ly, and be ready to
lead them if war is declared.

The news that the Greek ports are to be blockaded has made the Greeks
hasten their preparations. The troops are being hurried off to Thessaly
with all possible despatch.

[Illustration: CRETAN SOLDIERS RETREATING INTO THE MOUNTAINS.]

There are reports that the Greeks are so enraged against the Emperor of
Germany for his behavior over Crete, that the priests have openly said in
the churches that it is a great misfortune that the future King of Greece
is married to the sister of Greece's worst enemy.

In 1889 the Crown Prince married the Princess Sophia of Germany, sister of
the young German Emperor.

The Greek statesmen are openly urging the Prince to divorce his wife,
because of her relationship to the German Emperor.

Does not this seem terrible!

The Crown Prince and Princess have three children, the youngest a baby not
yet a year old. For the sake of politics the Greeks would like to have the
Crown Prince send his wife back to her own country, and separate her from
her children.

It cannot be a happy thing to come of a race of kings, and be such a great
personage, that even the happiness of home must be sacrificed for the
interests of State.

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Our friend Weyler is in a heap of trouble.

It seems that affairs in the Philippines look worse for Spain than was at
first supposed.

The Spanish troops have been very severely beaten lately near Manilla, and
the rebellion is so strong and so well organized that unless fresh troops
can be sent immediately, the Philippines will be lost to Spain.

The insurgents are so successful that they are even venturing to offer
pardons to all Spaniards, except the Captain-General, who will lay down
their arms and peacefully obey the new government.

Spain does not, however, intend to give up the Philippines yet a while,
and as she is not in a position to spare more men from home, for fear of
the Carlists rising, she has sent to Weyler, and ordered him to dispatch
20,000 men to the Philippines without delay.

This is what is troubling Weyler.

Some months ago word was sent to the Spanish Government that Weyler was
robbing the treasury by drawing full pay for numbers of men who had been
killed by the Cubans, but whose names were still on the pay-rolls.

The matter was inquired into, but before it could get very far Weyler made
such indignant denials, and protested his innocence s