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Show IREECE IN REVOLT; TINO QUITS I INSURRECTIONISTS WINC ON I ATHENS WITH WARSHIPS, LAND I FORCES AND NAVAL AIRPLANES I Strict Censorship Keeps Details From World, But j Enough Information Comes From Greece to Indicate Wild State of Affairs Obtains LONDON, Sept. 27. (By the Associated Press.) Confirmation of King Constantine'c abdication has been received by the British foreign office, it was announced this evening. i ROME, Sept. 27. (By the Associated Press.) Pope Pius today 'telegraphed Mustapha Kemal Pasha urging that the Turkish com- i financier adopt evory possible effort to avoid further bloodshed. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 27 The Kemalists have added to their violation of the neutral zone by pushing forward three cavalry j ! squadrons from Bigha to Kara-Buga The nationalists are now on both sides of Chanak, flanking the ; British both cast and west. The Chanak area, however, is within ' the range of fire from the dreadnaughts and the British are confi-dent confi-dent of being able to hold their position there I LONDON Sept. 27. (By the Asso- '1 elated Press) Greece is In the. grip of '''H a revolutionary movement and King jH ' onstantlne is reported to have abdi Tm At least, part of the navy has gone against the goernment and severa warships and transports manned by revolutionaries nr.. i..-ii. wd to be ad mifl vanclng on the capital from the Aegc an Islands, where the revolt orlginat- Direct advices from Athens are ack- o ing .indicating the censorship Is in ef- H f.-ct. but the repot t or Constantinejp abdication has persisted since the last dispatch, t. 'ling of the cabinet's res-ignation res-ignation and the approach of a crisis, was received lato Tuesday night. i:i (.Is ON IS,ANI The revolutionary movement is headed by an offl.-er named (.onatas, variously described as a general and a colonel who organized the- soldiers on the Island of Mytilene and Chios, off the Smyrna coast to which they wero '' removed, following their crushing de-feat de-feat by the Turkish nationalists. An order for the demobilisation of theso troops Is said to have been the immc- y dlate cause of their mutiny. j Revolt quickly spread to the navy ,and many of the- warships refused to answer queries sent out by the adml-Iralty. adml-Iralty. An airplane flew oer Thans and --howered the city with pamphlets signed by Oonatas and demanding the resignation of the government and th ', abdication of the king. This created torm4l in the capital H 'surged through the streets and about 'the public buildings START FOR ATHENS The bulk of the war vessels started f.r Al hens. A large number of troops rii'ilinad ln Salonika, but this is said to have taken the form of a military move-'ment move-'ment organized In Thrace against tho Official circles here believe former Premier VeniselOS has had no part in I the revolt. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED ! PARIS. Sept. 27 A linvas dispatch .from Athens, not timed there, received this afternoon ,says "The Insurrectionists, who have nlnn destroyers and naval airplanes, liesides two warships, Kllkis and Lemnos have landed troops at Cape Sunlon ion the peninsula southeast of Athens 1. Gen eral Papoulas has been sent to try to "Martial law has been proclaimed. "General Coutsts Induced the garrl-son garrl-son here to adhere to the revolution-ary revolution-ary movement " FAVOR ( K( PRINCE The abdication of King Constantino 'of Greece was Indicated as Imminent in Athena dispatches receiver! bv the , 1 foreign office and d.ile.l midnight H Tuesday night The revolutionary movement headed i. Generals Qonatas and Plestras, seemed to be threatening Athens and two of their ships had landed troops .near the capital, which is undefended 1 militarily The government was be-lieved be-lieved to be Intending to seek refuge .in the enthronement of Crown Prlnco |