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Show SHOOTING OF VENIZELOS. I 1 Of all tiie men who player! big parts in the diplomacy ami statesmanship of the great war, none gave proof of more real eour- I Ige and firmness than Premier Venizelos of Ureeee, who, at the peril ' tf his life, opposed the king und, by endless effort, succeeded in J placing Greece on the side of the allies H Because of the premier's noble part in the world war, news oi I' the attack which has been made on enizeloti will prove a shock to I those who have learned to admire him. 1 While leaving the Lyons railroad station for Nice yesterday, H venizelos was set upon h two men and eight shots were fired For- 3, tunatelv ihe Greek statesman was onlj slightl wounded 1 While the news dispatch does not give particulars the briej :'I storv leave, ihe assumption that the assailants were Greeks If thai 1 be true it discloses a hatred engendered by the war w hich is pur-j .J suing the premier. There wen Gteeks close to ihe court who were i thoroughly pro-German, made so no doubt; bj the influence ol the -M former kaiser. Having been defeated ID their aims to keep (J recce aj in sympathy with the central powers and having lost position and J prestige with the fall of the royal house, the assassins are full of re-1 ji veng or are hired to do the bidding of conspirators |