was about to crown it. He called upon his soldiers to quit us and go back with him. What happened then is hard to describe. There was a wild scene of confusion in which bayonets, daggers and butt-ends of rifles menaced his life. I ran forward and hugged him tight. I was helped by some comrades who surrounded him, and we got him off to a place of safety. After this a proposal was made to send him before a field court martial. Had this been done, he would have been sentenced to death. I again interposed, and I finally carried my point and had him sent for trial before a military council which did not meet until passion was no longer at white-heat. His sentence has been only dismissal from the army. And even from this he may appeal later on." This plea is undoubtedly strong, though it leaves one point unanswered: Why did the league obtain an amnesty for its own members while depriving the five officers who had taken the King's part of the benefit of it? To this query there is a tentative reply. Hitherto in Greece nothing, it is urged, has ever been taken seriously. There is no hell or heaven, no angel or devil, no inexplicable sin. Political life has been a battle of shadows as in Walhalla. If, therefore, the league were to dissolve to-day the old order of things would revive to-morrow. And the officers are bent on remedying this fatal deficiency.

The officers' part in all this hardly calls for justification. But the part played by the King in this matter of the faithful officers cannot be disposed of so easily. It has provoked heated discussions and called forth scathing comments. At first he refused to ratify the sentence of expulsion from the army passed upon the officers Metaxas and Kalinsky. For their sole "offence" was an act which every officer ought to commit and every monarch ought to reward. Later on his Majesty yielded to the insistence of the league and affixed his signature to the decree. It is no exaggeration to say that no such humiliation has been inflicted upon any monarch in modern times. Even Abdul Hamid, after his absolute power was broken, was not subjected to such a crushing ordeal.

NOTE. Since the despatch of this letter an abortive naval mutiny took place at Salamis. Naval Lieutenant Typaldos was chosen as the head of a secret association of junior officers in the navy. At the head of some 300 officers and sailors the flotilla of destroyers raised the flag of revolt, seized the arsenal in Salamis and engaged the battleship “Hydra." They were soon overpowered by the latter, aided by artillery from the mainland opposite, and the arsenal was speedily recovered.-EDITOR.

ESPERANTO NOTES.

Now that it is definitely settled that the Sixth International Esperanto Congress is to be held in Washington, D. C., next summer, it is to be hoped that every American Esperantist will help to make the congress a success. The Washington Chamber of Commerce has undertaken to do all that is possible for the congress. No city could be better suited for the purpose. Aside from the fact, by no means unimportant in this connection, that it is the capital of the country, Washington is particularly suitable for the entertainment of visiting Europeans. And that many Europeans will attend the congress is our hope if not our expectation. Already Mr. Edwin C. Reed, Secretary of the Esperanto Association of North America, has opened an office at the Chamber of Commerce at Washington, and he will no doubt be glad to answer all queries relative to the coming congress.

We print below some notes of interest to Esperantists:

"Parizo.-La 17-an oktobro, ĉirkaŭ 200 samideanoj, inter kiuj S-roj Generalo Sebert, Bourlet, de Coppet, Chavet, Aizière, el Charenton, Méras, el Tours, kaj kelkaj nefrancoj, sub konduko de S-ro Ernest Archdeacon, la fama pioniro de l'aerveturado nun fervora propagandisto de l'Esperanto, vizitis la‘Aeronaŭtikan Ekspozicion.' Sinsekve ili haltis antaŭ la ĉefaj aparatoj, kies sistemon kaj funkciadon klarigis S-roj Archdeacon aŭ Carlo Bourlet. Tiel ili konatiĝis kun la aeroplanoj de Santos-Dumont, Farman, Voisin, kaj tiuj de Vavasseur (Antoinette) kaj Blériot, kiujn la transflugado de l' Francangla Markolo famigis. Sed la plej interesplena parto de la promenado estis la vizito al tre rimarkindaj projektoj de flugmaŝinoj elpensitaj de du samideanoj parizaj. Ĉiu el ili donis klarigojn en esperanto: S-ro Emmanuel Aimé pri sia aŭtoplano,' vera aera veturilo, en kiu la radojn anstataŭas kvar helicoj, kaj S-ro Bouché, pri sia aparato, en kiu ekvilibron kaj direktadon liveras la du flugiloj. Fine oni aliris la starejon de la speciala ĵurnalo Avion,' kies direktoro, D-ro Loisel, ĵus varbita al Esperanto, faris paroladeton tute

favoran al nia afero kaj sciigis, ke jam lia gazeto enhavas kaj daŭrigos enhavi ĉiusemajne rubrikon specialan por Esperanto. Varme gratulis

kaj dankis lin S-ro Bourlet, dum aplaŭdadis la tuta ĉeestantaro esperantista, ĉirkaŭita de scivolema publiko. Oni efektive devas rimarki, ke multaj personoj, aŭdinte la vorton Esperanto,' sekvis le promenadon, kaj kompreneble ricevis multenombrajn sciigojn kaj propagandilojn. Favore raportis la ĵurnaloj pri tiu vizito, kiu espereble bone efikos.

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Antverpeno.-La 24-an de Junio, S-ro K. Weyler, direktoro da la Urba Instituto N-ro 2, faris tre sukcesintan paroladon pri Esperanto antaŭ S-ro D-ro V. Desguin, Skabeno de la Publika Instruado kaj la perfektiga konsilantaro de la unuagrado Instruado. La parolinto proponis enkonduki Esperanton en la superajn klasojn de la Urbaj Institutoj (lernejoj por pagantaj lernantoj) kaj lia propono ricevis tiasence bonan akcepton, ke ĝi estis sendata al speciala komisio.

"Ni sciigas ke tiu ĉi komisio favore raportis pri la propono de S-ro Weyler, kaj unŭvoĉe decidis ĝin apogi ĉe la Urbestraro.

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Tiu ĉi fakto ankoraŭ solvas la demandon, sed ĝi pruvas kiom la Antverpena instruistaro sin interesas pri nia kara lingvo. Ni esperu ke iliaj klopodoj sukcesos, kaj ke baldaŭ ni povos saluti la Antverpenan urbestraron kiel la unuan, kiu enkondukis Esperanton en la publikan instruadon."

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