New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
MOST POWERFUL CRETAN.

Yet bv those very statesmen who for
yss~s Uasr lavishcd every species OF
,sr.s rpon venezelos. dcnouucing him
&c f-ebrand. a danger. and an urmiti-
gated nuisance. he is to-day praised 20
The skies as the one who alone possesses
,ss cIeverrcss. and above all the au-
ifority. 10 put an end 10 the intolerable
,nb-oeIio iu connection with Greece
crete and Turkey, 10 satisfy the people
O that island of which S. Paul made
such very ungompllmentary remarks IN
bis Ep.st'es. 10 establish friendly rela-
tons between King George and the sui
sn and. ike Epimcnid"s of old 70
eoyc order out Of political and admin
f,rativc chaos at Athens.
Tho rise gf VeuczcIos TO autoorauo
rover in Greece during the last six
months and moro particularly during
be last six weeks. is nothing short OF
political romance. and a brief sketch
Z, l,s hero may therefore b" Of timely
interest the moro so as one of his
syoved aims is to check that emigra-
ton of his oountrymen 10 America
which has robbed Greece Of many thou
sands of its most useful citizens. and
has assumed such proportions as 70 be
conc a menace 10 tho existence Of the
Tdcnlc natHon
Elrurerios Vorczelos comes of ancient
sOck and can show more inustrious
lGc Of ancestry than any other public
nan in Greece TODAY. The English
traveller Whceler. who was 1T Athens
81 1876 mentioned the Venczcloi among
To five chief families of the city from
each NJ which were chosen the TpiUopl.
or magistrates. who We're appointed 10y
10 Porte to settle disputes arising
among tho Christians. The other fami-
les. who included the Pi'takCi and the
tescendante of the historian Chalconc'-
cyles have become extinct, and Greece
a'v Prime Minister and virtual autocrat
ilpreSentg the only one Of tho five houses
81 question that is left. He traces his
o'sceHt from the Acciajuoli tho Floren-
tre Dukes Of Athens OF the fourteenth
century. and Santa PhiIothea, tho pa
'on saint OF modern Athens who was
'faten 20 death by the Turks i'm ljS@
and who ir ,ntombed iu tn" cathedral
% tb' metropolis. was daughter Of
Angeles Neuczelos.
The grandfather of tho Premier of
Greece settled in crete. where the old
f'n'iemar- son. Kyriakos, became
Fadng merchant ON account Of his
irrert Greek patriotism the ottoman
authorities bauishcd him from the
Nand, coudscatfug his property. and it
Is owing % this that his son Eleuth-
'1os vas educated wholly in Greece it
Mt graduating with high honors from
'' University OF Athens. Returning to
N.eis. DO iH course of time became one
N No chiefs oC the insurrection against
"f Turks and when. in 1895, George of
''eece was appointed 10y the foreign
'''ers high Commissioner Of Crete un-
1'f iae suzsraiuty of the Sultan, he was
s'"' naturally, by reason Of his popu-
amy and his prominence in Cretan af-
'''s' selected as one Of the four min
'''S Of the prince and intrusted with
department Of Justice.
i may be- recalled that in 1900 Prince
gorge visited the various capitals Of
europe Tor the ayowed purpose Of in
ing the great pow ers 10 consent 10
!, complete emancipation Of crete from
',.'Aey and FOR the definite union Of the
y. ''Ao 20 Greece, policy 10 which
.''zelos and friends and adherents /
committed. Not long after the re- |
" o. the prince, who was obliged TO
\. 0''" ledge the failure Of his mission, !
",%eios ascertdined that George, in J
i. '' OF urging the powers to consent to !
-, 1'''oh Of the island 10 Greece, had !
!. ,'''o all his efforts 10 obtaining their /
II, ''on 10 tho Independence Of crete, 7.
". ""s'if as hereditary sovereign. 4
io~t uo time iu protesting /,
'S'As' this breach OF faith Oh the yart