Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-04
CABINET Of GREECE
UNDER zA|M|S QUITS
Action Follows Refusal of Par
Lament to Extend Vote
of Confidence.
VENIZELOS BRINGS ON
CRISIS BY DEMAND
Requests Apology After Alleged In.
sulting Remark of War
Minister Yanakitsas.

ATHENS, November 4.-FollowinE
its defeat In parliament today the
cabinet resigned.
The immediate cause Of the defeat
wns a remark made by War Min
lister Yanakitsas, which was con-
| Hfdered by former Premier yenizelos
as fnsuiftng to the national as-
| sembiy. NJ. VenfxeIOs demanded an
immediate apology.
Premier Zaimis tbereupou de-
| elared the government stood behind
! the war minister and demanded
vote Of confidence
| A discussion of proposed military
| laws. correspondent says, raised
| a question between the minister of
war, Gen Yanakitsas. and the majority
party of former Premier Venizelos. On
| this issue Premier Zaimis decided to
ask vote of confidence
The discussion then turned to the
| foreign policy of the government. M.
Venizelos declared it was impossible
Tor his party longer to sustain the gov
ernment, whose policy he considered
| harmful to the interests of the coun-
| try.
| All the party leaders engaged in the
! discussion The final vote was 147
against the government, to ia
| In Office Less Than Month.
Premier Zaimis has been in Office less
than month, having been asked by
| King Constantine to form a cabinet
after the resignation of Premier Veni-
| Zelos October s. The retirement of the
| Fenizelos ministry grew out of its
policy in favor of entering the war
with Serbia against Bulgaria, to do
which NJ Venizelos maintained, Greece
was bound by her treaty obligations.
The king took the ground that in the
circumstances Greece was not obligated
to take uD arms.
| NJ. Fenizelos resigned the premiership
in April owing to disagreement with
the king on a similar question of for
eign policy, but won pronounced vic
tory in the general elections of June
and returned to Office In August
His majority in parliament remained
intact after his retirement last month.
and the Zaimis ministry was able to
maintain itself before parliament only
by the acquiescence of NJ VenizeJos
In speech October 1a the former
premier said Greece should not allow
Bulgaria to crush Serbia
An Athens dispatch to the. Havas
the Greek government are considering
the situation from strictly military
viewpoint and are firmly resolved not
to launch out on an adventure the re-
suit of which is far from clear. They
are also determined to avoid a con-
flict with the central powers.
| In other words, Greece will take up
arms against the BuIgarians only il
she finds herself in any way whatso-
ever threatened by the latter, but
Greece, IL she fights. intends to do SO
on her own account. not or that OF
either of the European groups.
German Efforts Fail.
German efforts to induce Greece not
to give facilities to the entente powers
SO far have failed. The king is his own
adviser and that constitutes the basis
of Greece's present policy. Popular
sentiment favors the allies in general
and France in particular, but the peo-
pie have no desire to plunge the coun-
try into the horrors of war. the last
struggle In the Balkans being still
present in memory. They regard Bul.
garia. nevertheless, as their hereditary
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