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father, Constnntlnc, forced to abdicate by the allies.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
King Constantine of Greece Is
Compelled to Abdicate by
the Allies.
SECOND SON SUCCEEDS HIM
Liberty Loan of Two Billions Over
subscribed by People of United
8tates Hope for Russia Re
vivesPresident Wilson's
Great Flag Day Address.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Another ruler was pushed off his
throne last week, and another nation
probably added to those In actlvo con
flict with tho central powers. This
tlmo it Is Constantino I, king of the
Hellenes, who has lost his crown. Af
ter diplomatic Intriguing and open
quarrels that had been going on ever
since tho war started, ho was forced
by the allies to abdicate, and his eld
est son, the crown prince, was barred
from the succession becauso of his pro
German proclivities. Constantino,
however, was allowed to preserve his
dynasty, at least for the present, by
nominating his second son, Alexander,
us his successor.
The abdication of tho king waB
brought about by Senator Jonnart of
France, who went to Greece empow
ered by the allies to settle flnully the
position of that country In tho war.
He Informed Premier Zalmls that
troops were at his disposal to carry
out his decisions, but appealed to the
premier to use his Influence toward a
peaceful arrangement. After consult
ing the crown council, the king decid
ed to quit, and his abdication was an
nounced on Tuesday morning. Both
Constantino and tho former crown
prince have left Greece nlready.
May Mean Much to Allies.
If Greece now decides to participate
actively In the war, she can throw into
the field an array of 500,000 men, well
trained but not sufficiently equipped.
Venlzclos, the former premier and
consistent opponent of Constantlne's
war policy, has back of him 100,000
men, and though tho army In general
was loyal to tho ex-king, It Is predicted
the entire fighting forco of the nation
will now tako up arms against the
Teutonic powers and Turkey. This
might bring nbout a decided change In
the Balkan situation. With tho Greeks
acting with tho allies from the south
and the reorganized Boumanlan army
and possibly the Russians striking
from the north, tho lino of communi
cations between Germany and Turkey
might well bo cut and tho Turks forced
to sue for peace.
Alexander, tho now king of Greece,
who Is twenty-four years old, took the
oath on Wednesday. It is reasonable
to suppose ho will act In accord with
the ullles, for ho has kept free from all
pro-German activities and seems to be
acceptable to M. Jonnart. In fact, he
cannot do much otherwise, for tho en
tente forces promptly seized control
of all of Greece. Professedly, their
aim Is tho restoration of the constitu
tional government of that country. It
was stated semiofficially In Washington
that the United States had not taken
uny part In the deposing of Constan
tino and had not been consulted by the
entente powers. This emphasizes tin
fact that wo aro allies of those powers
In war, but not necessarily In diplo
macy. Tho purpose of tho allies was not ac
complished entirely without bloodshed.
A Greek colonel at Larlssa fired on
French cavalry, killing two officers
and four privates. In the brief fight
that ensued 00 Greek soldiers wero
killed and 820, Including 51 officers,
were taken prisoner.
Liberty Loan a Great Success.
America's reply to tho sneering as
sertions of Germany that tho wnr Is
Wilson's wnr and Is not supported by
tho people of the United States enmo
with u loud sound when the books on
tho Liberty Loan wero closed Friday
noon. It was announced that the loan
or $2,000,000,000 had been handsomely
over-subscribed, and the significant
fad Is that It has been taken up main
ly by the Individual men, women and
children of the nation, not by the
great flnunclnl Institutions. This not
only Is most desirable from an econo
mic point of view, but Is conclusive
evidence that the entire nation Is back
ing the government In the conlllct
ugnlnst despotism. It was only neccs
sury that the people should be awak
ened to the real situation, and this was
done with energy and efficiency by tho
press and by Innumerable speakers
throughout the land.
Renewed Hope for Russia.
Hope and despair concerning Russia
alternately take possession of tho al
lies. Just now it Is the turn of hope,
and there Is a real prospect that the
now republic not only can be prevented
from making separate peaco with the
Teutons, but moy even be restored as
a potent military factor. Minister of
Wnr Kerensky Is succeeding to some
extent in re-establishing discipline in
tho army, nnd an Incident on tho Rou
manian front, when three mutinous
regiments were forced to uncondition
al surrender by n large number of loyal
troops showed that most of the soldiers
aro disposed to back up the provision
al government. Tho All-Russian coun
cil of peasants, furthermore, passed by
u vote of 1,000 to 4 a resolution to cut
off food supplies from Kronstndt If the
town did not Immediately Join Its rev
olutionary forces to those of Russian
democracy, nnd demanding that tho
government nt once forco tho absolute
submission of Kronstadt.
President Wilson's note to Russia,
defining America's war alms, was re
ceived with much satisfaction every
where except by tho radical Russian
socialists and In Germany, and was
promptly followed by one from Great
Britain which virtually stated that Mr.
Wilson had spoken for his entente al
lies. Of course tho Interpretation of
tho phrase "peace without annexa
tions" is still a stumbling block, for
Great Britain, Franco and Italy take
the position that the restoration of
"stolen" lands, such as Alsace-Lor-rulno,
Italia Irredenta und other ret
glons, must not be considered us annex
ations. The Root commission, which
had a triumphant trip across Siberia,
is counted on to do a great deal toward
bringing Russia to the scratch again,
and at this writing It really looks as
though she will not yield to 'tho blan
dishments of the kaiser and his social
ist nnd pacifist emissaries. The grent
change In Greece also is looked upon
as likely to influence Russln because
of tho effect It Is sure to have on the
Balkan situation.
Tho very weakness of the Russian
provisional government has caused the
Gerninn conservatlsts to ubandon hope
of persuading Russia to n separate
peace, for ns Herr Heydebrund, their
leader, says, such u course would be
futile unless tho government were
strong enough to combat the allies
Russln would bo forsaking.
Mr. Root nnd his colleagues and also
the American railway engineering com
mission reached Petrograd on Wednes
day. On the same day the Russian
mission to the United States landed at
a Pacific coast port and started for
Washington. It Is headed by Boris A.
Bakhmetleff as special ambassador.
General Pershing In France.
General Pershing and his stuff, after
several days of work and entertain
ment In London, crossed over Into
France nnd were enthusiastically re
ceived In both Boulogne and Paris.
The whereabouts of his expeditionary
force called by tho German press an
American army bluff had not been an
nounced ut the tlmo of writing.
There were two significant develop
ments on tho battle fronts of Kurope.
Tho Itnllnns, resting for tho present
from their udvanco on Trieste, made
n vigorous attack on the Austrlnns in
the Trentlno, gaining somo important
posts and nguln threatening Trent. On
tho Belgian front nenr the sencoust
there was great activity by the artil
lery, seeming to Indicate the intention
of the allies to try for a push in that
region toward Ostend nnd Zeebrugge.
The British mado secure their gains of
lust week nnd advanced fAVther cast
und northeast of Messlnes, whllo the
French repulsed nil attacks farther to
tho south. Tho allies seem to have
adopted a now plan In France, making
each drive a battlo complctp In Itself;
they huvo demonstrated, they feel, that
tho German military power can bo
crushed, and tho speed with which this
Is to be done depends largely on tho
aid given by the United States.
. On Thursday It was announced that
the Germans had abandoned important
sections of their front, between Ly
river and St. Yves.
Wilson's Flan-Day Address.
Flag Day, June II, was marked b
the enthusiasm and solemnity by
which It was celebrated throughout the
country, und also by a notable address
by President Wilson In Washington. Mr.
Wilson again set forth clearly the rea
son why we hnve entered the war,
forced thereto by the Insults and ag
gressions of the German government;
he drew a vivid picture of tho German
Intrigues In the Balkans, Turkey, Per
sia, India und Egypt and described the
greut German plan to throw a belt of
military power and political control
across tho center of Kurope and Into
the heurt of Asia ; ho told how fur this
scheme had been carried toward suc
cess, und where It hnd been foiled, and
then scathingly denounced the deceit
ful efforts to secure pence that the Ger
man government has been making for
u year becauso It knows its plan has
failed and Is trying to preserve Its po
litical power at home and, indeed, Its
very existence.
The president fairly took tho hide
off the friends and partisans of tho
German government In this country.
They will uuako no headway, ho de
clared, for they and their thlnly-dls-gulscd
disloyalties aro known, und tho
truth is plainly seen by our people.
"Woe be to tho rann or group of men
that seeks to stand In our way in this
day of high resolution," cried tho chief
magistrate, "when every principle wo
hold dourest is to be vindicated and
mudc secure for tho salvation of the
nations."
Japan has been stirred to fresh ir
ritation against tho United States be
cause our government sent u note to
Chlnu regarding thq dissension thero
und expressing tho hope thut tranquil
lity might be established. The Japa
nese nssert that their special position
In China Is vital and must be Jealously
guarded, and thut tho United States,
In sending the note without first con
sulting Japan, Ignored thut special po
sition. Secretary Lansing explulns that the
Irritation of Jupan was caused by a
bogus copy of the American note pub
lished In Tokyo.
Japan Is about to send a commission
to the United States to arrange co-op-erntlou
In the wnr between tho two na
tions, nnd to discuss the complex ques
tions concerning the far East. Tho
mission Is to be headed by Viscount
KlkuJIro Ishll, formerly foreign min
ister. Haiti and the Dominican Republic
have both severed diplomatic relations
with the German empire. Every little
helps.
Murderous Air Raid on London.
The Germans on Wednesday made
another of their murderous and useless
airplane raids on Loudon, dropping
quantities of bombs mostly on tho
East end. Ninety-seven persons wero
killed nnd -M7 wounded. Among the
dead were 10 women and 20 children.
Tho raiders wero soon tlrlven off by
British avlutors und nutl-ulrcraft can
non. It Is u wonder that these repeat
ed raids do not drive the British to
reprisal on some of the unfortified
cities of Germany.
The weekly report of the British ad
miralty showed 118 British vessels sunk
by submarines, tho largest number for
five weeks, but still fur below the mark
set by the Germans uh necessary for
the starvation of England. Among the
victims of U-bnats reported during tho
week were the American steamship
Petrollte, the Leyland liner Anglian
und the South Atlantic liner Sequnnu.
The last named was carrying Senega
lese troops and 100 men were lost. An
American steamship on arrival at an
Atlantic port reported that she had
rammed und sunk u German subma
rine. In congress the conference report on
the urmy nnd nnvy deficiency appro
priation hill was accepted and this
greatest of war budgets, currying $51,
500,000,000 was sent to tho president
for his approval, The administration
food control bill enme up for discus
sion in the senate nnd wus bitterly
attacked by Senator Reed of Missouri
und others because of tho power it
proposes to lodgo In a "food dictator"
or somo other QEcncy selected by tho
president. Mr. Reed also severely
criticized Herbert O. Hoover, whom
Mr. Wilson has selected as head of tho
food control agency
SCOPES THE KAISER
PRE8IDENT 8AY8 MILITARY MAS
TERS DENIED U. 8. RIGHT
TO BE NEUTRAL.
FILLED COUNTRY WITH SPIHS
Failed In Attempt to Spread 8edltlon
German People In Grip of 8ame
Sinister Power That Has
Drawn Blood From Us.
Washington, June 15. Presldeut
Wilson In u Flag day address deliv
ered here on Thursday declared that
we were forced into the world-wide
war by the extraordinary Insults and
aggressions of the military masters of
Germany,
The president's address In part Is as
follows :
My Fellow Citizens; We meet to
celebrate Flag Day because this flag
which we honor and under which we
serve Is the emblem of our unity, our
power, our thought and purpose us a
nation. It has no other character than
that which we give It from generation
to generation. The choices are ours.
It floats In majestic silence above the
hosts that execute those choices
whether In peace or In war. And yet,
though silent, It speaks to us speaks
to us of the past, of the men and wom
en who went before us and of the rec
ords they wrote upon It. We celebrate
the day of Its birth ; and from Its birth
until now it has witnessed a great his
tory, has floated on high the symbol of
great events, of a great plan of life
worked out by a great people. We are
about to carry It into battle, to. lift It
where It will draw the fire of our en
emies. We arc about to bid thousands,
hundreds of thousands, it may be mil
lions of our men, the young, the strong,
tho capable men of the nation, to go
forth and die beneath It on fields of
blood fur nwny for what? For some
unaccustomed thing? For something
for which It has never sought the lire
before? American armies were never
before sent across tho sens. Why arc
they sent now? For somo new pur
pose, for which this great flag has nev
er been cnrrled before, or for somo old,
familiar, heroic purpose for which It
has seen men, its own men, dlo on ev
ery battlefield upon which Americans
huvo homo arms since the Revolution?
Theso nro questions which must be
answered. Wo nro Americans. We In
our turn serve America, und cun serve
her with no private purpose. Wo must
uso her Aug us bIio bus always used It.
We are accountable at the bar of his
tory and must plead In utter frankness
what purpose it Is wo seek to serve.
United States Forced Into War.
It Is plain enough how wo were
forced Into tho war. Tho extraordi
nary Insults and aggressions of the Im
perial German government left us no
self-respecting choice but to take up
nrms In defense of our rights ns a free
people und of our honor ns n sovereign
government. Tho military masters of
Germany denied us the right to be neu
tral. They filled our unsuspecting com
munities with vicious spies nnd con
splrntors und sought to corrupt the
opinion of our people In their own be
hnlf. When they found thut they could
not do that, their agents diligently
spread sedition amongst us and sought
to draw our own citizens from their
allegiance, and some of those agents
were men connected with the official
embassy of the German government It
self here In our own capUal. They
sought by violence to destroy our In
dustries nnd arrest our commerce.
They tried to Incite Mexico to take up
arms against us and to draw Japan In
to a hostile alliance with her and
that, not by Indirection, but by direct
suggestion from the foreign office In
Berlin. They Impudently denied us
the use of the high seas and repeated
ly executed their threat that they
would send to their death any of our
people who ventured to approach the
coasts of Europe. And many of our
own people were corrupted. Men be-
gun to look upon their own neighbors
with suspicion and to wonder In their
hot resentment anil surprise whether
there was any community In which
hostile Intrigue did not lurk. What
great nation In such circumstances
would not have taken up arms? Much
as we hail desired peace, It was denied
us, and not of our own choice. Tills
flag under which we serve would have
been dishonored had we withheld our
hand.
No Emnlty Toward German People.
But that Is only part of the story.
We know now as clearly as we knew
licforo we were ourselves engaged thut
we ure not enemies of the German peo
ple and that they are not our enemies.
They did not originate or desire this
hideous war or wish that we hhould be
drawn Into It; and wu arc vaguely con
scious thut we nre fighting their cause,
as they will some day see It, us well as
our own. They ure themselves In tho
grip of the same sinister power tint
has now nt lust stretched its ugly tal
ons out and drawn blood from us. The
whole, world Is In the grip of that pow
er and Is trying out the great battle
which shall determine whether It Is to
he brought under Its mastery or fling
itself free.
Tho wur wus begun by the mllltnry
mnstors of Germnny, who proved to bo
also tho masters of Austria-Hungary,
These men hnve never regarded na
tions ns peoples, men, women, nnd
children of llko blood and frame ns
themselves, for whom governments ex
isted nnd in whom governments had
their life. They hnve regarded them
merely us serviceable organizations
which they could by force or Intrigue
bend or corrupt to their own purpose.
'they have regarded the smaller state.
In particular, and the peoples who
could be overwhelmed by force, tin
their natural tools and Instruments of
domination. Their purpose has long
been avowed.
Tho demands made by Austria upon
Serbia were a mere single step In a
plan which compassed Kurope and
Asia, from Berlin to Bagdad. They
hoped thpse demands might not nrniiHo
Europe, but they meant to press them
whether they did or not, for they
thought themselves rendy for the flnnl
Issue of arms.
Vast Empire Planned.
Their plan wus to throw a broad belt
of German military power nnd political
control across the very center of Eu
rope and beyond the Mediterranean In
to the heart of Asia; nnd Austria-Hungary
was to be as much their tool and
pnwn as Serbia or Bulgaria or Turkey
or the ponderous stntes of the East.
The dream had Its heart at Berlin. It
could have had a heart nowhere else!
It rejected the Idea of solidarity of
race entirely. The choice of peoples
played no part In It at all. They ar
dently desired to direct their own af
fairs, would be satisfied only by undis
puted Independence. They could be
kept quiet only by the presence or the
constant threat of armed men. The
German military statesmen had reck
oned with all that and were ready to
deal with It In their own way.
And they have actually carried the
greater part of that amazing plan Into
execution I Look how things stand.
Austria Is at their mercy. It has acted,
not upon Its own Initiative or upon the
choice of Its own people, but at Rer
un's dictation ever since the war be
gan. Its people now desire peace, but
cannot have It until leave Is granted
from Berlin. The so-called central
powers are In fact but a single power.
Serbia Is at Its mercy, should Its hands
be but for a moment freed. From
Hamburg to the Prslan gulf the net
Is spread.
Why Berlin Seeks Peace.
Is It not easy to understand the eag
erness for peace that has been mani
fested from Berlin ever since the snnre
wns set and sprung? Pence, peuce,
peace has been tho talk of her foreign
office for now n year nnd more; not
pence upon her own Initiative, but up
on the Initiative of tho nations over
which she now deems herself to hold
the udvuntngc. Through all sorts of
channels It has come to me. nnd In all
sorts of guises, but never with the
terms disclosed which tho German gov
ernment would bo willing to accept.
That government still holds a valuable
part of France, though with slowly re
laxing grasp, and practically the whole
of Belgium. It cannot go further; It
dure not go bnck. It wishes to closo
Its bargain before It Is too late und It
has little left to offer for the pound of
flesh It will demand.
The mllltnry masters under whom
Germany Is bleeding see very clcrirly
to what point Fate has brought them.
If they fall back or nre forced bnck
an Inch, their power both nbroad and
nt homo will fall to pieces like n
house of enrds. If they can se
cure pence now with tho Immenso nd
vnntages still in their hands which
they have up to this point apparently
gained, they will have Justified them
selves before the German people; they
will have gained by forco what they
promised to gain by It: nn Immense
expnnslon of German power, nn Im
mense enlargement of German Indus
trial nnd commercial opportunities. If
they fall, their peoplo will thrust them
aside; a government accountable to
the people themselves will be set up
In Germany ns It has been In Englnnd,
In the United States, In France, nnd
In all the great countries of the mod
ern time except Germany. If they suc
ceed they are safe und Germnny nnd
the world are undone; if they fall Ger
many Is saved and the world will be at
peace. If they succeed, we und nil
the rest of the world must remain
armed, as they will remain, and must
make ready for the next step or ug
gresslon; If they fall, the world mny
unite for peace, and Germany mny be
of the union.
Seek to Deceive World.
The present particular aim of the
masters of Germany Is to deceive nil
those who throughout the world stnnd
for u, rKj,tH of peoples nnd the self
government of nations; for they see
what Immense strength tho forces of
Justice nnd of liberalism are gathering
out of this war.
The sinister Intrigue Is being no less
actively conducted In this country thnn
In ItiiHsIa nnd In every country in Eu-'
rope to which the agents nnd dupes of
the Imperial German government can
get access.
United States In War for Freedom.
The great fact that stands out above
all the rest is that this Is a People's
war, a war for freedoin and Justice and
self-government amongst nil the nn-
tlons of tho world, n war to mnke tho
world safe for the peoples who live In
It and have mado it their own, tho
German people themselves Included;
mid that with us resls the cholco to
break through all theso hypocrisies nnd
patent clients and masks of brute forco
and help set tho world free, or elso
Miind nslde and let It bo dominated a
long age through by sheer weight of
arms nnd the urbltrnry cholera of scir
constltuted masters, by tho nation
which can malntnln the biggest armies
nnd the most Irreslstlblo armaments
a power to which tho world has af
forded no parallel and In tho face of
which political freedom must wither
nnd perish.
For us there Is but ono choice. Wo
huvo made It. Woo bo to tho mnn or
group of men that seeks to stand In
our way In this day of high resolution
when every prlnclplo wo hold dearest
Is to bo vindicated nnd mndo secure for
tho salvation of tho nntlons. Wo nro
ready to plead at tho bar of hlBtory,
anil our flag shall wear a new luster.
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Too 111 to Walk Upright Opentk
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steps, thenaltdown
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The doctor said ho
thought I should
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and my friends
thought I would not
live to move into
our new house. My
daushter asked ma
to try Lydla E. Pinkham'e Vegetable
Compound as sho had taken it with good
results. I did so, my weakness dis
appeared, I gained in Btroncrth, moved
into our now homo, did all kinds of
garden work, shoveled dirt, did build
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The Better Way.
"Whnt I went through In my mar
ried life was a caution."
"What I went through In my mnr
rled life wero my husband's pockets."
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully evory bottle of
CASTOBIA, thnt famous old remedy
for Infants and children, nnd bco that It
Bears the
Signature of i
In Use for Over So Yean.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatoria
The Limit of Patience.
"You seem to tuko thnt man's paci
fist expressions very much to heart"
"I do." replied Senator , Sorghum.
"It's bad enough to put up with tho
man who won't fight or work for his
country. You can't hnve the slightest
patience with n man who won't oven
tnlk for his country."
The Ways of a Mule.
A person who hits hnrnesscd and un
harnessed n mule for months may for
get himself and stoop for something
at tho animal's heels. Then tho mulo,
docllo for bo many days, begins to kick.
When the luckless driver regains his
senses he Imagines the mule had been
waiting craftily all those weeks Just
to get a good opportunity to kick him.
The Desired Effect
"Mnssahl I sho' Is In a phudlcky
munt, snh," whined Brother SlewfooL
"Muh chlld'en bus done got do
mumps, nnd got 'cm so pow'ful pom
pous tint yo' kin hear 'em cl'ar acrost
tie street. And I ylsht you'd please
gimme 'bout hnffer dollah, say, to buy
some medicine for 'em. When all dem
eight chlld'en glls mumpln' nt onco,
de sound "
"Pshuw 1 You enn't hour the mumps.
Slewfoot, you nre un ubnomluable
llnrl"
"Ynssuhl And won't yo' please
gimme dnt buffer dollah for beln' de
most 'bom'nblo liar yo' has met uis
bright mawnln', sah? Uh-ynwl Haw I
haw "Judge.
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