The hesitation of King Constantine is illustrated by his interview
witrh M. Drakopoulis, the leader of the Greek Labour Party. Id. Drakopoulis, who took his degree at Oxford, and is in complete sympathy with the Allies, was bold enough to tell the King that he was following a dangerous policy which would lead to the loss of his throne. The King answered that if the country were lost it would not much matter what happened to the throne. He gave M. Drakopoulis to understand that he still believed in the victory of Germany, and said that a German invasion would mean the end of Greece. M. Drakopoulis replied that Germany could not expect Greece to do more than she had done for neutrality, and that the first duty of the King was to be the enemy of the Bulgarians. A declaration of war against the Bulgarians would at once unite the whole nation. When the King objected that the Greek Army was not ready, that the Treasury was empty, and that the Allies offea-ed Greece no help, M. Drakopoulis replied that the Allies had never played any one false, and would never be anything but a good friend to Greece. The King promised to consider this very frank expression of opinion.
