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Show BERLIN ADMITS I GRAVE SITUATION I Victory of Premier Venizelos Over Zaimis Ministry Brings B Sharp Crisis in Greece. IH MAJORITY FOR ENTENTE (H King Has Free Rein to Ap" ft peal to People and Can De- M lay Action Several H More Weeks. H HH Berlin. Nov. 5. via London, 12 noon. The press of Berlin makes no at- H tempt to minimize the victory of H former Premier Venizelos of Greece M over the Zalnila ministry, and asserts ' M St brings a sharp crisis in the affairs H of Greece. An exception is the Yos- ' fl slsche Zeitung, which declares the m Grecian cabinet crisis "is of no slg- H nificance in connection with the for- H eign policy." H The Tageblatt denotes a column tp H comment on this situation, although H news of the defeat of Premier Zaimis IH was not received until last evening. It IH says a new and grave political crisis has been created by she vote of the :H chamber of deputies and believe finan- H clal difficulties or "the chicanery" Prac II ticed by the British flee't" may havo IH been the cause. H Majority for Entente. iH "The fact can not he denied," It wB continues, "that a majority of the 'H chamber has taken the standpoint that I IIH it is better to go through thick and H thin with the entente, its true vassal, iH and with its financial support, ac- I H 'cording to the wiBhes of Venlzel03. H and to entrust the nation's future to H a daring adventure, rather than to assume the burden of temporary sac- H riflces and hardships which the coun- H try's persistence In Its neutrality M would entaiL' WM King Has Free Rein. IH The Tageblatt points out. however, M that the decision as to tho nation's fu- M ture course Is dependent not upon se- M cret treaties of the opposition leader, , H but upon the provisions of the con- M stitution which give King Constantino ;H free rein to appeal to the people. The M king can adjourn the chamber for H some time and then order new elec- 11 tlous. following which there would bo IH a delay of several weeks, before the assembling oT tho new chamber. Dur- f Ing this long--period- the king would H be able to place tho nation's affairs il in the hands of men of his own choice. There is now present reason, tho WM Tageblatt concludes, to expect an im- II mediate reversal of the policy of i M Greece. IB i II Venizelos Attracts Attention. J ;M Athens, Nov. 4, via London, Nov. S, 1 .11 5:23 a. m. One of tho statements 11 of M. Venizelos which attracted espe- i fl cial attention in tho debate in the ' chamber of deputies today, waa that j'lfl Great Britain's offer to cede the Isl- ! HB and of Cyprus to Greece was inde- ill pendent of the result of the war. 'II while other promises of concessions .1 were conditional on the success of the LH allies. Greece, he said, was to ac- lil quire part of the Villeyet of Braca, H and Bulgarian Threce, while Bulgaria M was to be shorn of the territory she iWM gained as a result of'the Balkan war. lM All this, he declared, would be ob- M tained by Greece at small cost since ll the proposals of the entente powers lM required only the assistance of smal- ;M ler units of the Greek fleet, !H Referring to the allegation that Ser- tl bia had failed to send against the ,H Bulgarians 150,000 men In accordance H with the provisions of the treaty of I H the alliance. M. Venizelos said she j I actually had 130,000 troops opposed to the Bulgars. If Greece had taken :H tho field, the former premier asserted, ( ;H her army today would havo been jH within a short distance of Sofia, and H Serbia could have devoted her ener- AH gles to holding back the Austro-Ger- H mans, whoBe numbers were less than H had been reported. j H |