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GREECE AND THE GREEKS

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · May 13, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 19.

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GREECE AND THE GREEKS.

GREECE has a population of 2,187,208.
No part of Greece is forty miles from the sea.
Greece is a little larger than West Virginia.
Hellas is the name by which the Greeks call their country.
The royal palace at Athens, built by King Otto, cost $2,500,000.
Greece has a longer coast line than that of Spain and Portugal together.
About one-half of the population of Greece are shepherds and agriculturists.
The present king of Greece, George I., came to the throne in 1863, at the age of seventeen.
The Greek flag is a white cross on a blue ground, the Bavarian colors and the Greek cross.
King George of Greece is a brother of the princess of Wales and of the mother of the czar of Russia.
The standing army of Greece consists of 16,800 infantry, 3,120 cavalry, 3,842 artillery, 1,308 engineers and trainmen, and 3,400 officers. Total war strength, 215,770. Men capable of bearing arms, 495,000.
The legislative power of Greece is vested in a single body, called the Boule. The members are elected by the people every four years.
The present boundary limits of Greece were determined by an arrangement by Great Britain, France, Russia, and Turkey, July 21, 1832.