Show KING CONSTANTINE MENAGE MENACE LONDON GREEK SAYS Observer of Balkan Situation Situation Situa Situ tion D Declares lares Venizelos Saved Hellenic Throne Cable to Tie 1 LO LONDON DON Oct 21 John John Mayro- Mayro I g a prominent member of the Greek Anglo-Greek community had much to I say of f interest in a talk recently about the situation in Greece Mr M I follows events I closely knows Mr Ml Ii Venizelos and is the theauthor I author author of the pamphlet England Inthe in inthe inthe the Balkans A Hellenic Note on British Policy in which he says re regarding regarding re- re garding the failure of Greece to defend Serbia Athens has dishonored Greece and all the violets in her crown will will n not t sweeten sweeten- the occasion I I Used he lie said sald to regard King Constantine Constantino simply as a man with the mentality of a a- school boy who be believed be- be that Germany would win In the thelast thelast thelast last two or three months I have been convinced that he Is actually a danger to Greece I think he will not take a leaf out of his fathers father's book and nd find it convenient to t J swim with ith the stream He has not been a constitutional kingHt king He Ht has been guilty of a secret diplomacy and complicity com corn in the reservists reservists' leagues leagues' which they formed connivance in the use of the cr crown crown wn as a party panty cry He was too top ill to receive an orderly deputation fr from m the liberal i party b but t well enough to harangue the officers returning from Salonica Thought Treaty V Valid lid As the published evidence shows he pledged his country to neutrality without consulting his ministers when Bulgaria declared war It Is very re remarkable remarkable remarkable re- re that nobody in Greece not even even the anti anti- anti press ever suggested not bein being faithful to the Serbian treaty of alliance Everybody took it for granted that the treaty as 1 was v valid lid until King Constantine Constantino in intervened in- in on the B Bulgarian mo n I tion One can therefore actually date his decision as early as September and in the fOll following month behean he be began hean his campaign against Venizelos After all th these se unconstitutional actions actions' I he had the hardihood to declare in inan an I int Interview a few weeks ago that the I voice votee of Hellas must dictate the f fu future fu- fu UI U- U I ture tune As if the yoi voice e of f Hellas' Hellas had hadnot hadnot I not be been n shouting in his ear ear all the I time Kings King's Behavior I In short King Constantine Constantino has been I behaving as an absolute monarch Bya By Bya a process of elimination it became clear I when Schenck was turned out of ot Athens that the Icing king was absolutely I under the thumb of Streit who was I acting In the most grossly unconstitutional unconstitutional way and going around Athens Athena I sear searching hing for anyone whom he could I find to make prime minister except i Venizelos los Throughout all these proceedings pro pro- I Venizelos has be been n a restraining restraining restrain restrain- I ing influence His Ills chief characteristic characteristic character character- I as is a statesman is his extra extraordinary or- or I inary moderation and he has really I been fighting for the king Icing the whole I time time keeping keeping the king on his throne I Months Months' and months ago if Venizelos I had lifted his finger there would have I been a rising His policy has hai been beena I a actuated tu ted b by the conviction that anything anything any any- I thing in the shape of civil war would I only add to the difficulties Army Is Not Ready I argument from fear fear fear- the fear that Greece might become a Belgium if she entered the war war war- was nas was was' long a factor in favor of the kings king's attitude being approved by the Greek people but apart from that Br British tish diplomacy has been at fault Repeated su suggestions of a separate peace between between be- be tween the allies and Bulgaria made the Greeks suspicious Speaking from the Greek point of view Hellenism has I three enemies English enemies English Bul philo Italian Imperialism and Prussian Prussian sian There is or 01 might b be a great future for modern Greece arid and those are the three enemies The present Greek government does not possess the confidence of the I Greek pe people As far a as his personal record goes no objections can be taken to but some of the members members ol of his bis cabinet are violently violent violent- t- t ly pro Any prime minister who can do things honestly will suf suf- lice fice c to fill the gap until f g. g an are election is hold held e Certainly Greece cannot come into the war at once The Tho army is without without with with- out equipment tens equipment tens of millions of dol dot lars lars' worth was taken by the Bui Bul- Bulgarians In the frontier towns What the Greeks need is a Venizelos to govern overn them and pull pUll them together Then In jn a few months they might mi-ht be tie ready to enter ente the war and nd cut the losses which sue ensue to them to-them them as a consequence coni consequence con con- sequence e of their failure to come In i before e |