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Show -order is rae IN GRETO CAPITAL! WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. A foreign office of-fice dispatch received tonight from Athens by the Greek legation says normal condi- j tions have beeo. restored in the capital. . It describes the fighting between the Venizelists and reservists Incident to the clash between Greek and allied troops Saturday after an attempted insurrection by rowdies who were quickly suppressed. sup-pressed. A paraphrase of the dispatch given out by tlie legation follows: As you have already been informed, rowdies attempted Saturday to take advantage of the deplorable encounters encoun-ters which occurred between the detachments de-tachments of the allies and the Greek troops to create a sudden insurrection. in-surrection. They killed and injured several civilians and military men. The government took immediately tho necessary steps and order was completely re-established. The capital now has its normal aspects. I am informed, in-formed, however, that several press cablegrams have described the repression re-pression of the broils in the most whimsical manner. No rebellion has been checked with more rapidity. If any excesses have been committed they must be imputed im-puted to the madness of the moment and to the exasperation due to seeing painful firing, which cost blood of the armiy, and to a sedition which had been promoted against civilians and military men and which had been prepared long ago and kept quiet. Nevertheless, the royal government will not fail to make an effort to show their severity against any person per-son accused of having committed criminal acts. A report from Minister Droppers at Athens reaching the state department today to-day said there was much excitement in the Greek capital, but gave few particulars particu-lars about the situation. It was the first time the minister had been heard from In weeks. |