Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1913 — TO WEAR BYZANTINE CROWN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO WEAR BYZANTINE CROWN

King Constantine of Greece Will Be Hailed at "Augustus" at the Coronation. Vienna. —An invitation has reached Emperor Francis Joseph to participate as an honored guest at the splendid and unique coronation ceremonies in Athens next May. when King Constantine of Greece and his royal spouse will be crowned. The feature of the ceremony will lie in the fact that the Byzantine imperial diadem of old will be placed on the brow of the ruler of a small but ambitious kingdom, and that with the crowning will go the assumption of the ancient title of "Augustus.” - The very crown of tbe old Byzantine empire,' kept hitherto in the monaa-

tery of Mount Athos, will be used on this occasion, with the purple lobe of old. Simultaneous with the coronation festivities there will be a fortnight’s athletic games in the stadium at Athens and historical plays will be given In the Acropolis. Austrians are wondering how Rus sia will like thiß assumption of sue cessorship of Byzantium.

King Constantine.