. In the heart of German intrigue . flag flying from the old citadel, which jutsout so picturesquely into the sea, and the Italianflag over the new fort behind it. The island hadbeen taken over by the French in order to re-organize the Serbian army, and I found myselfat one with the islanders in bitterly resenting theremoval of the Greek flag from their own forts. When I remonstrated with the French com-mandant of the harbor at this indignity, he lis-tened most sympathetically to my words, andexplained that the absence of the Greek flagsfrom the forts was a mere formality indicatingthat there
. In the heart of German intrigue . flag flying from the old citadel, which jutsout so picturesquely into the sea, and the Italianflag over the new fort behind it. The island hadbeen taken over by the French in order to re-organize the Serbian army, and I found myselfat one with the islanders in bitterly resenting theremoval of the Greek flag from their own forts. When I remonstrated with the French com-mandant of the harbor at this indignity, he lis-tened most sympathetically to my words, andexplained that the absence of the Greek flagsfrom the forts was a mere formality indicatingthat there were no Greek troops there. Threemonths later, however, on our return from Greece,I was most pleased to see that on the outermostpoint of the old fort, where it was most visible toall incoming boats, there floated a Greek flag —even though the fort itself was still held byFrench troops. But there was no sign of a Greekflag on the other fort where the Italians wereplaying the master. The whole island of Corfu could no longer be i8. o ^ HH H :?; HH < c C/} D O § Q W W H K Z H l-H < W Oh c) HH (7J M < ^ ^ IS r o Q « < b W ^ Q Q < W H C/) (r, O H <Jl Q Pi ;?: O < ^H W u 7J o •* w w H z o CLi D ta « o u IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH said to be under Greek dominion, and the Greekswere treated by their unwelcome guests withentire lack of courtesy. In the dining-room ofHotel St. George the scorn overflowing theAllied breast was unreservedly expressed. Ayoung English officer sitting opposite me at thelong table announced contemptuously: — There are only two things the Greeks care for,their skins and their money. At the next table to ours sat Mr. Benaki andhis family. They had only just come fromAthens, where Mr. Benaki, a gentleman wellalong in life, had endured forty-three days inthe filthy Athenian prison because, as Mayor ofAthens, he would not issue a proclamation to suitthe King and his party. At our own table sat the Vourloumi family fromPatras, who had had
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