Evening star., 1920-11-23
G[ECE1V1LL GIVE
PLEDGES TO ALLIES
Premier. RhalIis to Take Up
Constantine's Return, Now
Firmly Opposed.


decided, in order to expedite matters.
that the plebiscite on the return OF
former King Constantine shall De heid
on the electoral lists. The government
Rhallis will visit the entente capitals
to open direct negotiations with the al
lied governments.
As proof of the sincerity of its senti-
ments towards the entente, the Rhallis
cabinet declares its readiness to give all
guarantees which the entente may de-
mand This announcement was made
here today.
Britain Opposes Return.
PARIS. November 23.-Great Britain
has already taken steps to inform
former King Constantine of Greece and
George Rhallis. the new Greek premier.
that she is absolutely opposed to the
return Of Constantine to the Greek
throne, says the Petit Parisien. She
has notified them clearly that if the
Greek government does not take cog
nizance of her stand, Greece cannot
hope to retain the territorial advantages
given her in the treaty between the
allies and Turkey. the newspaper as
serts.
The Athens correspondent of the
Journal. after giving details of the cam
paign in Greece says that during DEM
onstrations followingfthe election many
persons, among whom were women and
children. were killed.
Postponed to December ).
Confirmation of reports that the
plebiscite in Greece to decide as to the
return of ex-king Constantine to the
throne had been postponed to Decem-
Der $ had been received by the French
foreign Office. it was announced to-
day. The vote was to have been taken
under the original arrangement on Sun
day next, November %.
The allied attitude toward the re-
turn of Constantine will be discussed
Sunday next at a conference between
Premier Levgues and Premier Lloyd
George of Great Britain. the foreign
office stated The two 'premiers also
will take up other near eastern affairs,
including possible changes in the Turk
ish peace treaty at the expense OF
Greece
Another subject to be discussed by
the premiers will be the question
whether all persons born in Upper
Silesia will be allowed to vote in the
plebiscite to be taken the latter part
of December to determine whether the
district shall remain German or go to
Poland.
VenizelOs Grieves.
PARIS, November % (by the Asso-
ciated s).-Former Premier Veni-
zelos of Greece is Respondent over
his defeat at the polls on November
II. and may retire permanently from
politics. In any event, he will await
definition by the powers of their atti
tude toward Greece. said Sophocles
Venizelos, son of the former premier,
to Paris correspondents at Nice this
morning.
my father is disgusted and is de-
spondent." said the young man. He
ponders for hours at time without
xpnrd 7 dn knnw wha
his intentions are, but for the pres
ent he is too disgusted with every
thing to desire to enter politics again.
So far as he is concerned, Greece can
have the fate she deserves. He will
want to know. first of all. what are
the views and intentions of the allies
toward Greece before he decides
whether to resume his political work"
CONFIRMS Reason for Defeat.
Reasons for the defeat of the yeni-
xelist party. which have been reported
from Athens, were confirmed by
young Venizelos. He said the veni-
zelists thought they had won. even
when they were hopelessly beaten.
because the royalists had adopted the
ruse of going to the polls wearing
yenizelist badges. He declared the
principal reason for the defeat was
the fact that friends of former King
Constantine spent much more money
than the Venizelists were aware of.
He asserted such methods were re-
pugnant to the former premier. who
refused to fight the campaign by
other than the fairest means.
/ MESSINA. Sicily, November %
Former Premier Venizelos Of Greece,
whose yacht. the Narcissus. has been
at anchor in the harbor of Messina
for several days, left tonight for Nice.
The former premier remained on
board the yacht throughout the day, but
received several visitors.
Exfled King Cables.
NEW YORK November 23.-Con-
stantine, exiled king Of Greece, in a
cable message to the editor of At
lantis, Greek language newspaper, re-
.ceived here yesterday. expressed ap-
spreciation to Greeks in America for
their cordial support in the cause of
truth and justice"
Constantine's message follows:
II want through you to thank the
Greeks in the United States of Amer
lea for their cordial support in the
cause of truth and Justice. l also
want to thank them for the numerous
kilograms have received from them.
II cannot express my feelings bet
ter than in the words OF Abraham
Lincoln: With malice toward none,
with charity for all, with firmness in
the right as God gives sus to see the
right, let us strive on to finish the