Show Ven Venizelos Venzelos z los Politician Some of our American politicians might learn karn valuable lessons from the thc shrewd and successful V elos former premier of Greece The elections just held in iu Greece show that the people still stil ha c V S faith in ii V Venizelos for thousands of them obeyed his request requestS S that the stay away ay from the polls and totally ignore the fact that was anything thing to vote otc on V S Since the government g y failed to thc of that crafty t and his followers washed th their ic hands 9 of the whole mess V V V V S SIf If in in thc the end cud Greece suffers and find complaint is is' map made the tho for for- iner premier and nud his co A Co can li l assume a loft lofty ti and Bay ayo o the kin king and nd his crowd Wo V 0 told old yoa rOlt o y You Ol wouldn't dp dp p as w we urged you to and now see wl at you did dide We e gave you a a afree free hand and you rOll bungled the whole affair S V f. f J Jn In that case Y elos and aUlI his party can escape consul censure c. c 4 4 jf thin things R should turn out satisfactory for Greece Y Venizelos 5 i ri sa say Well 7 cl c oven though h we di differed wit with h the tha g government rl ni we weS S not become headstrong m aiM tr try V to block our opponents opponents' i plans pians V V 5 V VS VV f r S oa Ii V r S V VV V The same cables th that t are aie carrying news t today day of t the u. u electious elec- elec lc t ons in Greece also also- tell teU of the withdrawal of fron 1 important positions along the Dardanelles Whether Vh tl these mean e an V it af p permanent rm t Abandonment do of that that c campaign or- or wh whether they y S mer merely ly meana mean a revision of the plan is IS not made clear S S I It is a f fact ct well recognized h over t that the attempt to force t th straits strait ha has lias proved ro C a dismal dismal- and has cost the allies S dearly S S V 5 II w S. S S' S S S S it was as the Wh promise pr lliso d o of los lo's it wa was said t to Ia e l ava deter r d Great Britain's course our oure e. e S. S V I VS 5 flie allies were t to use warships t and the Greeks were Jo hurl their land forces aga against th their r ancient enemies the Turks At that the Central l. l powers had lad their hands f full fulT q on oh 1 the Western Vestern front on andy in in the Russian campaign The Turks were re not wel well V VS S provisioned The Ores Greeks re knew mew how lOW to fight them mi too an and with I V t their aid th the allies inight mig have replaced the f Crescent ent with the S SV cross ross at St. St Sophia v V S V V V But King COI Constantino t nUn refused to stand by his premiers premier's prom prom- ise and the French f fl and British naval forces f found themselves odds ds fighting impossible S 1 S S. S No one outside official cial circles knows knoWs what what- the o V would have bave been for G Greece c ce had she thrown her we weight onto the allies' allies V of the scale at that opportune moment but it is bc believed i ved b by V many war experts that if Greece h had d ener entered 1 the h struggle at that tune time igo ago would V SU Russian l' l ships ships- i S passing the straits laden with wheat for I England and France Francc and tind I v i g with supplies that the czars czar's country needs so badly V If If- Greece is finally forced to fight anyway will she have the ame same chances to profit by war var as she did wh when n Venizelos planned 54 V 7 S V j her course V 4 S 5 5 V S 4 4 1 S 4 I jVe j V VV VV V V X We Ve rather imagine that a crown crown hangs in ip th the i balance l nc and andS id S hat the foremost politician of the tho Hellenes is looking forward to th the time when Greece ce will have ave no king an and the will of the people peo peo- will rule ruIe the nation V V f |