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...House of Lords has no power to reject the bill, and Royal assent may be given whether the Lords pass it or not. /FOOTNOTE...
...behind him, was the chief cause of agitation. King Georgos was sent on an enforced vacation pending a plebiscite on the future status of Greece (TIME, Dec. 31, 1923). A few months later, the Greeks, who had not two years before given overwhelming proof of their devotion to the royal house, voted 758,742 to 352,322 for the establishment of a Republic (TIME, Apr. 28, 1924). King Georgos joined the colonies of ex-royalty which are dotted about the face of the globe...
...regards political stability, the Hellenic Republic was to be no better than the Monarchy. It was, perhaps, so far as it concerned foreign affairs, the price which Greece had to pay for getting rid of the royal house at the only time it was of any use to her; for one of King Georgos' sisters was the Crown Princess of Rumania, the King's wife was a daughter of the King and Queen of Rumania and one of the King's brothers-in-law was the King of Yugo-Slavia. Queen Marie of Rumania had cleverly set the stage...
There, in the nation's capital, a triumph was being prepared. King Haakon, who had followed Amundsen's vicissitudes with avidity, would send royal carriages to meet the heroes at the water. He would await them at the palace, ready to pin upon them the Royal Order of St. Olaf,* exhibit them to his subjects from a balcony, welcome them with the great of Norway at a state banquet. The day after, prominent officials would have their chance to make speeches recalling the Viking days, at ceremonies to be held in old Fortress Akershus. A male chorus numbering...
London. At the Royal Academy, Sir Frank Dicksee sold Daughters of Eve for ?500. Glyn Philpot got ?600 for A Street Accident in Paris...