GREEK KING'S DEATH.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1876, 22 March 1913, Page 5

GREEK KING'S DEATH.

DISREPUTABLE ASSASSIN

WISHED 10 DIE FAMOUS. Press Asan—By Telegraph—Copyright Received 5.5 p.m. Salonika, March 20. Schinas, shabbily dressed in a blouse, was waiting at the corner of a side street. Two bullets from an old-fashioned revolver, resembling a horse pistol, struck the King. Schinas attempted also to shoot Frankoudes, but his revolver missed fire. The King fell against a table outside a shop, and the shopkeeper lifted him. Soldiers, running up, then carried the King in their arms to a hospital in the vicinity. His Majesty was unconscious when King Nicholas arrived and died in his son's arms. v The body was wrapped in t e Greek flag and embalmed. Officers in the evening carried it on a stretcher to the palace, King Nicholas and high dignitaries of the State and clergy following with heads uncovered. Schinas is a notorious drunkard and half-witted degenerate—half Greek and half Slav. Recently he had delivered socialistic harangues. He lived by begging, but was half j starved and subsisted chiefly on milk. The examining magistrate asked | him his reason for the crime, and Schinas replied: "I had to die soon anyway, and I wished to die famous."

WORTH FOUR MILLIONS. Copenhagen, March 20. It is reported that the late King George left four millions sterling in investments in London, Paris and Vienna. Athens, March 20. The Veuizelzo Chamber paid a warm tribute to King George's services. Constantine has been acclaimed King. It has been resolved to provide a national monument to the late King. World-wide condolences have been received.

ADDRESS TO THE ARMY

Received 5.5 p.m. Athens, March 20. The new King, Constantine, in an address to the army, stigmatises the impious outrage upon his father's life and recalls the fact that lie devoted the whole of his life to the army, with which the war, whether unsuccessful or successful, was bound up. "We shall," he says, "never cease to devote our whole solicitude to the land and sea forces.'' TRIBUTES FROM TURKEY. Constantinople, March 20. The newspapers express abhorrence at the assassination, and pay warm tributes to the deceased King George. REPLIES TO NEW ZEALAND. ROYAL LETTERS. FROM KING AND QUEEN MOTHER. (Press Association.—By Telegraph Auckland, Mach 21. The following telegrams have been received by the Governor of New Zealand in refernce to the assassination of King George of Greece:— "lam deeply touched by, and much appreciate, the message of sympathy which you have sent me on behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand. Please express my most sincere thanks to them.—Signed, GEORGE R and I." "My grateful thanks to you, your Government, and the people of New Zealand for kind sympathy.—Signed, ALEXANDRA."

Further communication states that His Majesty the King commands the observance of Court mourning for 28 days for his late Majesty King George of Greece, but it is his Majesty's wish that the functions arranged in connection with the visit, of H. M. S. New Zealand should proceed notwithstanding.