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' Ex Premier Venlzelos A ' fN ) 1 N n . / _ _ -S S - % ' * < SSSSSK3 j t tBy By WILLIAM C UTLEY UTLEYODD UTLEYnr UTLEYnr0 \0 0 \ ODD 0 BE BD 01 Ot or not Itot hot to be a monarchy monarchy- monarchyp monarchythat monarchythat - p | that is the question which whlcli \ hicb , unless un- un unless un- un unI - - - [ I less some alteration arises in inpresent Inpresent In present plans , , will Wlll be put to a ate ato n6te te to of ot the people of Greece during the theet tlu theit : et t dajs days d1 s of this coming September Septemberom lit litt om the Indications of recent polltlcal political polltlcaltlvlty politicaltivity politicaltivity tlvlty tivity under the shadow of theropolls thesropolls the theIropous ropolls , . , It seems not at all al1 imposle Impos ImposIe Imposle ) Ie le that th1t the nation n'lUOI1 nlUOI1 ' whose tongue tongueve tongueve tongueve Iropous ve us the \ vcri very cr \ word ord " "democrac democrac "democr1c democr1c "democracy democracy ; " " II 11 return Its 3 y ; } oung Danish D'1nlsh D1nlsh ' I king Ing , now nowposed no nowposed posed these t twelve elve years ears e'1rs e1rs ' to his hisditionally hisditionally dltionauy ditionally shaky shahy throneremier throno throIl throne throno'remier ' : > 'remier remier remler ' Panavoti Panayoti Pana ; } oU Tsaldans Tsaldaris T ald1rls , the ro rost roy- roy royst -st st - - st head bead of Gre Greece's Greeces ce's ces ' republican repuulIcan gov govwent gov-imcnt gov imcnt . - went , ma mav may v effect a postponement postponementthe postponcmenthe ) the plebiscite it if he lie thinks thinl.s thinls . that the theth thelice theative Eent lice th e of time has not yet et had suf sufent sufeat sufent ent eat effect upon the unrest of theple thepIe the theple > ple pIe fol1o following Ing the disturbances of ofnt ofnt olcnt : nt months monthsille mon monthsbile hs hsThlle \Thlle Thlle ; \ bile ille the rebels reuels who . kicked 1.1c1"ed 1.1c1ed 11c1ed " up suetuss such suchuss suchuss uss In the ele\ ele eleven eleen \ en dabs da ; } s ch civil 11 ll wars war warS wais S spring sprrna sprln , ; have been restrained restramed from fromuall fromually fromuallv uall ually ) taking up arms for a while whiler , ! Ir r numbers make mal.e male . up a large ml- ml mltty mlity mlty - ' tty ity bloc , and with the ant'1goDlsm ant1goDlsm antagonism antagonismdefeat antagonismdefeat ' ' I defe1t defeat still stl11 rankling ranhlmg in their breastsy breasts , y might h\rdl h rdl hardly ' \ be ue expected to apaeh apach ap apxch xch aeh ach the polls with lth open and un unsed unsed unsed sed mind However , a 1 ' postpone postponent nt of the plebiscite , which hich \ was as proed pro proed , ed for bv by a ' \ 11pns law 11\\ 11 \ pns passed ed by b u ; } the Gleel Greek Greekembly Gicelembly " : embly In Julv July Jul , If it should occur occurild , uld ld be only a short one oneio oneo oneo io o drastic a change ch1nge in the gO\ gO gOern govern governnt governnt \ ern ernnt nt as asathe ' < tlie he replacement of the kIng kInguld kinguld kinsId ; uld not be decided bv bs u , a mere m1 ma maify may mayvote I Ilfy lfy ify \ -vote vote - ote e\ e even een \ en tlie the royalists agree agreeess agreeess agreeess ess political conditions condltlons Improvewlth Improve improvewlthhe Improvewlthe with withe e next nc-t nc t nest - . : few weeks , , an 0\ 0 0erwhelm overwhelm overwhelmmajority overwhelmmajority \ erwhelm mnjor1h majority in favor faor fa\ fa \ or of the monarch mon\ mon monchY monarchy ' \ chY chYms ; ' ms monarchyms ms hardly probable proLable D\ D Even Den \ en Kingrge I\.lng I.lng I .lng lng King I.lngrge Kin \ . ; ; sportsi rgc rge II , , \ whose \ hose good 1001 looks , ' ) and sports sportsnature .1 1 ' . ' .1nature nature h1\ h1 have h1e \ e earned the nIck nIcke nickie e of ' Gorgeous Georglos Georgloc Georgioc : , , " has bee beeted becited been beented a ted as saying s'lying slying siying ' that th'1t th1t ' he lie docs does not der deto de deto ! r to resume his tlirone tin till one as a result resultny resultny resuliny ny trick tncl " move IDOe mole IDO\ IDO \ e on the part p1rt of th thlist thiillst the theU e i . U list " factionorgeous faction fuCtlOD factionSorgeous Sorgeous orgeous Georglos Georgios " may be pre preng preing \ ing ng a little , even e\en e en \ at that , for thernot then there ther therenot thennot e not uncommon rumors that 1 1e If 1to f C fg to < ? e once more \ welcomes elcomes a hID Lin kini111 g ! ; ; $ ill 111 not be he lie but King Kmg Georgengland's George V Vngland's 13ngland's 13nglands ngland's nglands ' ' youngest youDJest son , the dub dubent dukSent dul.e dule dul.eent . e ent , , who married Geor Georelos GeorJlos , Ios ' ' cousIn cousInIna cousl couslIna couslaa n ] Ina , Scandal candal sandal Is the reason re'lson relson ' Geor Georwlfe Geoi'wlfe Geoiwlfe ' ' /wlfe wlfe / , 'wife wife ' , the cqueen ex c- c - . : queen Elizabeth Ihlabeth fIizabeth : , In InJuly 1 1July lir n July Julys was \s s ' \ gran granted ted a divorce dhorce dh orce bKumaclan by b bItumaalnn ny y , ltumoolan Itumaalnn byltumoolan Appeals Appe11s court at Buch- Buch Buch1 Budt BuchI Bucht - I 1 . t . Slie She charged the king with be beunfaIthful beunfaithful b ( ' unfaithful Greeks Greel.s Greels . want W'lnt Wlnt went ' a kinhas kIng kInghas kin kinhas g has a kind and 10\ 10 loving 10Ing losing \ Ing wife . , such suet sucharina suetarina sue'arina suearina 11 i ' arina Marina Manna Is the most poi pop popat popat poiat ' at home of all al1 the members of ofGreel o oGreek o.Greek oGreek f . Greel Greek " royal famili family famll familyGreece . } Greece Gains Freedom FreedomrowIng Freedomirowing Freedomrowing rowIng over the republic In h hot f fof fof a ' [ ot of a monarchy monar.hy monarhy ( . \ would \ ould be a mo\ mo mos moe moovelt mosovelty movoveiti \ e ovelt ovelty In the course of the world worldts s s1s - , 1s ts , but one consistent \ vvlth with \ Ith the thetlent th thlent thilent c hit lent ttend hend trend of ot mooern mouern Greek hi hiOne hli his hisOne s tlent t ' One of Its outstanding outctandlng ; cliaiacteit thuactCis thuactC .1111 1111 ( . acter acterIs r ' Is that it will wlll be the first such suchin sue suein sues h in many manv sears 5 ears to be effected effecte effectedout effecteout cffecteout d ( out the dynamic ch iracter Irlcter , of on ontherlos one onetherIoq OGtherios e therIoq therlos Vcnizeloa Ynlzelos Venlzelos ( , storming nbout nboutne abo abone aboi ut ne side or the other r ' - u.ntur untur -LDtur LDtur cntury . ; Greek Greeh . hIstory hIstorygely histor historygely : reely gely the tM per&onal peronal personal per & onal history hlstory of Veni VenI- Venl- Venl VenIthe Venlthe - - . , the father Cather 'father ' of the Greek re rec rec rec | c " Glimpsed In his seat of exile exileris exileris exiliiflris ris , the se seventy enty one sear v \ ear old e"t- e"t et ee- ee e"ter eel eeer exller " - l er might well be mistaken mistai.en mistaien . toe for fore fore : e Bernard bhavv Shaw ha\\ ha haHe \ \ He has h'ls hls his ' the tinbald thebald bald head , , th the ( . . &ame ame same & pointed white whiteand whites whiteand whit ' s and the same t\\ t twinkle tlDhle tinkle \ lDhle e In his histit hi hl t1l tit 11 1821 Greece was wag a provInce provlnee provIncee e seawas Ottoman empire tmplre In that ) , ear earwas earwas was a n revolt which \ \ hlc11 even ceu c\ c \ eu the ter ter- ter - - . Turks tciTurks terTurks ( failed tailed ailed to crush cruslJ and Ino11ow In 1ollowln 0110\0 0110 0 o11ow nationalbly \ ' InJ ink . . ; y iear ear a Greek Greeh CreeL . national nationsibly , Constittdrafted bly was formed and a Constltu Constitu- Constitu Constiturafted - . ratted rafted . , . In 1825 the'lurks thelurks the 1 ' . Turks urhs mas- mas masenough masenough maiu : - - dooie doome enough Gre.l Grel Greeks ( . < s to bring brlDg doom e havcd haveed new republic and would have havecd hav thaTurkish cd ed It 1t Uowever IIo\Ve\cr IIo Ve cr HOWeyer \ \ . , , mightier tha than thanrklsh \ r1.Ish r1Ish rklsh . sword was the ofByron pen of c'Byron cByron ' Byron , and as a result the syn sym ' symof of other othcr . vvad wasd European .curopean curopean 110\\ 110 powers 110era posers \ \ era was vva < d in to favor of the trample trampled trampledJ J . ! Greel Greeks . With the aid of Dngland England , I I | B'rance Brance l1'rance l1rance France ' and Russia nllSsla , , the Turks Turl"s Turls " were weredl wereditsen driven ditsen dl h en out and Greece was declare declareJ declareJan , J ] . an independent Indepenllent kingdom kmgdom , with Otho Othoof Othoof Othoof of Ba\ Ba Bav Bavaria Ba1ria \ 1ria iris as Its monarchOtho monarchOtho monarch monarchOtho Otho w was 'IS IS ' is not verb ver . } a sympathetic mp1thetlc ; } with withhis withIns ith ithIus Ius his Greek Gree1 . subjects and the Greel"s Greels Greeks Greel"sdIdn't Greeksdidn't Greeksdidn't Greeksdidnt " dIdn't dIdnt ' ' care c\re c re sire ' \ a n lot about Otho Otlro , , so In 18G2 1502 1502they 18G2they 1SG2they they revolted relted reblted re\ re \ % lted and 1nd ' deposed him As hissuccessor his hissuccessor hissuccessor successor they named the second son sonor sonof sonof or of the king I.Ing IIng . of Denmoik Dcnm111 Denmark . who became becameGeorge becameGeorge George I of GreeceBound1ry GreeceBoundiry Greece GreeceBoundary Boundary Bound1ry Boundiry settlements settlcmc.nts settlcmcnts . had left the theIsland theisland theIsland Island of Crete rete a part of the Turkish Turkishempire Turkishempire Turkishempire empire , and In 1S07 1597 I & > 1 the Greeks Greel"s Greels " opened openedvvarfale openedwirfate wirfate \ 1rfl1le with their former rulersacross rulers rulersacross rulersacross across tlie tile the Aegean sea and tried to gct bet gctCrete getCrete betCrete Crete back bacJ . ' They 'they 1 hey heyVcre \ were \Vcre Vcre unsuc"essful unsucessful unsuccessfulIn unsuc"essfulIn " In 1908 1008 Cretans themseh themsely themselves es revoltcd revolted revoltcdand revoltedand revoltedand and declared decIared themselves tlremstlves a part ofthe of ofthe ofthe the Grecian kingdom hlngdom They were led ledb ledb ledby b by ; } YenilClos Venizelos Veni clos , , who ho by that th1t time h'1d h1d hid h'1dbecome hidbecome hadbecome ' become the Island s political politic'll politicll ' boss and anda anda a real force In GreeceCretan GreeceCretan Greece GreeceCretan Cretan Springs Spnngs Coup CoupWhen CoupWhen CoupWhen When Crete declared Its union With WithGreece withGreece withGreece Greece , Athens sent ent an Incompetentprince incompetent incompetentprince Incompetentprince prince as minister mlDlster to the Islands Venl Vent Venl.tcllSb Ventzellsts Veni/cllsts Veni cllsts .tcllSb tcllSb zellsts / . sent him scurr scurry scurrying Ing back home home\eni home eni \ ' ' \ eDllelos enizelos clos \ would ould have no prince who whoregarded whoregarded whoregarded regarded Cretans Cret\ns Cret ns Cretins ' \ as his subjects Yenl.tel Ventzelos Vcnl Yenl Vent zelos .tel tel . elos os osas \ was \\as as a repuullC'lnHe republicanHe republican repuullC'ln repuullCln ' He decided that all Gl Gleece Greece eece shouldbe shouldbe should be a republic , went to Atliens Athens andgained andgained and andgamed gamed gained control of the government Hecreated He Hecreted Hecreated cre\ted cre ted created ' \ a ' \ national a assemble assembly sembl . } which re revised revised vised \ Ised the constitution ' and 'lnd lnd ind named mmed hIm hImpremier himpremier himpremier premier In the first Ball Balkan 'ln ln ' war ar WithTurkev withTurkey with Turkey Turkev Venl/elos Venl elos Veni/elos Veni Venlzelos / took tool . \ what whit \ h1t is nowsome nowsome now some of the most productive productl\ productl productle producth \ e a ' . and 'I.nd I.nd Ind valu valuable valuable valuable able territory territol\ territol territolIn " \ In all Greece Greece-IacedonIa Greece IacedonIa Greece-Macedonia Macedonia GreeceIacedonIaand GreeceMacedoniaand - - Macedoniaand ) and the Aegean Islands He alsotloubled alsodoubled also doubled tloubled the Grecian Grechm populationWhen populationR'hen population populationWhen When R'hen Rhen ' the World war ar came on , the theking theking theking king , , Constantine Con < ? tantlnc t\ntlne t ntlne ' \ I , who was a Dane Danenaturally , , , D'1turall D1turall naturally ' w in 111 with Ger Ger- Germans Ger- Ger Germans Germans . } was as sympathy s ; ) mpatliy mp'lthy mplthy ' the - - mans Venizclos Yenlzelos Venizelos wanted to m'1Intalnn maintaina maintain m'1Intaln m1Intaln ' [ a n neutrality favoiable favolable favorable to the allies alliesDespite alliesDespite Despite being held up as a traltoi traitor traitorby by the GI Gleek Greelti eel . church , \ which \ hlch 1m Invoked lnsoked ohed allmanner allmanner all allmanner manner of curses upon him , the Cretan Cretan'lnd ' and 'lnd lnd his followers seceded from the thekingdom thekingdom th ( kingdom and caused the abdication ofthe of ofthe ' the king I.Ing IIng I.IngMean . Meanwhile Meanwhlle Mean : hlle the Turks Turl.s Turls . had become annoving an annO'1Dg annosing nO'1Dg nO1Dg nosing ' agaInnd again ' \ and \nd nd Yenl.telos Yenltelos Venlzelos Vonl . elos was forced forcedto forcedto forcecto to leave Athens to straighten out that thatlittle thatlittle ) ; little matter . Upon his icturn Ieturn to toGreece t < ) Greece the people repudiated repudlated him and andreturned am returned Constantlne Constantine to the throne throneThe thronefollowed The tatters latter s son , George II , , followed followedhim follo follow " ed edhim I him Another revolution reolutlon resolution re\ re \ olutlon and the theVenezel1sts th e ( Venezelists Venezel1sts l knocked noc1.ed noc1ed . Gorgeous 'Gorgeous * ' Georgl Geor Georgifts gl gifts gibs s " out from under his crown Yenl Veal Vealzelos selos elos zelos was ryas premier again againRebels Rebels Steal Navy . . Despite the gaining galnmg strength of tin the theroyalists th throyalists e > royalists , , Venlzelos Yenlzelos \ was as elected pre- pre premler pr e ee - . mier mler for another nnothcr term In ! n 1928 1028 1923 It vva was wasthe s ; the eighth termills termHis term His ills successor was W'lS WlS ' the Incumbent incumben IncumbentTS'1ldarlc t TS'1ldarlc TS1ldarlc Tsaldaris Tsaldarls ' : , ro royalist ; } allst and bitter Yeni Yenizelan Vcnlzclan . zel1n zelan political enemy The stormgenius stormy stormygenius storm ; , genius of Crete decided last 11st list March Marchthat Marc h that Tsaldaris TS1ldarls Tsildaris , who wino was W3S believed belle\ed belle ed \ t to toha o ha\ ha have hae hale \ e tried to restore the fire king hIng in l0 ID33 1033 ' ' , was w\s w s svgs ' \ getting ready for another monarch monarchist 1st ist attempt It was the signal fo for foranother r another revolutionYenlzcloo revolution Venizclos Yenlzcloo Venlzelos ; almo&t almot almost nlmo & t got awav away awa ; } withagain with It Itagain t again A handful of rebels seized the thetwo th e two most Important Import'lnt Importlnt ' and potent war ships hlps In the Greek Grech navy n'1\Y n'1 n1 Y waxy ' \ , , loaded them themwith the m with ammunition and set out to bom born bombard bornbard bard royalism from the sea At same time another abother force o oVenizelon of ofVenlzel'ln oVcnizelan , a Venlzel'ln Venlzelln Venizelon ' converts concerts com erts in Macedonia amThrace and andThrace an anThrace Thrace , from which come |