THE MURDERED MONARCH

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 258, 22 March 1913, Page 5

THE MURDERED MONARCH

AX INDESCRIBABLE SENSATION. POPULACE IIEAIiISTRICKEX. By Cable-Pros. A*somtion-Copvri 2 ht. Athens, .Milrcli' ly. The news of tlio King's nmrder caused nil indescribable sensation in the capital, and people were in a state of consternation. The streets were still full at midnight. The square-, environs of the Palace, ministerial and newspaper offices were draped in black. The people refused to believe that a Greek was capable of assassinating their beloved King. THE ASSASSIN'S IDENTITY. Athen«. March I*l. Sehopinas asked tiie pniice to protect him from the crowd. lli.s college acquaintances declared that he had lived abroad and lately returned to Salonika. General Dangiisli succeeds King Constantine as Commander-in-Chief. QUEEN* ALEXANDRA'S CONDITION. London. March 19. Flag* in London are half-masted. Queen Alexandra is better. She has received hundreds of messages and many visitors, including King George. King Manoel of Portugal, and his mother. Queen Amelie. PARLIAMENTARY SYMPATHY. Received 21. 5.5 p.m. London. March 21. The House of Commons passed a resolution of sympathy with (.recce and Queen Alexandra. DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY. A NOTORIOUS DRUNKARD. Received 21, 5.5 p.m. Salonika, March 21. Schinas was shabbily dressed in a blouse, and was waiting at the corner of a side street. He fired two bullets from an old-fashioned revolver, resembling a horse pistol, which struck the King. Schinas attempted to shoot Colonel Frankoudis, whoso revolver missed fire. The King fell on a table outside a shop. The shopkeeper lifted him. and two soldiers running up carried the King in their arms to a hospital in the vicinity. He was unconscious when King Nicholas arrived, and died in his son's arms. The body, wrapped in a green flag, was embalmed, and the officers in the evening carried it on a stretcher to the Palace, King Nicholas and the high dignitaries of the State and the clergy following, uncovered. Schinas is a notorious drunkard and a half-witted degenerate, half Greek and half Slav. He recently delivered socialistic harangues. He lived by begging, and was half starved. He subsisted chiefly on milk. When the examining magistrate asked the reason for the crime, Schinas replied that he had to die soon, anyway, and he wished to die famous. KING GEORGES FORTUNE.' Copenhagen, March 21. It is reported that King George left j four million sterling in investments in London, Paris and Vienna. CONTINENTAL CONDOLENCES. Athens. March 21. M. Venizeloy. in the Chamber, paid a warm tribute to King Ceorge's services. Prince Constantine has been acclaimed King. It has been resolved to erect a national -monument to King George. World-wide condolences have been received. Constantinople. March 21. The newspapers express abhorrence of the assassination, and pany many tributes to King George. KING CONSTANTINE. AN ADDRESS TO TnF. ARMY. Received 21. 5.5 p.m. Athens. March 21. King Constantine. in an address to the army, stigmatised King George's assassination as an impious outrage. He recalls that the King was devoted to the whole army, with which he was. whether unsuccessful or successful, hound up. "We shall," he said, "never cease to devote the whole of onr solicitude to the land , and sea forces.*' , THE ASSASSIN'S PEDIGREE. Athens, March 2!. | Schinas is a weak-minded inebriate. He is a native of Cerc«. and of mixed parentage. He was twice dismissed as as school attendant. He petitioned the King, who referred his petition to the proper quarter, where it was rejected. AUSTRALIA'S SYMPATHY. Received 22. 12.25 a.m. Sydney, March 21. Lord Denman and the State Governors have condoled with the Greek Royal family and Queen Alexandra. SALONIKA IN A FERMENT. Received 22. 1.1". a.m. Salonika. March 21. After the murder the town was in a ferment, the garrison believing tnat the murderer was a Turk. King Nicholas ordered strong patrols to prevent revenge. and informed the soldiers tint the assassin w;i» a (.reek, though lie was not then aware of the fact. AN AC KNOW LEDG MEN T. Auckland. La-t Xiiilit. The following te'egrarr- have 1,. en received by tne Governor in lefeie.ice to the as-as-ination of i>f Greece: "l am de"p!y touched »v hp.il much app'.e.ilfe t lie HH of - I'lpathv which you have -nit n; ■ mi ! half of the Governnie.it and people '•! New Zealand. Please exprc-s my mo-t sincere thanks fo them.- George R..' "And I send my grateiul tii;ii)K» '•<> '• •> Your Government, and the people o! New Zeal.tr. 1. \ia.l - a nd re. ••Further. lf;s the Kinir c<.remand* the ob-ervanee ft r '-nr* »>"'.!! r»e.' for 2H davs for hi. Inf.. Mnje-fv George of Greece, but it is His M:'! I *' 1 wish that fiini tii.iH an >nu-d iu '•«>!»- - tioTi with the visit of H.M.S. NVy.land should proceed no'-.vhhstandire.'."