Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-03

many had demanded the dismissal Of
M Veni8elos. the entente in turn Do.
manded the dismissal OF NJ. Skou1idis
=. and -, M Go. Gounaris The allies suggested
erly renovated police. and what with
the young electors liberated from the
demobilized army. good elections wore
assured.
NJ. venixelos Of all Greek statesmen
possesses the prestige and authority
which none other has Possessed since
the formation of the kingdom. II IL
said that he has more influence than
the king and that had he wished to
change to his profit the form Of gov
eminent he could have done SO. Tho
subject is difficult of discussion by the
foreigner. who is not able to under
stand the motives or the interests Of the
man. That which is manifest from
this distance is the real popularity of
the chief of the liberals In the diverse
circles in which his partisans are re-
cruited. namely. in high commercial cir
cles. among the labor class and the
fishermen. Athens and the Piraeus are
for Venizelos. but the islands, Salonfki.
Kavala and Drama. are less favorable.
Venizelos has liberated part OF the
Hellenes and had liberated all tho 9TH
ers had the monarch and some of his
counselors not interviewed. venixeios'
policy is essentially national because
subordinated to popular aspirations
The Greek has two hereditary enc
mies-the Turk and the Rulgar-and
that he should be brought to treat
with either is inconceivable to any
one familiar with their history. For
merly the Greek hated the Turk tho
most, because of the history of many
centuries: now the Bulgar has taken
the first place in Hellenic antipathies.
The Greek people understand that the
Gar Ferdinand Of Bulgaria would wish
to avenge his check in 1918 by taking
Kavala and Saloniki.
Germany and Austria Hungary are
at present the allies OF Turkey and
Bulgaria. How may
The Enemies the King Of Greece ex-
plain to tho fisherman
VI ofeece' OF the Gulf of Corinth.
the miner Of Laurium. tho shepherd or
Taygete. who are electors. why he Is
the friend of the friend Of their secu-
lar enemies? NJ. venizelos when he
denounces the policy Of the king will
not have difhculty in being understood
by his partisans. In publishing. the
morning after his fall, the details Of
the pact concluded between wilhelm
II and Ferdinand I, which promised to
the latter Saloniki, Kavala, Sores.
Drama and certain islands. venizelos
was certain that the revelation would
stir up general emotion. Tho capture
by Bulgars Of Monastir. which Greeks
claim as theirs: the occupation by Bul.
1garian soldiers OF Fort Ruppe1 and
other places are ample justification OF
the venizelos denunciations.
To the ill-advised and hostile acts OF
NM Skoulidis and Gounaris the allies
had replfed by Temporary blockade.
Flour was lacking. also coal: industry.
commerce and alimentatfon was sus-
pended. The budget showed a formi-
dable deficit-an affair Of 100000, 600.
The mobilization alone absorbed $780,
900 per diem.
The Hellenes in Greece concluded
that IL Greece had executed her treaty
with Serbia she had not been brought
to such sad extremitiee: those without,
at Marseille, London, New York and
elsewhere. their fruitful operations en-
barrassed, charged 1t to the ruinous
Germanic tutelage.
The partial and preliminary elections
prove the continued force of M. Venf-
xelos. He has triumphed at Chic. Nifty
lena, Drama. He has prepared his VIC
tory at the general elections. The stake
is serious, for 1t Is a question of the
attitude OF Greece in the mondial crisis.
M. veni1elos has against him the small
Germanized journals of Herr Won
Shenk.
The day that Constantine I yielded
to the demands Of the entente he re-
ceived an urgent missive from Wilhelm
II, his brother-in-law. who advised him
to bow to the superior force OF the
allies, with the reservation ito adjourn
the agreements which he would be
obliged to accept"
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