nor, led to war between the fore
of Constantine and Mustapha Kem
al.
takes Field
Constantine, after several Gree,
successes. took the field against t.,
Turks IN Anatolia in July, 1921, wi h
the hope, it was thought, of qu;eti,,e
fact onal strife at home and furthe
strengthening his popularity. The
capture of Eski-Shehr, an importa ne
railway junction, from the Turks
shortly after the kings arrival 1t
the front, was the signal for wid
dem monstrat Ons in ATHENS, The
crowds marching through the stree Is
and accla ming Constantine and the
Greek nation. The Turks, outnunA-
bered, were driven back toward A.
CORA, the Nationalist capital. Durirle
the fighting, Constantine was strick,
en- with intestinal trouble at Esll-
Shehr and at one time rema: nd un-
conscious for 20 minutes, doctors
being summoned from Athens &c
save his life.
Constantine's devotion to the cause
OF Germany and the Central Powers
was generally attributed to the in
fiuence of his wife, Sophia, a Hohen.
zollern Princess and ster of En-
peror William of Germany. Criti-
cism OF him was aroused by his re
pudiation of the treaty between
Greece and Serbia pledg:ng the sup.
port of either power if the other
were attacked by Bulgar q. Constar :
tine asserted that Greece was not
bound to carry out her part of the
pledge because Serbia was attacked.
not only by Bulgaria but by Austgis
and Germany and that if Greece had
nterposed, she would have suffe ed
the fate Of Belgium.
Demand for. Abdication
The demand for his abd;cation
was not based upon this failure to
fulfill treaty prov: siOgs but upon his
repeated dismissals Of Greek parlia-
ments and 70 charges that he o.,
Greek ministers under his directios
had aidsd the Central Powers by
permitting the establishment Of Ger
man submarine bases in Greek IN 4
ters, surrendsring Greek forts ana
men to Bulgaria and ~ dsclinine i
remove the menace ~ HI Amy fru
the rear of the Entente forces
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