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Show WAR PREMIER OF I GREECE IS CALLED I London, Aug 17, 11 15 p. m. KIdj Constantine of Greece has requests ! Elutherios Venizelos to form a mr t cabinet and the former premier bis 1 asked four days In which to consldc t the situation before reaching a ded- J sion, according to an Athens diapatd ( to the Exchange Telegraph companj M. Venizelos' voluntary retlreineal k from public life in Greece followed a f disagreement with King ConatuliEf. His brief, self-imposed exile asJ tie i sweeping victory of his followen ia X the parliamentary elections of Jaw f followed by his resumption of the lib- B eral leadership, constitute one ot Ite L dramatic political chapters of the p war J His resignation as premier U March of this year because the kins 4 did not approve his foreign policy. which would have enlisted Greece n J the war on the side of the allleJ, , caused a sensation throughout &. rope. He had insisted from the be- J. ginning of hostilities that they afford f, ed Greece an opportunity such u 'I might never come again for realizes her territorial aspirations. When l! 1 became known that the king would U fc sisl upon the maintenance of neutral- p ily, the premier insisted he would re-sign re-sign if over-ruled by the cron ani made good his threat. j For more than a month after h retirement, M. Venizelos conducted K an active anti-neutrality propaganii f and engaged in a controversy li- t M. Gounans after tho latter becam! i premier. He then announced his r A tirement from public life aud declare-. 1 that ho would leave Greece, not lo : return until he was summoned by DU l king. He chose Alexandria, Egypt i for his exile and was giveu an enthfr T siastic welcome there. He later ent r to Cairo, but returned to Athens 03 y June 12 and scored a victory in tbt l elections two days later, his candr g dates winning 193 seats in conven- tlons E |
