His Majesty Greatly Vexed by the Seizure of His Corfu Villa Where Remarkable Ancient Mmm
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His Majesty Greatly Vexed by the Seizure of His Corfu Villa Where Remarkable Ancient mmm If*" <»' Relics Were net Buried and Found ^ . for His Benefit The Kaiser's Villa Now Occupied by French Soldiers and Wounded Servians. f IK Kaiser of is re* Germany circulated stories, was ro pleased Gorgon was being biought to. the ported to be very indignant the **¦ .with archaeological relics that surface. It was slow work, and the at the seizure by the French it was necessary to find some allowed her of his his favorite Empress filially appe¬ splendid villa, buried in the earth every time he- tite to overcome her enthusiasm Win' r.r on the Greek inl- residence, visited Ills estate. There were and left for luncheon. Not so the The Alley of Statues in the Garden of the ar.d of Corfu. Kaiser's genuine ones there, because Corfu Kaiser, however, and his Villa at Corfu. Tho of the Kaiser and patience feelings was one of the most auclent sites was soon rewarded. Germans in general are reflected In of Greek civilization, but the soil When tlu> hideous features of the" Homeric world, which has its roots from Greece to Italy was the following dispatch from the was along the not everywhere full of them Gorgon came to view, )ho Kaiser in bcrolc legend. const to Athens correspondent of the Frank¬ and Coreyra. It might have happened that showed absolutely no signs of fear, The Kaiser wan delighted with From furter Zeitung, a representative Homer'p "Odyssey" It Is none would come to light just as although he was fully aware o? tho the Importance of this find an-1 the to be German journal: the inferred that Odysseus camo Kaiser cast his Imperial eye ancient superstition. learned discussions over it. He from the west *"I o French occupation of the over and was Railing the excavation. "Here we see one of the contributed large sums of vjHr Achllleion at Corfu has roueed greatest money east when he arrived at the land Industrious archaeologists, there¬ ever to for further research work at Corfu. German indignation to the highest antiquities brought light," of the Phaeaclans. On the west fore, brought interesting specimens he declared enthusiastically, and he Thero are not lacking suspicious coast pitch. The Kaiser has sent a per¬ of Greek art also are to he found the pre¬ of all ages, for the to re¬ Persons who think that sonal protest "o King Constantino properly telephoned Kmpress the scien¬ cipitous walls of rock described by turn to the scene at once. tists who carried on this work wore sarin', that he will hold Greece re¬ Homer. Therefore, if the city of As the workers delved Into the always German officers and had an sponsible. for any damage done to the Phaeaclans really existed, it lb- villa." earth they found more remains. eye on gun emplacements aa well is. according to Professor Porp- The head to be as Greek art. The French seized Corfu osten¬ Gorgon's proved early feld, to bo looked for on the north¬ of a The next !lnd was n sibly <m th»? ground that the des¬ part great figure twelve feet terra cotta west coast of Oorcyra. On this When the statue of and some perately crushed and harrassed high. fragments were Victory frag¬ coast and on this promontory now put together the monster ments that Indicated the founda¬ Servian army needed Borne healthy appeared called Cape Kephali. Dorpfold 10 be a place where it could recuperate. As moving toward the right and tions of temple. The presence of found Mycenaean potsherd.-? and the arms are extended as If to pro- a here and the of an th" Greeks had bound themselves spring finding the remains of a low wall pointing the name ny treaty to fight tor the Servians Inscription, giving of a to the existence of a prehistoric when they were Rttacked and had divinity beginning with "A." led settlement dating back to the sec¬ not kept their word, the French A Beautiful Professor IJorpfeld to conjecture ond mllleniurn B C.. which, he thought that t.he least they could in that this was a templn of Apollo or thinks, further investigation may Temple both to be the olfl of do was to furnish a place where the Grounds Askleplos. gods of henling. prove city King the Servians After this a still more Aliinous could recover their of the Villa interesting One interesting bit of evidence Ilea!tli. Achilleion archaeological enterprise was un- '« adduced by Dorpfeld in favor of The Kaiser's splendid villa is now dertaken. This was a search for this opinion. Homer Mis us that tilled with wretched starving Ser¬ evidence to prove thfct the fabled Poseidon transformed the whip of PKotoj by Riuf the took vian soldiers, suffering from every "fliomprorv. city of I ho Phaeaclans, whose hab¬ Phpeacians which Odys¬ kind or itation is* located Homer seus home into a hn«e rock in wound and Injury. These by in the front of the city. Now, in front poor fellows, without food and with- "Odyssey" ns westward near the of Cape Kephali lies a rocky islet out wero confines of the world, was really in which at a distance re¬ ammunition, chased for Corfu. strongly clays over roads and mountains by sembles a sailing vessel and is an Professor Dorpfeld held that the called on that account by thn na- overwhelming army of Germans, Pliaeacians were h sea-faring folk Austrian's and tives, "karawl," a modern Greek Bulgarians. Many who originated in Crete, and who term for ship. of them tramped along until their In voyaging westward to Italy Iv. ju in ancient times this same feet were worn to the bone. came to Corcyra, as Corfu was jwk was supposed to he t!ie Chief the originally called, and there planted Phaeacian ship, and Pliny in his among Servians oc¬ a settlement. This view is based cupying the Kaiser's villa "Natural History" states: "There Is th« upon passages in several ancient is a rock by the promontory of Crown Prince Alexander of Servia, writers. Homer says that the Phalakron in Corcyra into which who was severely wounded in the Phaeacians dwelt on a peninsula they say the ship of Ulysses was between two before their head some time ago and was un¬ harbors: changed so as to resemble it in city the ships that came from the form." able to go to a hospital. His father, i-'ar old West cast anchor and in one All this interesting research has King Peter, although he was re¬ night it was possible to sail from been brought to an end by ihe cently crippled by the gout, has ro- their city to Ithaca in Sicily. war, and the control of the seas by covcred sufficiently to go to the Thucydides states that the voyage the allied navies. front at Snlotupa. Th' hi- poor Servians, with their Injured feet and their ne&iected wounds, are now enjoying the Some Very Peculiar Kaif-er's luxurious beds and bis de¬ lightful marble bath tubs. The Freaks of Fashion French flag, however, floats over the v:l!a, and French officers and IN nino coses out of ten fashions At one time elaborately worked eoldi'-rs are in charge of it. They are born, not made, and they ami hand-emhroidercd blouses were. are getting the Serbian army in can often he traced to tho in¬ ?lie vogue. Then machines were so condition for new fighting. fluence of passing events. It would perfected that mnehine-embroiderod It i.- not surprising that the Kai¬ seem that the short, full skirls blouses out rivalled the hand work, ser should feel Indignant at the iggr which are now in vogue originalerl ami fashion experts retaliated by seizure of his beautiful villa and The Crown with the Russian ballet which has designing blouses as plain as they estate Che French. He had ex- Prince been so popular of late, in the same could be made. per.'ii ¦' [. -a?-..ii *10,000,000 and Alexander of way ns the tight skirls followed the The fashion for uncurled feathers J a '.lie purchase and im- craze for Oriental play.", and dances. was the result of a wet day. Curled prominent e: the Tho Servia, Who property. ostrich feathers were on Villa A hilleion is a place of fairy- Was Wounded every hat, like I" planned by that roman¬ and Is Now when, at some fashionable function, tic character, the late she rain descended in torrents and El.. a; Empress Recovering of Au tria. at the every feather was* soon absolutely 'I t Kaiser loved hip villa be¬ Entrance Hall of the Kaiser's Villa Which Will Be Used as a . Sitting alert for > straight. Milliners, always ret >i > ; ;. .'auty and Its ex- Kaiser's Villa. Room for Convalescent <|uiste Winter and Servians. an idea, were struck with the ap¬ climate, espe¬ to cial 1> '. account of the ancient damaged by time, Corfu and loft or embrace, or aecordins: to strange pearance of these feathers, and un¬ buried them in ihe Kaiser's I sit <*. beast, probably meruit for trea>iirf> which were re¬ nnother view, to ward off or a lion. curled became the constantly In other word:, the ground was Those live figures, accord¬ ostrich plumes covered fr in Its soil and which "salte.l." frighten away certain objects or ing to Professor Dorpfold, formed demand. gave ii.tt! ;t:i < ort This according to re¬ persons.