Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-03
ATTACK 9NK|NG
BY N. VEN|zEL0S
Greek Leader Enumerates Ma
ti0naI Losses for Which He
BIames Sovereign.
OPPOSES GERMANY IN WAR
Copyright. 1867
BY HERBERT COREY.

ATHENS. November S.-Two days
before NJ. Nenizelos left for Crete to
ia re up the revolutionary standard l
had long talk with him in his guard
ed house in Athens. He saw no other
reporter before leaving the city. 1t
was in this interview that III. Nenizelos
for the first time limited at his inten-
ton to attack the governmental
shake it, if not overturn it-and it was
the first time that he had betrayed any
real bitterness toward the king Here
tofore he has been notably mild in his
public utterances..
do you blame any individual for
the. state of shame into which you say
Greece has fallen T asked. He had
been declaring in vivid words that
Greece had become a poor thing. state
which has lost more without fighting
than if she had been defeated in war.
Il do not want to seem grandilo-
quent." said the leader of the Greek OPP
position, but | wish you to make this
st: .bnent to America. Two years ago
Grre,a was happy. prosperous and con-
ten e. All the world respected her
In .Wo years she has lost almost every.
thing She has forfeited her claim to
thai is the fault entirely of the king.
Bitter as had been VI. VeniZelos' OPP
position to the kings policy, he had
always. heretofore, refrained from 4
personal attack upon the monarch.
The hard energy with which he spoke
indicated that his political opposition
had been translated INTO a personal en-
unity. 1t is apparent that lie hates the
ling as literally as the king hates
N'enizelos.
Are YOU going to place yourself at
, head of the revolutionary move
:, NJ asked. 1T is so reported in
. hens"
; resen. Conditions Uncomfortable"
The k;n: tas refused to listen to
rhe voice % the people" said he. The
esent conditions aye unendura5lc- If
yes net Yield we must act
y. must be promised that N. Veni-
NJ Ids that the SPECIALIZED 'revolu-
a-y Faove-ncn-" IS not a revoIuej jon
:. moveTre7t ~ all !. dn'y looks
. on y W. ios. through the
,ths o. hi -U-,uo-. @ re e.; % il
: n.y. y r-r fih" = ION. 7 is an
n q -. q. g -.. c7-e1 l. vr'so
st;l- belleve- III DIVINE .ishts. -'he ST.
icr = N'1,:h"- e. NJ. ica ell i.y the
fac: that all the ev;d~rc.r .. '-a,d
-w-tt tie king ard Mat tho modern
political metz ods - 81 :" a:i-p ted 20
an ervircnrren- tina Sill believes
b. -hcuni gun ard l bu~7inc tina oh
sc fairly. convincing political arsu-
merits.
We Do NO w. y NV 90 fNe
king" gay " E-a:-@1e~' confidential
supp0rters We only want TO make
him yield 20 th~ popu'ar WIZ
And ie the king does not yield to
the popular Will 20
Then we shall see what we shall
zee
sad Il the popular will supports the
king"
There is never direct answer to
. rat ~--N~t'rn. II may he said. how
ever, that the belle of the. raa in the
ST ee j. IA il NJ VeniZelos finds him
.elf able to either force the kings
hand o. to dethrone him he will
tablish himself a. Saloniki as the head
of the Greek republic. to which all
Greeks who favor the entente may
gather Such Creek republic might
Re confirmed in the possession o. some
r. the Macedonian provinces and some
IF the outlying states OF Greece. with
5crhaps an island or two: Not being