Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-25
SOLDIERS GUARD
BALLOT BOXES IN
CREEK ELECTION
Is Carried on in
Churches Under Superb
.sion Of Regular Army
Contrast 10 America.
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ftssnciafed Press tarrespondenccD
Saloniki. Greece Dee. lg.-~This rs
election day In Greece The result
viii have Teen cablcd to America be-
fore this correspondence IL available
there, buf there stil remain to be told
some Of the Interesting conditions un-
der which the elections have been
held today
fThe result II the elections, as re-
ported by cable. was the sending Of
an overwhelming majority of udher-
cnts Of Gournuris. m Venizelos
leader. to the chamber Of deputies,
but the fact that only onc-third Of the
voters participated IL stil held BY The
Vcni2elos party as indicative Of vice
tory for thcm.j
Ia SnlOnik the elections have "A Pc
culiar interest for here is being played
out. aa one u stage, the drama that
has brought about The elections ~ one
act IN the vet unfinished play of
Grccce's part IN the European war.
In Greece an election Of deputies or
congressman Is called when the crown
disaolyes the climber az deputies or.
congress. The Ring dissolved the last
prime minister. had q majority IN it,
anc Venizelos wanted Greece to join
England. France. Russlnn aud nnly
IN the war More especially Ncnizzc-
los demanded that Greece should live
UP To her treaty OF offensive and de-
fonsivc alliaucc with Serbil which re-
qilrod that Greece should fight with
Scrnln were serl IL attacked hy iiul-
Rnria Tho kins. did hot agree with
this view Of Grcoce's liability under
the Grcco-Scrhlan treaty. dismissed
Veni2el0s AK premier ard called FOR
new elections.
Army Mobilxcd.
The Greek army, however. is mobil-
ized. ana under the constitution no
soldier can vote--unless he happens
10 live where he Il stationed The
supporters of Ncnlzclos, being mostly
the plain people, were and arc under
arms Hence the holding of elections
with the army modified simply meant
u defcnt for Nenzelos. For that reas-
on he refused 60 he candidate hlm-
self. OF 10 let any Of his supporters he
candidates As "A consequence what-
oyer The result of todnNs' elections the
man who in two previous sessions has
had an overwhelming majority, Will
not have one single representative IN
the new chamber.
There are In Saloniki and generally
throughout Grncec four candidates In
each district one a "Gouanrist,' al
partisan nf nenietrlos Gounaris' Ncni-
1eos arch-nnemA ana loader Of the
'get.whlle- he lettingsis-g clique
in Greece one partisan Of the pres
ont minister Of communications llhal-
itst a. n i,a.
'Hnl rcactlonary against popular gov
trnmeni. one partisan " tile openly
declared prd-GorinMl .N-Pfcmicr The
otol,is and Il partisan of an equally
bitter Ncnizelst -Dlmitrokopoulis.
Before the voters who present them
selves az the polls are ~ this instance
therefore four long urns or tubes Ike
the barrels Of 40 many thrcc-inch
guns. rnch marked with the name of
the candidate whofe particular urn
Il w. The Notor ~ given four small
pieces of lead shot---throe black ana
one white This IL the sole prccaution
taken to protect the secrecy of the
ballot The voter drops shot In cnch
uin--thc white one going IN the urn
VI the man for whom he desires TO
vote. The blacks ate merely blinds,
10 that the watchers may not know III
which urn the real lallot was dropped.
only the white shots count toward an
election. Who receives the most white
bullets Is elected often the voter,
srorning eoneealmcnt, drops his white
bullet in his chosen candidates urn
ana returns the supcrfluous black
ones
instead Of having the polls IN the
offices of funeral directors or real
estate agents IN barber shopa, az IS
the case in America, they are mostly
established IN the churches whore orr
der Is kept by soldier or two with
fixed hayonet who. having no vote
himself Is not interested IN faNorns
one party on the othcf
Snaniid, since it's admission To the
kingdom Of Greece, has been strong
hold OF nti-Nonizelists The evident
reason tor this is that the king With
his army freed Salonild from the
Tutks--not Ncnlgclos with his state
craft Hence the people of Mace
donia. generally hold their allegiance
te the king rather than To Nenzelns
la the last previous elections, for
example Macedonia was the only
really certain haliwick Of the Gau
nnrisls land Macedonia being almost
entirely Turkish. elected over score
.ot Turks to the Greek chamber of
deputic Turks who were simply am
mated -Ncnizelist voters in the |
congress not lawmakers OF delibera- !
tors
Yet, despite this situation, and des- !
nitV The uhstention of Ncnl2elos as a Z
candidate a curious change has been /
existent for some days preceding the
election. not only in Saloniki but even !
IN CavallH and the remainder of Mace
donia. lithoglaphs az Neni2clos have I
spontaneously appeared IN hundreds 4
81 windows I'm CaNala particularly I
where the tact is all the stronger /
considering that II was Ncni2elos who /
proposed 60 ecdc CaValla tai Bulearia /
"a silent pro-Neni2elos sentiment has /
made Itself Increasingly marked.
I'm Saloniki today not 10 per cent
Of the registered voters appeared at
the polls at all. la the great church I
Of st sophia. the largest voting place /
in the city. In two hours time, only I
one Turk ana one Jew appeared he
fore the urns Throughout Greece
the result has been the same. As the
idol of the great mass of people Is not
Il candidate 1.-The great mass of the
people has not voted at all
In view at the presence OF foreign
troops IN Snloniki the government felt
that the Nenixclists might bc omhold-
ened by that moral supper, to attempt