OCR Text |
Show DESERVES NO CREDIT. j Former King on stamine in exile condoning his course during the world ar cuts a piliabV; figure. The de-: de-: posrd monarch says that his policy was J to keep Greece pinned to neutrality, a j statement which is flatly contradicted by documentary evidence unearthed by the allied powers at the time v.hcn (Histamine's deposition was decided upon. The former king was in constant con-stant communication with tho then Jiim-peror Jiim-peror William, and after his dethronement dethrone-ment the kaiser strengthened the evidence evi-dence of collusion between Athens and Berlin by telegraphing tho Grecian ruler to the effect that tla" war lord would taken vengeance and restore Constantino to his crowned rights, and much more of the same sort of impotent impo-tent rage. Tho Grecian court was notoriously pro-German cV'spile tho emphatic pro-i pro-i ally sentiment of the nation a sentiment senti-ment which became so pronounced that the Grecian king was forced to dissemble dis-semble his aversion to the cause of the entenf.? powers. There have been intimations inti-mations that his son aud successor was none too confirmed in his support of the allied cause up to the moment German Ger-man collapse became inevitable. Tho whole of tho Grecian dynasty has been under suspicion, but. Constantino 's successor suc-cessor on the throne has had to mark his steps carefully. For one reason, the outing of Constantino was followed by control of Grecian affairs by Yenizelos .and the entente. Tho exiled monarch's observations concerning Greece's emergence from the war with little of credit may be taken with considerable allowance. Greece has fared much better than she would had tho Greeks permitted Constantino Con-stantino to have followed the leadership leader-ship of Pirlin. Concerning this Charles of Austria might be consulted. ITc knows what happened to him as a result of keeping pace with the goose-stepping II uns. |