Identifier: constantineigree01hibb (find matches)
Title: Constantine I and the Greek people
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Hibben, Paxton, 1880-1928
Subjects: Constantine I, king of the Hellenes, 1868-1923 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, The Century co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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of precipitating con-flict. He asserted, also, that he had not orderedthe bombardment of an open city filled withwomen and children. General Callaris ex-plained, in reply, that his orders to his men werein no circumstances to fire first upon the in-vaders, and that he could only regret that thepresence of armed troops upon neutral soil hadgiven an impression—evidently, in view of theadmirals declaration, a mistaken one—that theywere there with hostile intent. The admiralsstatement to the newspaper correspondents thathe would take such measures against the Gov-ernment necessary to compel compliance withhis demands was tactfully ignored in these for-mal amenities. After noon an escort of Greek infantry ac-companied the force shut up in the Zappeion,with all its material, to the harbor. The wholelength of the road from Athens to the Pirseuswas guarded by the Greek sailors, whom, so shorta time before, the admiral had forced to leavetheir beloved ships. As the French and British 474!
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GENERAL SARRAILLeaving hia headquarters at the French School, Saloniki ANATHEMA! marines marched out of their prison, some of themen, less on their dignity than the officers, wavedtheir hats and cheered the Greeks. The Greeksguarding the road grinned from ear to ear andpresented arms. Queen Sophie took personalcharge of the care of the wounded of both sides,those whom it was impossible to move being leftin the Greek military hospital. I visited themmyself, and found the Allied wounded excellentlycared for. One, a French marine, SebastienDale, said: Our Greek comrades are very good to us.They take turns reading to us. The Greekcomrades were the Greek soldiers whom theFrench had wounded! Every day King Con-stantine sent an aide-de-camp to see that the careof the Allied wounded was the best Greece couldgive. Prime Minister Lambros in person saw to therelease of the Italian troops that had been sur-rounded in the Italian school. Some 150 Britishwere at first missing, and the wildest rumor

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