Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-19
IS BITTER
OVER DENIAL OF RIGHT
rnonnccs Action OF Police, Who
'ermitted Hostile Agents to Enter
Liberal Party Meeting.
o LONGER ARE FREE PEOPLE
ceilings OF Followers of Venizelos
VIII 30 Resumed After Faster,
ana VIII Demand That They BE
Given Proper Representation.

ATHENS. April II tvia Paris, April
the Liberal morning papers COM
cnt bitterly to-day on the action OF
Q police during the riotinG yesterday,
lille the government organs throw
10 blame on the Liberals 1t is an
'unced that Liberal meetings will he
'sumcd after Easter. tho Liberal party
canwhilc taking action against the
plicc authorities for allowing. il is
!eged, the presence at their meetings
agents whose object was to provoke
otous events.
beg you to bring the events of
a6terday and the earnest protest OF
majority Of Greeks TO the knowledge
tho American people who have
rugglcd for 40 long TO establish free
'eech as the fundamental right or free
copies" said fx-premicr Venizelos to-
ny TO the Associated Press
Here In Greece wc are confronted
Y the question whether we are to
ave democracy presided over by
Ing or whether at this hour in our
istory We must accept the doctrine
the divine right OF Kings
RESENT GOVERNMENT FAILS
TO REPRESENT PEOPLE
The present government represents
no sense the majority Of tho Hell
mic people. We Liberals twice within
year received the vote or the major
y. Al the last election. which was
"thing more than a burlcsque OF the
rec exercise OF the right OF suffrage.
70 were not willing to participate in
faTCica1 tyb
he mobilization. It would have been
acnts intention. 10 keep the Liberal
otcrs with the colors. and not allow
hem Ia cast their ballots while their
paoncnts would be given every facil-
" 10 crush the Liberal party By a
ote which could not have represented
nore than small minority OF the
;reek people
We refused to take part in this sin
ster comedy. The present government
4 Greece is, therefore. nowise repre-
tentative. and we Liberals have left
ls only our right Of free specch and
rec cmblarc. guaranteed by the
Constitution, as the sole means or
ak'ng counsel among ourselves: Of
ryinE TO eniiEhteu the opinion OF the
'N''''' 'N''t I'Ii HlS ~ tN"1tlSlNs u
,acihc pressure OF the Will of the ma
'ority upon government not repre-
sentirg the majority
Liberal DooRKt:ErEns
THROWN OUT HI POLICE
Vow II is even sought TO deny US
his The meetings orcanized by the
liberal party were not even those free
md open ones TO which we have every
light our meetings were held in in
.loscd buildings Those who came 10
hem were invited. but tho police threw
'ut our doorkeepcrs. put in their own
,ud let enter whomsocvcr they uhe
,Vlice, wanted To be present at our
meetings.
1T is a denial Of every constitutional
Ibcrty. You yourself have witnessed
Siih what patience we Libcrals-a ma
'ority OF the Grcck peopfe-have sub
nittcd for months TO n government
which is In nowisc constitutional
"'rhe moment has come when the
position Of the highest funct!onary
which every King OF the Hellenes
sought 10 occupy must so strictly be
defined that IL VIII forever be inpos-
sible to raise again the question OF the
divine right of Kings in Greece; it Will
forever be impossible for any govern
nent hiding behind the person of the
sovereign 70 arroEate 10 itself rights
which reside only in the whole Hellenic
people
"GUdcrstand me / am not talking
in an! sense or the possibilities of a
republic IN Greece. ] Insist only on
our rigkts--our constitutional rights.
our rights as free people, which our
selves We have gained by the force OF
arms. and which we have no intention
10 abandon"