Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-08 | Page 12 | Greece's Ex-King Willing to Return

GREECE'S KING EX-KING WILLING TO RETURN PARIS Ma May 8 Former R P Former King George II of Greece w was s quoted today to I Iday day in dispatches from London to the he the n n W r Excelsior as s s saying ing he hc to was vas rez ready y to return to the throne should hould his people summon him I If u the thc will of the Greek people clearly calls me hack back he was WS quoted I will r return turn to my dear dearco co country un taking for tor my inspiration th the constitutional and lib liberal r ll qan m my grandfather G George orge I founder of our dynasty applied during during dur dur- ing ng the 50 years cars of a happy and fruitful reign The Tha Th former monarch said aid he had abstained from Irom politics since h ha left Gre Greece ce in 1923 Former Premier Venizelos Veni Veni- zelos elos exiled le leader leeder der of the the- Greek revolt re re- volt olt of l st March said th the former king ting will find plenty of opposition it if f he returns to Greece George Geoge succeeded to the throne in 1922 after the deposition of his lather father King Constantine Constantino cs as s a result of f a revolution lcd led by General Nichlas Nicholas Nich Nich- olas las His reign was short hort lived Grow Grow- irig ing ng republican s sentiment nt prompted him lim to leave the coun country r in 1923 The he assembly deposed the thc dynasty a afew afew few ew months later and a a plebiscite confirmed the action