(MRS. KENNETH-BROWN)

With Illustrations

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1918


Fig. 1. Eleuttherios Venizelos


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TO MRS. LOUIS BURR
AND
TO AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR

Dear Little Family,

You have always helped us bear our disappointments, and rejoiced with us over our successes. You have speeded us off on all our journeys, and welcomed us to your home on our return. In memory of all this, accept these pages, which tell of the most adventurous year of our lives.

Affectionately,

DEMETRA KENNETH-BROWN

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CONTENTS

I.

IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH

II.

FACE TO FACE WITH KING CONSTANTINE

III.

A ROYALIST TEA

IV.

A MILITARISTIC DREAMER

V.

WAS CONSTANTINE A COWARD?

VI.

IN SALONICA WITH MR. VENIZELOS

VII.

THE CRY OF THE GREEK SOLDIERY

VIII.

THE AMAZING REVELATION

ILLUSTRATIONS

1

ELEUTHERIOS VENIZELOS

2

THE BACK OF MRS. KENNETH-BROWN'S PASSPORT

3

THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF MARINE'S PERMIT TO MR. AND MRS. KENNETH-BROWN TO SAIL FROM TARANTO

4

CORFU: PONTEKONESE, OR RAT ISLAND, FROM WHICH THE FAMOUS PAINTING The Island of the Dead WAS PAINTED .

5

THE ZAPPEION, WHERE ADMIRAL DARTIGE DU FOURNET AND HIS MARINES WERE TRAPPED BY THE GREEKS

6

HOUSE OF THE DIADOQUE, OR CROWN PRINCE

7

HOUSE OF MR. VENIZELOS IN ATHENS

8

GARRETT DROPPERS, AMERICAN MINISTER TO GREECE

9

PRINCE NICHOLAS WITH ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS.

10

PRINCESS NICHOLAS

11

FACSIMILE OF LETTER OF THE MARSHAL OF THE COURT MAKING THE APPOINTMENT FOR KING CONSTANTINE

12

KING CONSTANTINE

13

QUEEN SOPHIE

14

 DR. STREIT

15

N. POLITIS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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EMANUEL REPOULIS, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR

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NIKOLA P. PACHITCH, PRIME MINISTER OF SERBIA

18

A MEETING OF DIPLOMATS IN THE FRENCH LEGATION AT ATHENS

19

DR. GOUNARIS

20

GENERAL VICTOR DOUSMANIS

21

GENERAL SARRAIL, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ALLIED ARMY IN MACEDONIA

22

ALEXANDER ZAÏMIS

23

POSTCARD PICTURE OF CONSTANTINE AND THE KAISER .

24

THE HOUSE OF MR. VENIZELOS IN SALONICA

25

CRETAN SENTRY AT ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE OF MR. VENIZELOS

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ADMIRAL COUNDOURIOTIS

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GENERAL DANGLIS

28

MR. MARKANTONAKIS, SECRETARY TO MR. VENIZELOS

29

GENERAL GÉNIN

30

GENERAL SARRAIL, GENERAL RENAUD, AND MR. AND MRS. KENNETH-BROWN A FEW MILES BEHIND THE FIRING LINE IN SALONICA .

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MR. VENIZELOS AND GENERAL SARRAIL

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MRS. KENNETH-BROWN AT THE GREEK HEADQUARTERS BEHIND THE FIRING LINE

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GREEK VOLUNTEERS IN TRAINING

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THE HUNDRED SOLDIERS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE FIRING LINE WITH WHOM THE AUTHOR TALKED.

35

COLONEL ZIMBRAKAKIS IN THE GARDEN OF THE HOUSE OF MR. VENIZELOS IN SALONICA

36

ONE OF MR. VENIZELOS'S CORRECTIONS FOR THE MANUSCRIPT OF THIS BOOK

37

LETTER OF THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT ROME

38

LETTER MAKING THE APPOINTMENT FOR M. PAINLEVÉ, FRENCH MINISTER OF WAR

Many of the illustrations including the design on the wrapper are reprinted by the kind permission of Collier's Weekly in which they first appeared.