The Washington times., 1915-11-05
KING MAY DISSOLVE
GREEK PARLIAMENT
Confers With Cabinet Members
Separately - zaimis May
Await Election. .
CONTINUED from First Psse)

stsntinc has assured the French minis
TER al Athens that should houmsnna
join the entente allies. or snouiu VIZ
aitua ton OF Serbia be nppreciabiy ame
lIorated by an Anglo French onensiNe
movement, Greece will not be unpre-
pared to change her present attituue.
The reports that Russian troops were
landing at Varna has made q deep I'M
preston IN Greece. the dispntch sayss
Should King Constantine decide upon
DELAY until a now parliament can pc
elected either the Iaimls cabinet.tne
resignation of which has not yet peen
accepted-with perhaps change IN tne
ministry of WIZ, or some other cabinet
favoring the Kings policy OF continued
neutrality would have charge Q, ana'ra,
and conseuuentlv there would be no
change In the military situation.
Position Of War Party.
How violently this will be resented by
the pro- war element was made plain by
yenizelos in his speech at the time OF
the cabinet crisis A dissolution OF the
law ma king body was the course the
King adopted six months ago when he
originally disagreed with Nenizelos con-
cerning Greece's attitude toward the
European conflict.
This was all right then. Venixeios ad-
mitted, because there had been no ex-
| preston by the Greek people or their
wishes in the matter. and the King was
entitled to believe they preferred peace.
The election followed. however. the
| Nenizelos party won, ana the MINK hao
The appointment OF Zaimis to the
pre emiership when Venizelos. still unable
to agree with his majesty. RESIGNED .
| second time about month ago: wa
| rection OF testing parlisments views:
| But when parliament voted a lack OF
confidence in the Zaimis regime. Veni-
| zelos held -the whole controversy was
disposed OF
1 the crown has not the right to dis
agree again on the same question.
, Replying to . deputy who had re-
proach Venizelos with having 9ues'
toned the patriotism OF the King
Venizelos pointed out that q constitu.
| tional sovereign bears no responsipility
He condemned those who sought to hide
| behind the sovereign and repeated:
"in a constitutional state there car
4, be no royal policy
! Gounaris. minister OF the interior
| maintained that the constitution con
ferred upon the King the right 10 ais
approve of the government. lie soush'
to Justify the cabinets refusal 10 as
In view OF this outspoken expression
| OF views the general opinion Is tha'
Constantine will precipitate an ex'
tremelv grave situation II he SUI re-
! sists the pro-war element
Greece never looked with nnDSrn;n favor or
Bulgarian occupation Of Macedonia
and there are some In the country who
fear that victorious Bnlgaria NIGH Nigh.
throw covetous eyes on kaHala. "mcI
! imy Ferdinand fought so hard to hold
at the conclusion OF the Balkan wars
Position Of Roumania.
Roumania IL in somewhat the sam'
! posi,ion az Greece. A majority OF th'
people OF that country favor the aiiies
while the King and government wisi
to maintain neutrality, at least unll !
appears clear that the allies can VII
the war. There have been contihua
demonstrations In Roumans In iaNo
OF intervention. which have bee,
heightened by the presence OF OH
Russian force on the northeastern DOR
der waiting to attack bulgaria.
In Berlin. according to reports. ien
has been ex pressed that this force WI
he allowed to march through foumsh
ian territory and that 1t might %
ioin.d bv the Roumanian army.
| discourage this an Austro-Serma