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Show How One American Woman Diplomat Balked the Kaiser scheme to go to Athens, with letters and Introductions of the highest Importance, Im-portance, which would open the way for me to see the King. You see. w hat I thought was the trouble was the ap- tfttTrB'VB all failed; now you ca ' try." Ir. what Premier' I.loyd C-eorge nald- to Mrs. Dotnetra Vaka Brown when she went to him to say sho wanted to help the Allies In the Balkan:;. i Not BO wild an It sound.!, perh&ps, when one realizes that Ie-matra Ie-matra Vaka was (Ireek girl, born In Constantinople, -oducaLed In various European countries and man led to Kenneth Brown, of Boston, whom shb met while he was in the diplomatic service, ubroad. More Important still, she hud written Severn iiuthutilntlve hooks on Turkey and that part of the world Which proved that sho hud a deep Insight into the Intiicucics "t those near aatatH nations. Therefore when, n year or so ago. Hi- Allied diplomacy in the Haitians seemed (toing all awry, silo said to herself, "l really believe l could do belter bel-ter than they If I wore on the spot." She was In America ai the time, bul she i, tailed with her husband for Knx-Im Knx-Im i,o o win the Intercut of Hie Hiitlsh (ho eminent In her s'iictnc. Site did It nail die actually went to Alliens, and now t he Is buck It. her adopted ' "'III' Iry iiihI telle about what happened "Ai Hist people in ESngland to whom I said I wanted to no to Athens to try ,, , King 1 'on la nl lie lor the pill pose of bringing the King and Pra-mleT Pra-mleT Vonlsalos lovther Ihousht I was mud. Then finally we got hold of Lord Northcllffe. who became so Interested In-terested in my project Hint, he promised. prom-ised. You shall see Lloyd George about this. I have never met any one with seemingly such a thorough grasp on the situation.' "Of course, even a live-minute Interview In-terview with the PretDler Is most difficult dif-ficult to arrange, and wo badbeeh in despair until Lord Norlhcllffo said ho WOUld arrange a meeting. Almost Immediately Im-mediately word cam, t lud been (ranted " ten-minute interview. I was to go in on the dot. Immediately after another appointment, and at ton minutes min-utes after B n Important Inventor was to conn In to talk to the Premier. Well." snys Mrs. Itrown In speaking of her experiences, 1 knew that I hud only ten minutes and thai I must cap I hit his Interest at once. BO I staiieil nut with, 'Mr. Uoyd Qeorge, ara there any blunders which the Allies have not insdo In the Hillkai.s'." lie replied with Ills engaging frankness. 'No. there aren't,' and then we started in. At ten minutes gftVr when his societal soc-ietal v npone.l the door to .'intlolHlOft the Inventor, to my gt.eat Joy Mr. Lloyd Qeorge railed baojs, 'Make a later uppolntmenl,' aid Instead of ten minute,. I had fori y minutes of tho premier's lime ami llnil he llllillly told me. 'We've all tailed. Now you can i rs "Th.i mil Mini I had Hie h.ickllm Parent inability of the Allies to bring King Constantino and VenWelos together. to-gether. But when we reached there and found that the King was really pro-German we saw it was Impossible Hiid that the King should be deposed. This was ttnally Insisted upon by the Allies, and King Constntulne Is .10 longer in Ureeco pi tltjig against the Allies." That her knowledge i or value Is proved by the fact that she was received by President Wilson on her return. Hern are some ol the things sho found out, not from hearsay, but from having seen the actual documents, docu-ments, telegrams, letters, etc., In the possession of the Oroek Government Govern-ment and various legations In Athens, and all these things she is wailing to he published in a book. Sho says that Voniolos was one of the greatest statesmen living, a type ot Ulan one doe.-, not often meet. be. cause he was a cAvClMd human being eVeil before he was a tireelc. sml that lio though! of the tood or the world ai a whole Hist, then of Groses. It was this Interest In Krtol1 rt ,)lr uoii.l thai made him r ttvn ins very start flint Greece, even regardless ol her own Interests, shouhi sll,,,, herself definitely with the esiise oi the Allies against Germany', :.,.hemn oi work) domination. And did Greece do ..,,? she did. Jgjmgh the world d not kn ,, Lot M, Hivini saw tin, docmneiM, Greece offered herself uiiconflltk""' to the Allies : the time of the b" or (he M..r.- ;;s was tf that Greece wonl.: demand Const1" nople as a reward, and told the A1 ! ; : -veer '.his chance, t Greece ... Vhos that had ,, ;, , ,., .i,.g Constant'' pic. but the old Russian regime not belicx , , .:, ti altruism, t1 Greece's uiuvndit coal help. wW seits Mrs Brown, could have Germany's advance In that Prt :'" w . i -co Kusei v: not heliev M! ; c wn:M lo gll e up . ,:m. to ,!' pie. which used to be hers. which she had had s mom! oW , .,,.,! Kussln ''or I :n;:lau,l . : to i n V,' i ' . ,, ... :V' drr . . : ' many's domlmr In the far Mi Piown found out lllW Ihim;. nil about th, im'H'I""" 1 is n- oi the , i while Greed wanted lo 1-e on Hie side el II"' Al ., how , rio. Hied repeated j " ' " tit'' WW , : - ( . ,i "'; .1 so l diesn i I,,, ,1 ,., e islth m " - oie MRii Dl hi i if VAKA uhgu H |
