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Show MONKEY BITE ENDS CUBEfflOF RULER KING ALEXANDER OF GREECE SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS INFLICTED DY PET. Succeeded to Throne of Greece In June, 1917, When Hit Father Abdicated In Reaponse to Demand of Powers. Athens. King Alexander of Greece died hero at 5:10 p. m. .Monday, October Oc-tober 2S. Ills death was duo to wounds received when a pet monkey attacked him early In October, tbo king belug badly mutilated. The death of King Alexander gives rise to the question of succession to the Greek throne. Eormer King Constantino Con-stantino was reported, according to Swiss dispatches of October 17, as Intending In-tending to tnke advantage of tho situation situa-tion created by his son's gruvo illness, by returning to Greeco nnd claiming the throne. It Is probnblo that tho old chamber will be reconvened, owing to tho king's death, to consider what steps aro to bo taken beforo the now chamber meets. Aluxnndcr succeeded to tho throno of Greeco In June, 1017, when his .father, King Constantino, nbdlcntod In response to tho deinnnd of France, Great ISrltnlu and Itussla, tho three powers which had guaranteed the constitutional con-stitutional liberties of thu Greek people peo-ple Alexander was tho second son of Constantino nnd nt tho tlmo of bis uccesslon wns not qulto 21 yeurs old. His elder brother, Crown Prince George, was considered lnellglblo for Gorman sympathies. Alexander tool: tbo oath of offlco at Athens In August, 1017, and promised promis-ed to carry out tho policy of his father. This was said to have shocked tho cntento powers. It soon wns reported Hint ho was nt odds with Premier Venlr.elos nnd bad refused to abandon his Idea of continuing his father's program. pro-gram. Somo doubts wero rnlsed ns to thu advisability of permitting him to assume the throne unless he discontinued dis-continued whnt was characterized us an obstructive policy. Itcports of lack of harmony between Alexander nnd Venlzelos wero circulated circu-lated In tho sp'.lng of 1020. but the premier disposed of these In a statement state-ment In which he paid trlbuto to tbo king's patriotism. Ono respect In which the V'ig nnd his premier wero snld to have been nt odds wns over tbo king's morganatic mnrrliigo to Mile. Manos, daughter of n former aide-de-camp to his father, which Is said to haw taken placo In November, 3011). No record of the marrlngo was obtainable, owing to tbo fact that It was not recorded with the metropolitan metropol-itan of Athens, the supreme cedes!-, nstlcal authority of Greece. |