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'BVEKIKa LBDOEIXHIJUADLXHIA, WKlJNJi&DAY, JUKE 13, 1917
GREEKS
IiOYALTOCONSTANTINE
Vtstttle Colony Here Mourns Rul-
(v$$ ' t- Forced Abdication and
Blames Allies
' JPRO-GERMANISM DENIED
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r "(Wnr Con Fight Like Dovll for Greece,
4i' ', " Says Papngeorge, and
tf,'.,' Others Approve
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By M'LISS
There la mourning In the Greek colony In
, Philadelphia today sorrow In the hearts of
the Alexander the Chrlstas and the
Oeorges because of the putting- down of
their beloved Constantlne, whoso forced
abdication from the throne and country la
likely, once more, they predict, to empty
the vials of a bloody revolution upon the
heads of their countryman.
What little pushes la being done In the
ylclnlty of Umt and larvcpth streets Is
errled on In no ijjiserit.rrllid,ed nnd die
trait majjocr. vgiat matters It that Helone
wants a can of bono with Qje picture of
Id King Othon on It, or that 8t$phano de
mands a maU nh? Thero s a dlyusslon
on j somo one la recounting th,o Btqry of the
adored' Queen Soohlo's aunearajw im the
balcony the time ahe wan accused of stab
blag her beUwi huaond 'and her pus
looate denlaj of the- ugly charge. Who
has the heart to make sales?
IN TWB OKOCBVV
In the grocery s'toeo of Ueorge
Staroylannis an eager llttlo wnup ussembled
when they learned that Irnnnls I'apngeorge
tfas In town again. papageorge. ulthouKh
young man. Is one of the leaders of (!riek
thought In America.
He Is a traveling salesman whose terri
tory extends from Boston to Wet Virginia,
and, although ho Is u good salesman with
an order book In one pocket. lie Is like
wise n good Greek, with n ropy of Plato
In the other. Moreover, he fought In the
Bulgarian war In King ronstantliie's own
regiment and has the wound that he re
ceded In u charge nt Janlnn. Kplrus. when
the King was not ten feet away from Mm.
Today, like another Aristotle. I'apagcorge
declaimed perlpatetlcally. while his audi
ence sat around on Staroylannls'H soap
boxes and counters and nodded tlinlr heads
In emphatic approval of Ms wurds
"The Greeks nil over the country," he was
saying, "are behind our Constantino nnd
the royal family and this morning's news
came with tho suddenness of a Imllet from
the back. It Is another of tho Allies' blun
ders, this forced abdication, nnd unless
there Is a strong statement from our King
advising us to tho contrary, it will go hard
Willi veniziwis aim ins iuni.
"Our King and Queen have proved they
are for (Ireeco and not for ilermany or for
the Allies That Is why they now suffer.
Constantlne Is ono of us. He has kept
Out of this war becauso the people do not
want It for no other reason He is a
brave man and can fight like a devil In
the war against tho Hulgars lie won thirty
one battles In thirty-four days Ho Is a
monster In a' fight, but he is tlm people's
King and not the pawn for foreign coun-
tries. That Is tho reason why .. prcrers
to glvo up and go to Switzerland, becauio
the Allies by the blockade and starvation
and Internal Intrigue have tried to force
him from his neutrality."
A dozen eager listeners took up the
train here. The beloved Constuntlue was
named with thoso two great Constantlnes
of the past Constantino the Great, who
Introduced Christianity In Greece, and Con
stantlne I'alacologos, the full - blooded
Greek, born and crowned in Sparta, after
whom Constantinople la named, and who
brought about the fall of the Kastern Um
pire In U6J.
KING VOll GREKCK
According to I'apagcorge, there Is In
Greece today a well-trained nrmy of 350,
000 men, but unless there Is a command
from Constantino himself not 40,000 of
them will answer tho call of Venizelos and
the Allies. The pro-Germanism charge ho
dismisses with a gesture and the emphatic
words "Constantino and Sophie aro for
Greece, neither for Germany nor the Allies
and that is the trouble."
The Crown Prince George Ih stcond only
to the King and. Queen in the affections of
these Isolated but local Greeks, and the
twenty-four-year-old Prince Alexander, who
has been chosen for tho throne. Is spoken
of as "a swtet boy," very quiet and home
loving, Apked If there were Greeks In America
who would return to their native Isle should
there be a war or a revolution, a pall 'fell
on the little grocery store. Klnally I'apa
george answered
"For Constantlne, yes. wo will light: for
any. other, no! Let Constantino, call and .wo
come. Am I not right?"
And thoso on the soapboxes and coun
ters registered with nods antl words an un
mistakable alllrmntlve.
It Is thus that the' Philadelphia Greeks
revere their beloved Constantlne.
PEONY SHOW OPENS
United Greece Will
Be Aid to. Allies
Centlnned from Fate On
fused to permit his partisans to fight
against the Allies' ultimatum that he re
sign. MAT ENTER WAIt
Early entry of Oreece Into the war on
the side of the Allies Is now expected.
Prince Alexander, the new ruler, who pre
sumably will take over the reins of gov
ernment at once. Is known as a pro-Ally.
Until Greece can reorganize her own af
fairs Franca will aid In. tho administration
of her Internal problems, particularly that
of furnishing the country with food. Greece
has been under blockade by the Allied
fleets since last fall.
Constantlne "Tlno" to the Kaiser, ac
cording to his famous Christmas me'sago
to Queen Sophia, sister to the German
ruler Is no longer to be permitted to live
In Greece, according to the terms with
which the Allies demanded his abdication.
Ha must remain In exile, and It was ex
pected today that eventually he .would go
to Germany. Early departure of the King
and Queen In an Allied warship Is expected.
First of the problems to be faced out
of the change In rulers Is the restoration
of unity among the Greek people and of
adequate measures to provide for complote
revlctuallng and distribution. French
forces are already landed In Greece to aid
In this work.
Next comes the future of former Premier
Eloutherlos Venizelos, now head of a Greek
provisional revolutionary Government es
tablished at Salonlca.
VUNIZEt-OS'tf AID
Venizelos had received complete support
of the Greek people thrice nt the polli In
his demand for Greece's "benevolent neu
trality" toward the Allies, but the King
thwarted this expression of the papular will
Then Venlztlns organized a Government and
pledged aid to the Allies.
It Is of vital Import to the Allies that
Greece the "back door to the Itullcons"
be kept open to them and closed to Ger
mnny nnd Germany's machinations. A cos
mopolitan force of soldiers is fighting In
Macedonia and Salonlca, a Greek port, which
has long been held by the Allies as a base of
operations for this army. Included under
General Sarall fighting Serbia's battles on
the Macedonian front are Serbs. Italians,
French, British and Russians.
Venlzcloa's provisional Government, lo
cated at Salonlca, has been tncltly recog
nized by all the Allies. The new ruler,
Prince Alexander. Is said to be an ardent
admirer of tho former Prime Minister.
needed and will solve In large "" '
problem of victualing the British forces in
Macedonia , . . ,-,
In addition, the Allied control will be such
a to thwart any Junction between CireeK
troops and the Teulonlo toroes.
The Idea of a Grecian republic has been
fomented for somo time and the State iD
partment has had a request before It to
recognize a Venlzelist 0'ernm6.nt..TS I
has never received action, however, as this
Government wanted to act In fulUMW'
with tho Allies, even though Its n '"!
cllnatlons would bo to recognize a republlo
"Tha'AHIss have been able to make this
coup largely because of removal of Imperial
leisure from Russia When th. Cfar was
in power the British and Frene.i found
themselves blocked In their Greek lJlncs
often because of his Influence nnd friend
ship for Greece.
Whether It will be possible to have Greek
troops actually aid tho Allies Is problemati
cal, Inasmuch as most of the army has been
loyal to Constantlne. In any event, the
Greek situation Is such now that the army
cannot harass the British forces that might
now be thrown northeastward to cut the
Berlln-to-Bagdad pathway. . , , ,
Somo here believe that tho "clearing of
the Grecian situation" will be followed
shortly by military activity In that war
theatre. It has frequently been stated
privately by military men here that cutting
of the Bagdad-to-Berlln rail highway by
tho Allies would mean a long step toward
ending the war.
Such n move, successfully made, would
Isolato the tottering Turks, cut Oormany
r,.i A,,irln rr from the food supplies
Turkey Is sending at the expense of her
Mnhntnmedan nouulatloiiH nnd likewise shut
off the supplies of ammunition and other
war munitions from Teuton factories to
Turk iiuttlo lines in Mesopotamia and other
southeastern sections where British and
Husslati troops some weeks back were
pounding the Mohammedans up toward
Constantinople
CHANGE IN GREEK RULERS
MADE WITHOUT REVOLT
REPUBLIC OF GREECE
MAY RE NEXT SHIFT
WASHINGTON. Juno 13.
Abdication of King Conslnntlno was re
garded here today as tho probable forerun
ner of a Grecian republic headed by Venize
los. Constantino's bitterest foe.
This second step, however, will not he
Immediate. Instead, this Government, fol
lowing tho lead of her Allies, will recognlzo
tho new regime under Coustantlne's second
son. Alexander.
For the moment tho abdication means
that tho Allies are going to hae fuller co
operation from Greece, which they wero un
able to wring from the ohduratn and pro
German Constantlne.
And the (lrst evidence of this will como
fiom Allied control of the rlrh harvests of
the Thessaly. These hnrrsts are sorely
ATHENS. June 13.
Greece's change In kings haB been ef-fnrtt-d
with a minimum of wrench to the
nation A few agitators last night made
tterv speeches In the streets, but otherwise
there was no disorder. King Constantino's
formal abdication In favor of his second
eon. prince Alexander, niipciiruu in niect
with general approval of his countrymen.
Conditions In Greece have been Increas
ingly grai during the last few weeks. The
nation has been suffering greatly for months
on account "f the allied blockade and In
cicaMng' strength has oeen shown by tho
Venlzelists provisional government, duo to
Constant Inc'K policies uud his tenacious pro.
Germanism In the faro of an overwhelm
ing pro-all sentiment among his people.
CONSTANTINE, ONCE IDOL
OF PEOPLE, IS DEPOSED
Constantlne I, Klin of the Hellenes, was
born at Athens, August 2, 18fis, and when
In his forty-fourth yenr succeeded his father,
King George, after tho latter had been us
(.aeeinated by a crank at Salonlca. March
18, 1913 In Ms youth. Constantino was
known as the Puko of Sparta nnd received
hl early education from tutors brought
from Leipzig.
While King George was a Lutheran, Con
stantino's mother, who before her marriage
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wan the Itusalan Ormnd rJucness Olga, held
to the Orthodox a reek faith snd saw to It
thst her eon embraced It as well, a truly
dlplomatlo move on her part and upon ht,
since It wns thnt of his people. The Prince
showed particular aptitude for military fcl
ence In hi youth, and finally entered the
army, while liM younger and for n time
more popular brother, I'rlnce George, look to
the sea.
In October, IBIS, Constantlne became tho
brother-in-law of the German Kmperor by
marrying Princess Sophia of Prussia, sister
of Wllhelm II. Through his father, a
Danish prince, he wari already a first
cousin of both King George nnd Csnr
Nicholas Ills married llfo Is said not al
ways to have been happy. In the first
place his wife refused' to civs up the
Lutheran religion and at one tlm lift
htm, taking up her residence In Darm
stadt, Germany
IDOL OP PEOPLE
When her brother, the Kaiser, reproved
her for having deserted her lord she Is
said to have made answer:
"Sire. I am not one of your Uhlans!"
Later the royal difficulties were patched
up. Three sons nnd three daughters were
the result of the union. They are Prince
George, born U90; Prince Alexander, born
1893; Prlnceee Helcne, born 18110 i Prince
Paulos, born 1501 ; Princess Irene, born
1904, and Princess Catharine, born 1913.
to help his brother-in-law. llowsvsr, evsn
nailed to military Inactivity M h wss, Con
stantlne has been of Invaluable help to the
Kaiser, furnlshlnf him through wlrsless dis
patches Important Information on ths move
ments of Allied forces on land nnd sea In
the Near East.
As to a more Immediate military help
coming to the Allies from Constantino's
exit and the practical elimination of the nil
powerful pro-German element In Groeco, It
Is doubtful that the Greek army, which for
some time has beon utterly disorganized nnd
which lost Its morale through the recent
political events, can be of any Immediate
vnluo to General Sarralt, The reorganlzn-
.! h. nnk rmr. If it Is decided
upon, will n4 rsr pr mors before It can
tiki ths field with Its full strength of a
llttl mors than n quarter million men,
N.lther has th landing of British and
rrench troops In Thessaly any alratglo
ur?nnc.lne th. Alll..taWWgf
facilities at Salonlca than in Thessaly for
operations against tho Teutonlo lines In
Macedonia, If the , Allle. were to land
troops on Thessaly's coast fr,.mll""y
opZtlons In Macedonia, they would b. con
fronted with tho huge Problem of trans
nortntlop in a country which Is ""
wMl" liking railroads or even good h gh
ways. It Is more likely that the Allies
IflrtifnA tennna In Tesealt In M
vent ths crops from going to lbo?o.!v
manophlls elements In U recce and from til-'
Ing used to maintain a acrmatiophiu Z,
tltuds among the Oretk population, or ...
to feed the Teutons. r "
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The nbdlcntlori of King Constantlne will
have Its military vnluo In the plans of tho
Allies. Inasmuch ns It will deprive Germany
of mnny good bases for her eubmarlnes In
the Mediterranean nnd Aegean Seas nnd
will eliminate the danger of an attack from
the rear which loomed for more than two
years on General Sarrall's forces operating
In Macedonia. Indeed, had not Constantlne
I een kept constantly under pressure and
surveillance by the Entente Allies, he would
have attacked the Sarrall armies long ngo
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