The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-08-01
ROYALIST GUNS
BEING TRAINED
FOR VENIZELOS
Premier Chief Obstacle to
Aim of Greek King to
Regain Throne.
ARMS FROM U. S., REPORT
Monarchical Movement May
Centre on Prince Instead
of Constantine.

Special Gable Despatch to THE Sun AND NEW
YoRK HERALD. Copyright, 1880, by THE Sun
AND New YoRK HERALD.
LONDON, July 31.-Reports of royal
ist plots by adherents of King Con-
stantine, who was expelled from
Greece by the Powers on June l2,
1917, indicate a growing opposition
TO Premier Eleutherios Nenizelos, AMI
1t would cause no surprise in we'll IN
formed circles here If a coup d'etat
were attempted before or at the time
of the Greclan elections next October.
1t was reported that sympathizers
OF King Constantine in America were
sending arms to Toyalists in Greece
and in the archipelago, and that sew
eral cargoes Of munitions of war had
been captured by the Government in
Athens. King Constantine and Queen
Sophia are in exile in Switzerland.
King Alexander, their second son, who
succeeded TO the throne following the
overthrow Of his father, is in Thrace
with the Greek army operating
against the Turks.
Operating From Berlin.
Reports received here are to the effect
that King Constantine's followers have
established propaganda headquarters In
Genoa under Prof, Angelo Raganti, who
Is supposedly the head of an American
Greek agency. The chief branch, It was
said, Is in Berlin. whence Greek named
| Aravandinos, who was formerly In the
consular service during King Constan-
tines reign, directs fourteen Greek press
| agencies.
The plot Of the royalists, 1t was de-
clared. provided for the removal of Pre-
mier Venizelos at any cost. 1t was as
serted that there was scheme to muir
der him and that Italian authorities in
Taranto arrested two Greeks, one OF
them a one time military officer named
Passeris and the other formerly naval
officer named Theodossatos, while they
were preparing to embark on this move
ment. Through the Berlin Office It was
| arranged that the Greek royalist move
ment should be launched simultaneously
with the Wolfgang Kapp coup detat in
Germany. Connected with the Berlin
ONCE. the report said, are Greeks. Ger
mans, Bulgarians and Turks, all OF
whom are plotting together to overthrow
| the present Greek Government and put
King Constantine back on the throne.
May Centre ON Prince George.
Adherents OF the Constantine party In
London, however, are of the opinion that
even should the present Athens Govern
ment be overthrown there Is no proba-
bility that the allied Powers would per-
NIT King Constantine to return TO
power. For that reason they are work
ing to place Prince George, the Crown
Prince and the eldest son of King Con-
stantine, on the throne in the place OF
King Alexander. The Crown Prince, II
was reported here recently. was engaged
to marry Princess Elizabeth of Ru-
mania, but King Ferdinand refused to
give his daughter to Prince George un-
Jess the allied Powers agreed that he be
placed on the throne of Greece.
The movement for the restoration Of
King Constantine or the placing OF
Prince George on the Greek throne is
regarded here as a lost cause. and de-
spite the plotting of the Constantine ad-
herents 1t is the consensus in well in
formed quarters that no substantial
support of such movement could be
got in Greece Premier Venizelos re-
Gently was quoted as referring to the
men at the head of the movement as
being "tarred with the same brush"
Premier Venizelos has arranged that
Mile. Manos, the morganatic wife Of
King Alexander, may live In palace
near the royal palace in Athens. How
ever he refused 10 permit that she be
recognized as queen.
Recently, when he was questioned
concerning the dynasty, the Premier
was quoted as replying: What does
the next dynasty matter? In fifty years
there will be only one king in Europe
the King Of England"
Prince Nicholas and>P Prince Andreas
brothers OF King Constantine and
therefore uncles of King Alexander
have been looked on as favorable to the
Allies. However, dispatches have been
intercepted In which they congratulated
the Constantine adherents on the splen-
did service they we're rendering their
country through their propaganda work
to restore "the rightful monarch Of
Greece"