THE WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE 1821 TO 1833 BY W.ALISON PHILLIPS 1897

OTHO OF BAVABIA ACCEPTS THE CROWN 389
sembly, in alarm for its safety, once more fled, and
took refuge within the walls of Nauplia.
At this juncture arrived the news of a weighty decision
of the Conference in London, which promised
to be a final settlement of the Greek question. The
crown had, as already mentioned,
been offered to
Prince Otho, the second son of King Ludwig of Bavaria,
whose youth (he was scarcely seventeen) was
considered an advantage, as it
adapt himself more readily to
country he was called upon to govern.
would enable him to
the conditions of the
In accepting
for his son, the King of Bavaria had insisted on certain
important modifications of the former protocols, and
most of his demands had been conceded. The extension
of the frontier beyond the line of Arta Volo,
fixed by the protocol of the 26th of September was,
indeed, refused, as was also the suggestion
the island of Crete in the new kingdom.
to include
But Otho
was to be King, not ' Sovereign Prince ' of Greece ;
and an adequate loan was guaranteed, to enable the
new Government to start unhampered by want of
funds.
The united squadrons of the Powers, and the
French troops, were also placed at the disposal of the
1
Regency, for the maintenance of order.
This treaty was signed on the 7th of May, and the
i Prokesch, Appendix,
xii. 30.