Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-04

ne said IN behalf Of the hesttationS OF
King Constantine.
The proposition of the allied powers
on August p Gs1sD to consent 10 the
eesson of oriental Mace
An Act of donia to Bulgaria. that
ELL Bulgaria might intervene
oiJ. against Turkey was an
other act of folly that caused extreme
agitation and encouragement in
Greece. The action OF the Quadruple
entente was ali the less intelligent that
Bulgaria was for a long time at
tached to GERMANY fact that King
Constantine had made known officially
more than once to the diplomats of the
allies-and that the entente by its ac-
ton at Athens left the Greek govern
ment under the impression that II
would not take any note of the even
tual refusal Of Greece to cede to Bull
garia the territories demanded. The
entente subordinated the realization of
its plan to the consent of the cabinet
at Sofia,
NJ. Ncnizelos returned to power. but
with little hope OF carrying out his
plan of Intervention. The mobilization
of Bulgaria decided King Constantine
to mobilize. and Premier Nenizelos
signed the decree as reply 10 the
Bulgar mobilization. 10 execute the
clause of the Greco Serb treaty which
dictated to Greece to succor Serbia
with all her force if Serbia We're at
tackled by third power-to maintain.
in a word. the Balkanic equilibrium
and prevent in the peninsula the Bull
garian hegemony The kings coun-
selors. on the other hand. induced him
to countersign the decree in order
that he might militarize the nation.
deprive it or all liberty OF man.fes:ing
Its opinion send away NJ Eenize:os.
establish the dictatorship, violate the
Greco-Serb treaty. aid by the fnsction
of Greece Germany. Austria and Bull
garia in the common task Of crashing
Serbia. and finally the propitio"s mo-
ment arrived to tender perhaps The
hand of the king to the Germano-Bul-
garians over the corpse of Serbia.
The debarkment OF French and
English evolutionary army of 100000
men at Saloniki WAS arranged to re-
place the troops which, according to
the Greco-Serb treaty. Serbia should
keep on the Serbo- Bulgarian frontier
in case of Balkanic war. This eh-
peditionary army authorized by
King Constantine, who eXacted that a
protestation of pure form should be
made against that theoretical attack
upon Greek neutrality
Some time after September 81 I9I5)
NJ Tenzelos delivered a grand speech
before parliament The
A Speech by premier exposed his
opinions clearly, and.
Venlzelos. that no misunderstand-
ing should subsist between the king
and himself he declared that the
modified Hellenic army would be
called upon to fight not only Bull
rarians but also Austro-Germans II
military Balkanic operations drove 1t
to that necessity. The discourse OF
NJ. venizelos was approved by vote
of confidence. but on the intervention
of Count Mirbach, minister of Germany
at Athens. the king exacted the resiS
nation of NJ. Venizelos.
The attitude of King Constantine was
manifest violation of the constitu-
ton and the will of the people as eA-
pressed in the elections of June io, IN
which majority had declared Tor tne
intervention of Greece against bui-
earia and the central empires, the
king besides disclosed his design TO
violate the letter and spirit of the
Greco-Serb treaty.
NJ Venizelos declared that the viola.
ton of the treaty was "dishonorable.
The action of the king not only dis
honored Greece; il was disastrous be-
sides in depriving the country OF its
only positive guarantee of its terrific
rial integrity. The dismissal of NJ.
Venizelos who was the champion above
all of the Greco-Serb treaty. was FOL
lowed by the formation of the Iaimis
cabinet This cabinet was quickly
overthrow by the Venizeiist majority,
but the king in violation again of the
spirit of the constitution constituted
NJ Scouloudis his premier. In two
cabinets Zaimis and Scouloudis FOL
lowed the neutralist and Germanophile
attains climax and paroxysm by the
invasion of Greek territory.
NJ. Maccas, who predicted the inva-
sion, writes: The hour when all may
be saved at Athens
pra1;c4;or will strike when the
first uhlan and the
Dy MaccaS. first Bulgar cavalier
shall have passed the posts of the
Greek frontier King Constantine may
then decide to employ his soldiers as a
barrier to the invaders and thus per
nit official Greece to partially reinstate
herself in the front of the civil
between the Greek and the BulSlr
peoples there can be no truce
are divided by race feud, the fun. -
separate church over which reigns me
..eyaroue" Between the Greek 49,
triarch and the Bulgar eAarque there
is furious feud. the details OF which
were recited in The Star as far BACK
as September. 1906. and subsequently.
But we are more interested IN this
with the Greek nation ana
Greek people. the psychology OF Inc
Greek people serving AS light whlch
NAV enable US to forecast coming
events The Greek people are divided
and we must therefore refer to the
Athenian press to appreciate punlic
opiuion To be impartial We should
cite the opinion OF the pro-German
journal Astrapi, which says:
Greece the past year has been asi-
tated and troubled The Greek prob
lem was submitted to the people in the
elections of May 80 u9l5b. he people
of old Greece declared for Nenizelos,
the people of new Greece for the klnS.
Gounaris fell and kenizelos returned
to power. promising neutrality. whlch
was imposed by political and military
Russia receded before the