Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-11

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lowers are already placing orders for
the necessary munitions and arma-
ment for the Greek army in that
event. Can you see Constantine
leading his men against the forces o.
his brother-in-law, the Kaiser, while
Venizelos, whom he regards as his
arch-enemy, governs the country in
the royal name?
considering the attitude of the
king up to now, it SENS only logical
that he must resist by every possible
means the return of venizelos to
power and all that return entails.
After all, the king has put himself in
the position of leader Of political
party, and if he loses he may find
that the sole consistent course to
follow is that incumbent on political
leader who has lost-retire to private
| life." =
Outwardly, there is nothing visible
in Greece to justify this statement.
The new Greek cabinet under Prem
Ter Zaimas has Loyalty carried out
the demands laid down in the Entente
ultimatum of June 81. Complete,
general rehabilitation has been ord
cred. The sessions of the Boule have
ben suspended. New elections have
been set. Col. Palmaras, the Trepoff
of Greece, has given place as Chief of
Police to a devoted Venizelist, Col
Zymbrakakis. The effective, albeit
undeclared martial law that has held
all Hellas in leash for seven months
has ceased to appear in silent mill
tary patrols tramping the streets
day and night with bayonets fixed.
Yet no astute observer in Greece
believes that all of this indicates any
real acquiescence in the terms i'm
posed by the Entente ultimatum. The
rcyalists who for fifteen months, are
alleged to have held the Greek con-
stitution in suspension while con-
structing the foundations of a more
strictly monarchical state, show no
signs of abandoning their purpose.
The anti-Venizelist newspapers are
no less bitterly abusive of the Allies
than before A large proportion of
the army officers, as strong as ever
in their devotion to the crown, criti-
CHE the Allies and praise the Ger
mans quite as openly as ever they
did.
And the shipowners, the exporters,
the politicians, who saw in the
regime just ended realization of their
dreams of untold wealth, while they
have seemingly bowed to the newt
able, are as busily scheming as ever
to regain their lost opportunity.
The Nationalist" party, as the new
ccalation against venizelos is termed,
has gone before the people with the
slogan: "Venizelos means dragging
Greece into war. Do you want war;"
On this basis they feel that they have
a good chance of victory. AS one of
the nationalist leaders put it; THE
old men who stay at home will vote
for war-because they don't have to
fight it. But the young men who
have just come back from almost a
year of being modified will vote
against war, because they have had
enough war, AS there are more young
men than old, we shall win"
But should the Nationalist" lose,
their plan of action is all ready. They
claim that the sovereign is empowered
by the constitution to set aside the
verdict of the people for Venizelos,
since he appoints and dismisses his
ministers and the verdict of the peo-
pie for war, since it is the king who
declares war.
Should Constantine l. adopt this
point of view after the election, stir
ring events are prophesied. The En-
tente Powers are determined If the
sovereign makes a stand against