Arizona republican., 1916-08-12
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ATHENS, July Correspond enee of the A. P.)7''The trouble in Greece is not over," said a neutral dip- lomatist to the Associated Press. "As a matter of fact it is only just be- ginning King Constantine cannot logically accept the elections calmly, for the indications are the elections mean the return of VeniZelos- And | Venizelos Is determined to make 1t inn | possible for all time to come for the l sovereign in Greece ever to take the | reins of power as Constantine has | done-if the Cretan has to change the | Greek constitution to do it. For King | Constantine to accept this is equivalent to abdication-and I believe he will actually abdicate before he will do it.
 What is a still bitterer pill for the king to swallow is that the return of | VeniZelos would in all probability mean the entry of Greece into the European war on the side of the entente allies. They say that VeniZelos and his fol- l lowers are already placing orders for the necessary munitions and armament for the Greek army in that event. Can you see Constantine l. leading his men against the forces of his brother-in- law, the Kaiser while Venizelos whom he regards as his arch enemy governs the country in the royal name 7
 Considering the attitude of the king up to now, 1t seems only logical that he must resist by every possible means, the rise of Nenizelos to power"
 Outwardly there Is nothing visible in Greece to justify this statement. The new Greek cabinet, under Premier Zaimis. has Loyalty carried out the demobiliZations and other demands in the entente ultimatum of June 21, and new elections have been set for early September. Yet no astute observer in Greece believes that this indicates any real acquiesence in the terms imposed by the entente ultimatum The roy alists who for fifteen months suc- ceeded in holding the Greek constitu- tion in suspension while constructing the foundations of d more strictly mon archical state. show no signs of aban- doning their purpose. The anti-Veni- zelos newspapers are no less bitterly abusive of the allies. A large pro- portion of the army officers criticize the allies and praise the Germans quite as openly as before. And the ship owners. the exporters, the politicians are as busily scheming as ever to re- gain their lost opportunity
 Their reasoning Is simple enough The king agreed to dissolve the cham Der and call new elections. But he did not agree to accept the verdict of the people. if that verdict should prove the return of NeniZelos and the entry oi Greece into war
 King Constantine has always claimed and apparently has sincerely believed that IL Is his duty to save his country from the horros of war which hs 1 does not regard as by any means cer. tain to be successful for the entente Article 3l of the Greek constitution reads:
 The king appoints and dismisses hi. ministers" Article 32 adds, further The king is the supreme head of tn, state, the commander of the militarl and naval forces. He declares war contracts treaties of peace etc.
 It Is on these two clauses that thu anti Nenizelists found their conten tions. entirely ignoring Article 90 which reads: No act of the king i valid nor is executed unless it is coun tersigned by the competent ministe whose signature alone takes the re sponsibility of it."
 With Articles 3l and g In mind tn nationalist party. as the new coalition against Venizelos is termed. has gon before the people with the slogan "Nenizelos means dragging Greco into war. Do you want war"
 But should the nationalists los. their plan. of action is all ready. The claim that the sovereign is empowere by the constitution to set aside tn verdict of the people for Venizelo since he appoints and dismisses hi iiiIistefs, and the verdict of the peo pie for war, since 1t is the king wh declares war