The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-23
NJ. VENlZELOS
The nau,e Of this man has flSured
i'm many dispatches recently.
The following may contain q up
a. to why this is SO.

the glory that was Greece" but a
rev Greek hero has arisen, Wilo, IL
seems, sWayS the descendants OF the
ancient Athenia,s: and SpartanS as
Themistocles did their g~randslIea.
This modern Achilles is none the
than NJ. Venizalos. the prime min
lister who resigned the past week be-
cause he thought Greece ought TO be
on hand to salad" at the expected
Turkey carving. 70 which the ne"
history-1nakinS b0mbardnient OF the
Dar'idrelles appears {. preliminary, 70
which idea the king disselted.
Solne ever years ago Greece dlo
| not cut q very imposing figure IL Hal-
kan affairs. Turkey would wallophc
| every once and a Wi:t.e just to Keep
| in :~im. Cpcn 4 certain occasion.
| some few gears Cast. E"hcn the COM
mander-in-chiei Of the OtiOr-.a1 forces
was gobhliAg uscr making q Greece
spot" one Kaiser ilhelr1 il said 70
have wired congratulations upon th:5
splendid victory. Now. tins same en-
peror chances to &c y close blood re-
latiOn to the present queen Of Gr@cCc.
at that time her husband being cToT7
prince and commando" Of ali the
armies Of Greece, Al these armies
constituted some forty thousand low
spirited soldiers and q batch op Wosi
disguised officers.
Enter the New Greece.
There is where the story OF new
Greece begins. Away down III Crete
was an impctuOus young man naIned
Nen;ZeioS. Now, the Cretans are Just
as much Greek as anybody, but Tor
many years The Powers had been per
hitting some puppet OF q prince not
1T for anything else TO go down there
and miSrule Crete. Crete wanted to
send representatives to the Greek
Parliament. Turkey said no; Venice
los said yes. Up at Athens the Greek
army officers got busy and GeposeG
} their commander. now King C~OnStan-
tin, II the now king took a vacation
up at Berlin with siis same brother
in-laW who had congratulated his ON
QuerOr. The Cretan puppet was also
sent abroad in the melee. Ven;zelos
was invited to come up to the noble
ruins Of the Parthenon. ditto noble
RUNS Of a dynasty no longer kings
by the grace of God" The dynasty
tried to save itself by naming twice
) in succession cabinets that were as
D quickly kicked out Of the govern
ment because the parliament like6
Venizelos. Venizelos asked Greece i
she wanted him, and Greece emphat
: ically said yes.
: A Mans Size Job.
A misOuled and people, {
treasury b b Of some thirteen mil
lions, a kingdom ShOrn of much val
liable territory, under the heel Of tn
Sultan. by the grace of sundry Power
greeted him. The folks were read,
to run the aged King George and hi
while household up into Germany o
d anywhere else they chose to go. Bu
y Venizelos said not. He recalle
" Prince Constantin, put him at tn
~ mead OF the army and got busy mai
RI ing the army mort than a mere nam,
K By and by Constantine became kin
e. and he n Venizelos. Mostly Venizt
O. los perhaps, led the formation Of tt
IN Balkan Alliance, cemented Crete in;
the body polite, whipped Turkey to
fraZZlc, and made Gracce a real f.,
e. tor in the land Of the most anciel
j. lore.
The above is the story by "Pete"-
o. "shucks,' some names are just ha1
~ to spell; anyway, everybody in R;
leigh knows who pete" is. He know
GO his Greek history, and is an arde1
90 and well-informed student of Gree
politics. Based on his knowledge
90 the work Of Venizelos and his pop,
It's larity with the people, he believes ii
former premier holds the future
Ii Greece in his hand. Should Veniz
ar los demand an election, which cou
be held within a week, "Pete'' thin
Of Greece would sweep him back into tt
D. seat Of government and the matte
to INTO war beside the allies now knoc
n ing at the outer gates Of a certain ct
ng ebrated harem.
b. New Election Likely.
Should this election be held ~
NE Venizelos be indicated, there, accor
aid ing to the Greek brand of politics., t
ar opposition of King Ccnstantia
his placing his armies against those
The his mighty brother-iE-laW wou,I
at an end. There is likely to be
lis mighty shaking up - the Ra.kal
rst which have kept Europe at dare
re- points for many years. when this =
is over. Greece has prosnere6 q
cd: gained much land durins the reg.,
of VeniZelos. and it APPEARS some
the folks over there figure nat il
the last straw that breaks the Cain;
ur back. VenizeIos' party wants Cree
g TO De that last straw and the SfO
said came. 20 be p nrlnrted G.u
There H. whore Inc guu comes p:
the king whom .e a;!oWcd q. co