The near East from within . o o. uu § u Murder of King George 199 young King so to change his attitude, and that some-thing was credited by the few to whom I refer as beingin the position to know to be a strange letter which hadreached him almost on the eve of his fathers communication told him in so many words that agreat change was impending, and that very soon he wouldbe able to show of what stuflp he was made^ In spite ofits impertinent and offensive tone, this cursory missivehad a ring of truth in it and had painfully jarred on thenerves of the then Crown Prince, Two days late
The near East from within . o o. uu § u Murder of King George 199 young King so to change his attitude, and that some-thing was credited by the few to whom I refer as beingin the position to know to be a strange letter which hadreached him almost on the eve of his fathers communication told him in so many words that agreat change was impending, and that very soon he wouldbe able to show of what stuflp he was made^ In spite ofits impertinent and offensive tone, this cursory missivehad a ring of truth in it and had painfully jarred on thenerves of the then Crown Prince, Two days later theKing was murdered in broad daylight in one of the mostfrequented streets of Salonika. Shortly after the death of King George of Greece Iwas passing through Athens, and took occasion to callupon King Constantin. A reminder that I had knownhim in Berlin when he was a boy secured my found him very little changed on the whole, and hereceived me most warmly, talking about the time whenhe had been in Berlin before hi
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