New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-30
mon but dishonest indulgence. which deserves
TO be rehuked and nullified at every opportunity
THE GREEK CHANGE or MINISTRY.

The tines have changed In Greece. ana Mr.
Delyannis. or his fortune. has changed win
them He was Prime Minister in military
crisis once before; exactly eleven years ago
Armies were massed on the Thessalian frontier
skirmshirg hegan and war seemed imminent
Then the Crcar Powers nterfcrcd and blockaded
the Greek coast Thcreupcn Mr.. Delyannis vol
unfairly. indeed eagerly resigned his place But
the King refused to accept his resignation. tell
ing him bluntly that as he had got the nation
into a scrape lie must stay in office ana get IL
out again the best way he could. At the pres
en-. time, whether or not through any fauit Oh
Mr.. Delyannis. Greece is in a still worse scrape
But Mr.. Delyannis has not been ANXIOUS HOT
even willing to resign, even when asked to do
so. and the King has not wanted him 10 stay III
office and try To get Greece out OF her scrape.
Instead of the King commanding the Prime MIN
lister to remain In Office. he has ordered MN 10
get ont 1t is a complete reversal OF the Crisis
OF 1856.
Thus Greece swaps horses while crossing
particularly turbulent stream. 1t is scarcely 10
be hoped that much good will come or II, so 1ar
as the war IL concerned. Mr. Rail- cannot. any
more than his predecessor make UP for the enor-
nous dsproportion between the two countries
in point Of numbers and resources. OddS or zen
or twenty TO one against her make the cause OF
Greece practically hopeless. Mr.. Rail- may re-
organize the army and greatly improve 1t. But
he cannot hope to do so In time to check the fur-
Their advance Of the Turks. Proper organization
and leadership might in the beginning have held
the frontier against the Turkish Army, While
the Greek Navy ravaged the Turkish coast at
will. But 1t Is too late now. The frontier mas
been abandoned. An enormous Turkish army
has entered Greece And the Greek Navy has
lost its opportunity of taking Saonica. In such
circumstances even the highest military genius
would be of small avail The war is lost to
Greece no matter who may be Prime Minister.
What Mr. Rail- and his colleagues can do,
however is to save the dynasty. 1t is entirely
probable that that is the chief purpose for which
the King has called them. The Delyannis Min
istrv whether it deserved to be or not was
hopelessly discredted before the people SO In
decd though to n less extent, were the King and
Crown Prince. IF the King stood by the Min
istry, they might both go down together before
n popular uprising. For that tie King had no
stomach. Therefore he decided to save himself
by sacrificing his Minister He dismissed Mr.
Delyannis. That partly appeased the public
wrath. since II indicated that the King was not
standing by the Ministry nor maintaining the
policy which had brough: disaster upon the ma
tion He then inhusted the formation of a new
Ministry and the direction Of the Government
TO Mr. Rail- who more than any other man en-
Joys the confidence Of the people, and VINO is
looked to by them as the only possible savior OF
Greece. That ought to restore the King to the
full favor Of the people. and insure the stability
of his throne.