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

Dispatches from Athens announce
powers have finally decided
Moves by upon vigorous counter ac-
an. tions to those employed by
AAAeS. King Constantine against
the allied army and the triumvirate.
Henceforth it Is a. question with the
king to submit or resign. Admiral du
Fournet. says the Athens dispatch. in
formed the Athens government that no
tees had been sent to the German, Aus
trian, Bulgarian and Turkish legations
that ministers and their STATS must
quit Athens and be aboard the Marien-
bad within forty-eight hours. The ENJOYS
left under protest.
The government of the Greek king
was informed that arms and munitions
seized should be regarded as compen-
| sation for those handed over to Ger
mans and Bulgars in eastern Macedonia
and now actually used against the al
lied army
The allies it is recalled. had already
disarmed the pro-German party in
| Greece. The trfumvirate of Vepizelos
Coundouriotis and Danglis is installed
at Sa1oniki. These two facts show the
| impossible situation in Greece at this
hour.
At Athens the king still governs
with a ministry presided over by NJ
Spiridion Lambros. The composition of
the new cabinet at Athens should be
given. likewise that Of the triumvirate
at Saloniki: NJ. Lambros. president OF
the council and minister of cults and OF
public instruction. NJ. Zaloucastras
foreign affairs: NJ. Tsalos. interior and
| justice; NJ. Tzanetouleas, finances; NJ
Apostoiidis, national economy: NJ. Ar
gyropoulos. ommunications. Gen. Ora
kos. war; Rear Admiral Damianos. ma
rine.
| The constitution OF the provisional
government by the triumvrate AZ Saloni-
HI is in process. and viii be composed
of first. the executives. NJ. Nenizelos
Admiral Coundouriotis and Gen. Dang
lis: second. by a responsible minist ry
Of eight members: third, by a legisIa-
tive assembly. Gen. Zimbrakakis has
been named minister of war. NJ. Ripou-
| lis minister OF finance. NJ VeniZelos
| proposes to convoke at Saloniki the
former chamber dissolved by the king
on the constitution of the Scouloudis cab
met.
! Cen Sarrall and the consuls of France
Italy. Russia, England. Belgium, Ru-
mania and Serbia have made official
visits to NJ. FeniZelos. who expressed
| absolute confidence in the success OF
his plans for the provisional govern
ancient Greece were with the provi-
slona1 government. King Constantine :
attitude was untenable.
| NJ. Lambros made to the correspondent,
OF the Corrtere della Sera the follow
! ing declarations:
! prenier's Il will endeavor to dis
| o.. sipate all misunderstood
| Aosit1oh. ings and to comply with
| all the demands of the entente. The
cabinet, which will not show any shades
of political sympathies. will employ it
self to solve pending questions with
the appreciation of the allies. If the
| entente refuses to recognize our gov
eminent we will consider that situa-
ton"
| Interviewed at Saloniki. NJ. Venice
! los is reported to have declared:
1T is my intention to create with
| the aid of my friends a regular gov
| eminent at Saloniki, exercising by the
! will of the people all the prerogatives
/ of the state. This government will
collect taxes. decree military service
| equip troops The government does
| not consider that Greece ceases to eX-
| list Greece is always democratic
| state with king at it's head. but with
| two governments. of which one is sup
ported by the majority of the people
| King Constantine has passed the linn
its fixed by the constitution"
| In September, 1915, NJ. Venizelos
asked the king to fulfill the contract
ual obligations with Serbia. The SOW
| ereign declared:
II am ready to leave the interior af-
| fairs of the government, but / consider
| myself responsible before God only for
the direction of foreign affairs
1t was then that NJ Nenizelos re
marked to the king that he uttered a
| theory of the divine right, when for a
| fact he was king by the will of the
people. The attitude of the king is
the point of departure of all the ills
| of Greece THE provisional govern
ment." said NJ. Venizelcs. will combat
on the side of the entente to fulfill OBJ
legations to Serbia and efface the stain
on the honor of Greece. We hoped
that our departure from Athens would
was marching obstnately on a bad
road. but that hope is now dissipated
Gradually the authority which re-
mains at Athens will disappear"
There are vexed situations in the
governments at Athens and Saloniki
because of the conflicts
Different growing out of the
chambers elected May
Chambers. 81. 1915: June IL. 1918.
and the rump congress elected Decem-
Der 49, 1915. The only chamber that
the entente may recognize while await
ing the general elections is that of the
vote of June IL. 1915. There is oppor
tunity for conflict and anarchy which
may precipitate armed Intervention
finally by the allies.
The journal Eleutheros Typhos re-
calls an anecdote, apropoS to the actual
crisis. of Coloctronis. the Greek patriot.
who distinguished himself during the
war for Greek independence The "old
man of La Moree" saw the coming
of the revolution of IS43. Change
your ministers" he said one day TO
King Ohio Take those the people
commend or they Will rise against
you" And the king replied: General
you have been badly informed Where
upon Coloctronis turned his back in
a rage and went his way swearing he
would never put foot in the palace
again Nevertheless. some time after
the king sent for the old man. There
had been revolts and sedition every
where The king had changed his
ministers in the interval three times,
but had taken their successors each
time from among the same class of
absolutists.
You see, general said Otho laugh
in,r 81 was very mad with YOU but ]