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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, 'SEPTEMBER 30, 1922
PRINCESS IF HO DIDN'T IVANT TO BE A QUEEN ADDS
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ANOTHER LOVE TRAGEDY TO THE GRECIAN THRONE
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Elizabeth of Rumania Wanted Leve in
a Cottage and Expected It After Be
ing True te Leve for Seven Years, but
Fate Shuffled and Made Her Queen
AMERICAN MILLIONS OF
JVM. B. LEEDS BEHIND THESE
ROMANCES OF ROYALTY
Princess Anastasia Wen Her Own Leve
Suit and Then Used JVealth and In-
fluence te Revive Remance of Royal
Yeung People JVhem the War Had
Estranged
TlVENTS in Greece have shifted se swiftly during the last few days that
" the tragedy that the throne of the Hellenes has brought te the men
of the royal family has overshadowed the even mere poignant tragedies
that it has brought into the hearts of all the women concerned.
And te them the tragedies have net been political. They have been
the pathetic stories of the high price that the women have paid for the
privilege usually denied te royalty the privilege of loving where they
willed and marrying whom they loved.
Sitting en the throne of Greece today is a woman who never wanted
te be a Queen.
Hiding away from the world, her heart still bowed by her sorrow, is
a woman who married a King, but who was never allowed te sit en the
throne.
Banished once mere with her royal father is a woman who all but
married n man who will some day be a King.
And behind them all, and really the driving force that has caused
much of this turmoil, is an American woman who, snubbed as a "newly
rich" by America's most exclusive society, went te Europe with her Amer
ican millions and married a Prince of the royal house, and became related
te all the crowned heads of Europe.
American Weman Guided
Kings Back te Throne
TT IS this American woman Mrs.
William B. Leeds, new the Prin
cess Anastasia who was responsi
ble for the second return of ex-King
Constantine te the throne.
It was this American woman who,
in spite of all opposition, revived
the blighted romance of the Crown
Prince and the beautiful Princess
Elizabeth of Rumania and succeeded
in bringing about their marriage at
a time when the royal house was in
exile and there seemed no possi
bility of the Prince ever being called
upon te rule.
And it is net improbable that the
quiet-loving, retiring Princess never
would have married him if she did
net believe that his very exile would
give her the unostentatious kind of
life she wanted with the man she
had loved for seven turbulent years.
But, with the American woman
using all the influence that her great
brother of the exiled King Constnn Censtnn
tine, nnd nnntlicr remnnce begnn te
develop In the reynl house of the
Hellenes. 1'liht one. tee, threntcned
tragedy for a lime. It wns an unheard
of thins for a reynl prince te think of
marking nil American woman n com
moner, in tliu eyes of the European
monarch.
lint Prince Crlstepher was very much
lu love with the beautiful ami clever
widow of the Immensely wealthy Amer
ican tlnplnte king, nml he pursued her
nil ever Europe. The natural course
would have been for them te contract
a mergnnatiu marriage, which would
have meant n legal union, but one which
would net have entitled the wife te any
recognition at court.
Mrs. Leeds wns fnr tee hrnlny a
woman te enter Inte any such left
handed nlllnnce. She knew that It
would expose her te constant snubs and
liumllintieiiN, and she had had enough
of them when she first tried te "break
into" society at Newport.
King Constantine, of course, wne
bitterly opposed from the very first.
He had n typically rnvnl contempt for
commoners, but he also had n royal
desire for enough money te keep him
in luxury, nml he begun fe tnkc n reynl
view of the possibility of financing
enough prepngnndn in Greece te result
in his recall te his throne.
Finally lie wns led, net renlly te eon
sent, but at lend te remove his active
opposition te the mnrringe. Neither he
nor his spouse. Queen .Sephia, haughty
sister of the Knbcr. wns present nt the
ceremony, but it wns given siitiiclent
reynl Mincticn by the prcscn if offi
cial representatives of both of tliem.
Gave Throne te King
And Bride te Crown Prince
The new Princes put fresh life Inte
the dwindling skeleton of Greek mon
archy ns represented by the exiles. She
is said te have Mient $10,000,000 in the.
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attitude of King Constantine. Ru
mania was invaded and despoiled
by the Hun and the beautiful Prin
cess nnd her beautiful mother, the
Queen, were forced te flee nnd te
suffer with the humblest of their
subjects the privations and the hor
rors of wartime fugitives.
Prince's Leve Was Constant
Even During His Exile
T-ING CONSTANTINE was de
XV posed. With his family, he
sought asylum in Switzerland and
the Crown Prince went with him.
They were bad days for Grecian
royalty. The King, without money
te maintuiii an entourage, became a
notorious hanger-en of everybody ,
whose purse was longer than his. I
He made himself unpopular with the '
Swiss people and generally discred-1
ited himself and all connected with
him in the eyes of the whole world.
Naturally, the Princess Elizabeth I
had te submit te the edict of her
wealth pave her. the opposition of metner thnt she must give up all
the Princess' familv and country thou&ht of marrying the son of a
was overcome and she made the mnn branded as an enemy of her i
iiM.blll ill tiiu UCHL'l UIUU liiu x iiui:j i
would never he culled te take the
uncertain crown of his father and
Hut Geerge seemed te be truly in
lee, nnd these who knew the Princess
that they could live peacefully as declnred that she remained ns censtnnt
any ordinary man and wife might
live.
And new Fate hns shuffled the
cards and cut them and the Prin
cess is a Queen.
The romance of these two began
seven years before they were mar
ried. Beth were then thought tee
young for a formal betrothal,
though there was no political oppo
sition te the union. In fact, it was
a desirable one at that time.
Then came the war and the sus
picions aroused by the pr"-German
is he (luring nil tins trying time. If
they had been ordinary people they
might have defied every one nnd gene
before the first parson te be made mnn
and wife nnd then settle down te nn
idealistic existence of love in n cot cet
tnge. Only, unfortunately, the exiled
Geerge did net ccn imve the price of
a cottage.
Hut he never once swerved from bis
allegiance te the Princes, though all
lommtinlentien between them was
Mopped.
Then Mrs. William H. Leeds, with
her millions, met Prince Crlstepher.
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Leve Has Net Been Kind te JVemen
JVhe Touched the Grecian Throne,
and Broken Hearts Have Resulted
Frem bif at nations of Members of
Constantine 's Family
WIDOW OF LATE KING
ALEXANDER THE MOST
PATHETIC FIGURE OF ALL
Mme, Manes, Daughter of a Com Com
eoner, Wed Monarch, but penizeles
Banished Her, and She Had te Re
nounce All Claims te Royalty
lly. The Greek Parliament sent nn ' The betrothal wns formally an an
invltntien te Prince Paul, younger neunccd by the King nnd Queen of
brother of Alexander nnd the frown Denmark but Censtnntlne'si troubles
Prince, te come and rule them, but this nml the uncertainties of bis dynasty's
was a move of the VenlzclKts te Keep tenure of the throne of Greece con
the old King still out of the wuy, and vlnced the Dimes that the match wns
Pnul rWlnreil lie would net accent tin- ill-advised and the Prince himself nn-
less thu people themselves, by pepulur
vote, demanded him.
It wns tills pepulnr vote that the
King's supporters had been preparing
with the old of the Leeds millions.
There vvns no doubt that Paul's an
nouncement was inspired b the King's
advisers nnd his refusal forced the Gov
that It had hud been broken
BET the love story of the young King
Alexnnder. ended se pnthetlcnlly by
the bite of .the monkeys, was the most
tragic of nil. His widow nnd his
little daughter nre still living for
gotten by the Greek in the upheaviils
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eminent te nn election which icsulted "'""f pentics aiiu ineir military ni
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Censtnntlni' wns recalled, rrmecss
Annstnsla was no longer merely the
wife of a discredited and exiled Prince.
She whh the wife of n Prince of a reign
ing house and in n wonderful position
te repay the snubs which she hnd suf
fered when she first attempted te in
vude Newport society.
The coup mnde her the highest rnnk
ing American woman In the entire so
cial world. And her son hns married
the Princess Xenla, niece of the King.
But the love affair of the Crown
Prince nnd the Princess Elizabeth wns
Mexnnder wns the second son of Cen-
stnntlne. and received the scepter net
ns the lineal successor of thnt monarch,
but at the bidding of the Entente Pow
ers of Europe, who chose him in prof pref prof
unre te his elder brother Oeerge be
cause of the lattcr'ii pre-Gcrmnn sen
timents. These sentiments of the Crown Prince,
by the way. were net extraordinary,
because his mother, the Queen. Is n sis
tcr of the former Knisr Wilhclm. while
his father was tinged with Teutenism.
kaleidoscopic was the accession of tlin
Queen Elizabeth, formerly Princess Elizabeth of Rumania the
girl who didn't want te he a Queen
King Geerge II of Greece
sprend of propaganda for Censtnntine's
recall. She1 set up a court of her own
and llnniued the etirts of Iter new rela
tives, and gradually, with plenty of
money in slplit, their former supporters
returned te their sides and organized
nnd directed the movement te stir up
the Greek people te demand their old
King eik e mere.
And in the meantime the new Prin-
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I'rinccsH Annstnsia, formerly
Mrs. William B. Leeds, Amer
ican heiress te her husband's
millions, whose wealth, clever
ness and influence placed the
Creek royal fnmily once mere
en the throne
Princess Olrti of Greece once expected te be Queen of Denmark,
but her family misfortune caused the Danish Crown Prince te
dui ner mm t break their engagement
cess became very much Interested in the
young Crown Prince. She heard of his
blighted remnnce nnd sent for him, nnd
together thev went ever the whole situ
ation. The Princess Anastasia, ns Mr.
Leeds became known, is a very clever
nnd n very charming woman, and she
at once set about making friends whose
influence with the Queen of ltumaiiiii
wns creat. She worked hard te re
establish the standing of the whole Gre
cian rejal family, and she succeeded
in pointing out the. fact thnt there wns
undoubtedly a growing sentiment nmeng
the Greek people te recall Constantine.
or nt lenst te bring nbeut the return of
the fnmily se thnt the line of succession
should go en in ense nnythlng happened
te the young king Alexander, wne mi
been put en the throne when Ceustnn
tine wns banished.
Stub an eventuality would, of ceur.se.
once mere make Geerge a real crown
prince. It would make him suitably
eligible for the hand of the Prince-,
Elizabeth.
And then Princess Aiiustnslu, con
fronted with the reproach thnt Oeerge
wns tee peer te support ElUnhcth prep- '
erly even if they should marry,
promptly temeved this obstacle by one i
signature en a check which she pre- t
seutcd te him. I
And se (ieerge nnd Elizabeth wen1
l perumicii ie resume tin' ruumui'i1 twiiru
'had been se interesting before the war
ended it. And their betrothal was seen .
announced.
Meanwhile Alexnnder, G e e r g e 'h
younger brother, was en the throne of
Greece, placed there by the allied
Powers who had removed the father anil
who declared the Crown Prince also tee '
much pre-Cicrniun for the scepter.
There seemed te be no chance or
rather no danger, from Elizabeth's
viewpoint that (ieerge would be called
upon te rule his country.
And then Alexander, walking in the
palace garden, tried te defend a pet
deg from an attack by two monkeys
ami was bitten by the monkeys, Hloed
iiulscnlng quickly developed uud the
king died,
Propaganda Results in
Recall of Royal Family
A S FAU ns the success of the Princes '
Anastasia s plans was concerned,
the tragedy happened at just the right
moment. Her millions had finnneed a
great movement convert the Greek
people te the tlcgh: thnt they should
recall Ceustantiie and their royal faui-f
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their allegiance and CeiiMantine Is
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Mine. Manes, the most pathetic figure in the Grecian love trage
dies. She wns tne morganatic wife of Kmg Alexander and is
. shown here with their daughter, born after his death
I rincesf, (Hun, eldest daughter of
I nine Mi bolus, bieilier of Ceiisian- te iirevent her from inlieilting money
tine, iniic saw In r wav clear of nil or lioiisehelil fiunbdilngH or any ether
I the tumbles nf hrr uuferiumite rel- piepeit.v from Alexander, hut thn
iitlves when she Is- ime engaged te , Gieek ceurtH of Justice permitted bw
Crown Prime Fredeiiek. heli- te thn te elulm these thln-'g.
throne of Denmark, ami some day te be A few months after Alexaader'i
i vum ui kue iriuvsi, uivuiuurs ei royalty, eeaiu
net forcetten. There could no longer twrniv-inree-yenr-eiii yeuui wne niMiiii
be nnv opposition te the marriage ex- JMd-.Iune of litli became king of the
ccpt from the princess who did net Hellenes. .Ne one but himself will eyer
wnnt te be n queen. She. however, knew hew he managed te retain his
li..,l i.eii fnrmnhv betrothed and the democratic nnd humanitarian ideals
I marriage took place. I under the ceaseless pressure of Queen
I And new again, the fickle vacillating Sephie, his mother; his father, ln-
Greek people have swung face about In elder brother nnd about the entire reynl
, family of Greece.
' Perhaps It wns his British training.
for Prince Alexnnder was sent te Oxford
te be educated. In addition, there was
the reynl youth's admiration for Venl Venl
zeles. Even w''cn the Balkan wnrs cut short
bis English education, nnd he joined his
father en the battlefield and at clej
MHige ebserii'd the powers and privi
leges that autocracy conferred upon iti
i Inef exponent n Greece. King Con
stantine. young Alexander clung te his
ilemei ratio ideals.
It w.is ns Miiihful warrior thnt his
country men knew him best. Alexander
was a captain in the Fiist Hegiment of
Heavy Artillery during the two strenu
ous yeats of liUlI and l'.'l",.
...c the erv outbreak of the war
Alexnndei's fath"r made it plain thnt
he desited te threw his let in with
thnt of the Central Powers. His elder
1 Hither, thin Crown Prince, new Kin?
Geerge II. fellow i (I the lead of the
father. But Alexnnder refused em
phatically te pnrtli Ipnte In the pro pre
Gerinnn plettings of his family. Bern
in Athens en August 1. iv,)li he wa
n (iteek in even setisn of the word, and
, responded te the sentiment of the ma
jority of hir. people.
Voting Alexander even defied hi
i father te the extent of threatening te
thiew up his commission and join the
i army of Veni7eles. And lie wnuM Imv
dune " ''ad It net been for the advice
'of Vetnzeles.
King Censtnntine's treacherous plot
te attack the French General Sarrnil's
iiirmv and Mti"ee it between a p.tir of
lUiilitniy pincers, the Tmks anil the
i Bulgnrs. in l!M7 was frustrated and lei
tn the dethronement (,f the Kaiser's
lether-iu-lnw by the exasperated
i Gieeks and Allies.
, King A lexander Married
Daughter of-Commener
IT WAS August I, l!H7 that King
Alexander took the oath of office in
thens amid great pomp and lintiin
stnil' e
I When Alexander as n little boy the
bend of the revnl stables was Colonel
M.ines. who had a beautiful little
' daughter.
Shi1 nnd the youthful Prince beenme
i fast friends. When Alexander's grand
father vvni nssni-slnnted in Snlenica at
the dose of the second Balkan war nnd
Const, inline came te the throne the
daughter of Colonel Mnnes nnd Alex
ander were In full youth mil their
fticndship nnd dose nsse Intien were
known te all Athens, lint no one wns
tb u grievously disturbed that Prlnre
Alexander had a sweetheart who wns
tint of loyal bleed, for his elder brother
, Geerge was the apparent heir te the
I thiene,
i Kin.; Alexander used te take Mile.
Maims for almost daily rldeii In the
Mihiiths of the capital, and one duy he
I proposed that they be married. The
I rereinenv was performed at this home of
the bride by the Archimandrite of
Allien and Alexander leek his bride
hiLiie ffi the palace.
Teugms beg.m te wag nnd the result
f the lomniiitieii following the royal
! retuniiM1 was that a few mouths after
I the morganatic man luge the young wife
Inr mother and little sister left Athens
for Paris, wheie they lived and where
I the King visited her whenever the fancy
i stun k him.
Ter i eme time she wiih net allowed
te inter Greece Then Venlzeles wad
finally wen ever te allowing her te ltve
en the Island nf TumbaI and there
the King visited her constantly. But
Ycni'cles tirst inude her sign papers
un lie.1 up all claims te mwilty i llher for
hen elf or for any possible children of
the union.
When Alexander's bleed poisoning
became diiiigeiniis bis morganatic wife
was at last permitted te go te Athens,
ami she nursed hlui devotedly and
faithfully ami was with him when he
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Constantine, en returnlnc te dm
tin olio, at once made ever1 effort te
get lid of Mine, .Manes. Hi1 even trlll
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