Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26
GREEK KING and TRIUMVIRATE

the fundamental principles of the Hell.
lenic constitution since the first resig.
nation of the cabinet of Venfzelos and
the danger which Greece incurred by
the systematic violation of constftu-
tional liberties of the Hellenic people;
1t solicited the signatory powers OF the
treaties of 1882 and 1868 to impose
respect on the government Of Athens
conformably to precedents."
protecting powers for the attention
paid to the demand Of
Co-Operation the congressists In jan
uary The situation 10
now worse; all sincere
collaboration has become radically i'm
possible between the actual govern
ment at Athens and the chief of the lib
erals. who represents the great major
ity of the Hellenic people.
The protecting powers. faithful to the
guarantee given to the Greek people by
the above-named treaties. caused to be
given to the ministry of Scouloudis the
note of the 2lst of June. exacting the
retirement of this ministry. simple or
gan or an occult government. the author
OF the accumulated ruin of Greece: also
The crown caused NJ. Zaimis to prom
Use the acceptance. pure and simple, of
the demands contained in that note. hut
7 the camarilla and tire organizers OF the
German propaganda watched and rem
I dered the work of publication under
/ taken by the Zaimlis cabinet impossi-
BILE by series of scandalous acts to
! which was added the gravest of all.
the abandonment of territory by the
general stat of Macedonia to the Ger
! mano-B ulgars. the odious equalization
of Col. Hadjopoulos. which caused
the resignation of the Zaimis cabinet.
| Notwithstanding such acts, the crown
confided to NJ. Calogeropoulos the man.
/ date to form a new ministry. composed
| of avowed Germanists. The protect
| ing powers refusing to recognize this
! ministry, il resigned.
/ The comedy of negotiating with the
/ allies with the idea of departure from
neutrality was invented to gain time
and permit the intimate counselors of
the king and Gen. Dousmanis to
achieve their sinister work to subject
Greece to Germany on the order of
Bulgaria or a Turkey.
| Unanimous public opinion in the new
| Greece and great majority in the
old Greece. indignant at the treason
| in the state at Athens, follows with
confidence sI. Venizelos.
| The army of this government, or
ganized by Gen. Dangiis. the former
! chief of the grand stah
Determined TO during the first Bal
kanic war. has sworn
A'eeon4uei' TO reconquer. at any
| price. Greek Macedonia. surrendered by
the staff of Gen. Dousmanis to the secu-
| lar enemy of Heilenisn. This army
| obeys not the government at Athens.
] but only NJ Nenizelos. Officers and SOL
diers patriots, are abandoning the
crown party and are going to Salonfki
| 10 augment the provisional army. which
| will constitute soon an important mill
/ tary factor on the Macedonian front.
! Public opinion in Greece and in the
! Europe of the entente are asking WHY.
| under the circumstances, prompt recos-
! milton is not given to the government
! of NJ. Nenizelos. in vie :. OF the utter in
| capacity Of the government at Athens.
The failure to recognize this de facto
government prolongs the power OF
camarilla which openly avows It's ad-
heSion to an alien policy witch rs DIS
aVowed by the people. The recognition
of the government of NJ. Nenizelos may
promptly complete the work of the pro-
| tecting powers.
| The Temps of Paris complains. in its
| editorial column, despite the rigorous
application of the censorship. that king
Constantine remains inSenslbie to All
the lessons given him, and this beca use
! the entente powers have permitted hlm
| to remain the master at Athens. hc
remains" il says. ''at Athens master OF
his capital where he has collected nu-
merous troops; administrations that
obey him: the majority of the fleet,
which is only partially disarmed; with
International authority, since the min
listers of the entente are still accredited
to the king.
1T is true. as we have seen. the COM
mandinS general of the SalonIki front.
plus the representatives, of the allied
powers at Saloniki, have openly recog-
nized the existence of NJ. Nenizelos as
! he chief of the provisional govern
ment" And the Temps concludes its OBJ
servations thus, referring to the hiatus
created by the dual governments;
i 1T is only provisional cablnet Of
! fering its services to sovereign. VINO
/ does not wish them. Position dif1cuit
and preca rious and which will not i'm
proye during its existence 1t imposes
/ in very brief delay decision on the
part of N. NeniZelos and decision on
| the part of the entente. 1t is necessary
that NJ Venizelos decide the question
whether he will continue to propose
his cola boration to the king or Whetn-
err he will decide to govern in the kings
place at Athens"
We are not in the secrets or Gen
Sarrail but il must be assumed that
The attitude of King Con-
n.r;n stantine has hampered, il