Show KING Kitis CONSTANTINE I ABDICATES THRONE DEPOSED SOVEREIGN HAS BEEN SUCCEEDED BY HIS SECOND SON PRINC PRINCE ALEXANDER Climax in Affairs of Greece Brought About Through Joint Efforts of Entente Deposed Deposed Sovereign Will Quit Native Country I Ihas lg I Athens King Con Constantine of Greece has abdicated his throne 1 In 1 favor of or his second son sun Prince Alexander and anti with Avith Crown Prince George Is to lo leave G Greece reece The abdication was Avas made on the tile demand de de- IC- IC mand manel of the time entente powers and und thus thins whIch ends the time anomalous situation long has hus existed in Greece because of OJ the refusal of Constantine Constantino and nd his followers fol fol- foh- foh lowers lovers to acquiesce in full In the demands lIe de mands of or the time entente allies for time the the freedom of movement of their forces forces' in and through Greece and for their thell safet safety from attack That the entente was Avas prepared to move with expedition in bringing a a. change in the time situation in Greece Is indicated b by the fact that simultaneously with Ute tIle tl In that country of the French senator who bore pl plenary nar powers to act net for tile the entente ent en en- t tente can came e the tIme occupation IJ tl n. n by the time Italians In northwestern Greece nearlie near the lie Albanian frontier of the strategic town of and amid b by other entente forces forcer of in northeastern Greece situated ed at ut the foot pf of Mount OI Olympus und and near tI the e Gulf of f Salon- Salon lId Both the time former king and amid Prince G George eorge It was by l Premier intend intend 0 o leave the country countr Immediately ly It Is reported that they AVill will on a British warship and proc proceed to Switzerland b by hy way Avay of Italy It It- Ib Itis Is presumed that Prince Alexander r wIn Avill take up his kingly duties with full fun acceptation of the I Ideas Ideas which h the Ue protecting powers desire desire de lie- sire to be put lUt into effect In lii the time government gov gov- of Greece luring during the present war He is is 24 years old oid un and amid t has hus been heen free Clee from proclivities Time The rel reign n of Constantine Constantino 1 as mIs king J of f the time Hellenes was brief datin lilting dating only from March 18 1913 when his father George I was ilS assassinated In Salon Salou- Iki Brief Drier as the lie reign was Avas Constantine hind had enjo enjoyed e l 1 prior 1101 tp the thc beginning of the time great great war Avar in 1014 1914 a II period of l re remarkable re- re e- e Clu popularity and anti hud hind In increased increased in in- creased the territory of the Greek Greel monarchy b by over o 50 per pet cent I IIi His is attitude of opposition toward the entente entente en en- tente powers when their troops occupied occupied pied part of or Greek Gleek territory In the thie Macedonian campaign against the Teutonic allies however brought him him Into conflict with time the statesmen of Greece reece and resulted in the establishment establish establish- ment of if a n provisional prO headed b by lV Y whom the 1 king had driven from fromn the he post of premier Throughout a long series of or negotiations and conflict with Avith the entente commanders Constantine was was Avas of often tea accused of of 1 being pro German in sympathies sym sym- l I es largely lI It was Avns charged as a u result of- of the time Influence of Queen Sophia s sister ster of the German emperor whom he married In 1880 tIne declared throughout that he lie desired desired de de- IC- IC sired only to maintain n neutrality and amid that hut h he was Avas actuated not b by pro Ger man sympathies but b by considerations of the time welfare of the lie Greeks s. s |