New-York tribune., 1910-01-14
KING GEORGE NAY 60
,-reece's Ruler Makes Clear
His Position.

sCopsl-s George whose position IN the
Ne Isis at Athens has been the
PFese'. g come little perpIexity abroad has
sa his attitude clear. The other
hoN .,six-ei Colonel Zorbas, the chief
Gay 1Tf,i+s-v League which has been
exercising a species OF olcta'o's''ip 0'e'
the Cabinet r,, to zor-
~ chiefs Of the movement had
s-.-l,Iz- coufided their views 10 MN
- he beginning. TO which Doroas re-
- &c. = was difficult under the CIR
.e-g,ces- which is not altogether sur
.-sr;-9 seeing that one OF the hrsI Things
,s.r ,ha league had done had oeen 10
- ,,,o, The removal OF the monarch
o-s from the army and OF 'ii7 iiieiiiOei'
Of their military entouraee-
re King then asked whether lne army
- ,zzv reposed confidence ID nm, anu
-, raceiviug an affirmative reply oeciareu
,es, IN that case he wculo cohlihue 10
discharge the duty OF q CONSTITUENTS.
,,,o,srch. as he had done Tor the last
<o--v-s.x wears: but that, tal4lns such con-
t7dence on the part Of the army ana ha -
te vc,,ld hnd himself compelled 20 abdi-
cate. since il was imposslpIe lla1 'A7
r-ou-n shorld remain under the tutelage
either or the MlLlIaIS 1@S06~V -
other body in Greece
The colonel theTeupon left and re-
.-rne5 = few hours later, after consult
- mr. his associates. and informed the
King that the league was anxious to in
.-,II n Office g non-political. purely ad-
-ni7is+rattve Cabinet in the place Of the
sr-ugl administration. and that he had
with him 2 list OF twenty-five persons
<-o-n whom the league would wish the
King 70 select the proposed Cabinet The
King. however. declined even 10 look at the
Iist. observing that. inasmuch as the min
,sters had not offered their designations.
thA occasion had not arisen for discussing
rh4 question OF change Of Cabinet or of
the selection Of candidates for ministerial
vos-s that should such con-
7ingercy present itself. 1T would
re the duty Of the crown 70
exercise its prerogative of nominating
The new government. without any dicta-
ton from the Military League, which
ought 10 be satisfied. since he had the
coloneTs assurance that its members nao
fuIl confidence IN the sovereign King
George added that II the Cabinet resigned
re had thoroughly made Up his mind 20
call 1pon Alexander Zairnis, member or
The Chamber Of Deputies. and now High
Commissioner Of Crete, 10 form the new
administration as Premier.
This pronouncement on the part OF the
King has cleared The situation, for II has
shown the Military League that the King
Is determined 10 maintain the working #
the constitution and IS not prepared TO
abandon the responsibilities with which il
has invested him II has also shown that
The King viii abdicate under certain cir
cunlstances. now known; and I may add
rhar ne viii also abdicate if the Military
League persists in provoking a war with
TuTkey, for which the kingdom is in no
sense prepared
There has been some talk ar Athens of
procIsiming Prince George as ruler Of
Greece IN the event of the abdication Of
the King. The Prince George in question
is not the sailor son of the King, formerly
High Commissioner Of Crete. but the eldest
son CT the Crown Prince, q young fellow
now twenty years old, and serving as
heu-ensnt II the 1st Regiment Of Prussian
Foot Guards at Potsdam. under the imne-
dats eye of his uncle. the Kaiser. But il Is
DOUBTFUL whether the lads relatives would
Permit MN 70 accept the crown OF Greece
were conditions 10 reach such a stage at
Athens as 70 compel the departure of his
grandfather, the King. It would be intol-
cradle for q high-spirited prince TO work in
unison with revoluuonists who had not only
expelled his father from Greece, depriving
hin Of his command OF the army, bur who
had also forced MS grandfarhe- 10 abdicate
n fact, when the King goes the entire
dynasty will quit ar the same time. leaving
Greece 70 her own devices. having forfeited
every vesCge OF foreign sympathy in the
disasters which she is inviting by her pro-
vncative benavic- toward Turkey.
Either The King VIII remain, the present
Cabinet being IN due course succeeded bv =
IaiT1ls administration. and the Military
League dissolved. or else there will be a
military coup d'etat. which will overthrow
fhe ministry and establish a government Of
It's own. n which case the King viii a,ban-
don the throne.
Il viii be recalled that It was military
league which, IN 1852. brought about the
aoolcatlon Of King Otho. who sought refuge
m board an English man-of-war with the
Queen The prolonged stay OF another
British squadron in the harbor of +be
Pirasus Is TO assure the safety of King
George and Of his Queen. il IL becomes
necessary for them 10 leave: and the
raPidity with which the British bl1,e-
Jackets were landed the other night, when
the royal palace was on fire, and the con-
Tempt with which they brushed aside
everything and everybody in the wav in
Fastening 70 the scene in order to place
themselves a. the disposal OF the King.
nave given the Athenians taste OF what
'hey can expect II they attempt TO submit
ire royal family 70 any indignity.