The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-10
GREECE HESITATES
TO RECALL KING
CABINET Has Net Invited Him, But
Constantine 10 Free to
Return.


change has come over the spirit Of
Athens since the fall OF the Venizelos
Government, Most of the loyal Veni.
zelists are either silent or are com
PEELED to be guarded in their langu
age, wnile many persons who before
the election were known as fervernt
supporters of Premier Venizelos now
have not a good word to say for him
and at least damn him with faint
praise In the casual meeting with ac-
quaintances in the cafes and the
street,.
Practically nothing is heard here
save the Governments point OF view
The services rendered by NJ Venizelos
to his country are either forgotten or
denied. All that Greece mas gained
now Is represented as having been
won by the efforts OF the Greek PEG.
pie automatically AT any rate M
Vehicles had nothing to do with the
matte.
King Constantine the disposed ru
Ter Is represented as not such bad
fellow after all as man more sin
ned against than shining and II not an
open friend OF the Entente Powers at
least not their concealed enemy, and
certainly not pro-German He was,
his friends say first Of all for his own
country and DESTROYS above every
thing OF keeping her out Of war
which he was persuaded, would be
disastrous to her
This subtle, insinuatiRg propaganda
has been more efficient than anyth ng
the Venizolos Government could or.
game, and such news as may be per-
mitted to pass the censorship may DO
expected to show signs of 1t
AS for the new government now in
power, It is loud in protesting it's
friendship for the Allies, and de.
clares an answering alliance to the
lines of the foreign policy traced by
it's predecessors. But the way the
wind really blows may best be judged
by the deeds Of the government The
prison doors have been opened for Gen
Dousmanis. NJ Mercouris. former
Mayor Of Athens. and all the rest
Bishops who distinguished thems.
elves In the anathema episode have
been restored to their sees. and II
their rlngleader. Metropolitan Theoci.
ties, does not yet reign In Athens. II
win be because Of some tecnicality Of
the ecclesiastical Jaw. while if this
sh uld arise. efforts will soon be
made to brush II aside
Army officers dismissed by Premi-
/ r Venizelos have been invited back.
and are TO rece We full pay from the
empty exchecquer for their years OF
enforced retirement Judges. magis-
trates and Government officials vino
were dismissed have been restored 70
their old functions. while those ap
pointed by NJ. Venlzoos have been
cleared out Venizolist prehcts all
over the country have been replaced
by agents of the new Government,
Everywhere the friends OF the Allies
are being cleared ont and their old
enemies are being reinstated in their
posts.
The question of the return Of King
Constantine is Of course uppermost
in all minds here. The position is
that while Constantine has certainly
been invited back to the country by
a majority Of the people the major
ity is not so overwhelming as the
Constantine party would have the
, world believe The Government. al
, though Il has recognized the deposed
, king and exercises its functions in
his name has not taken the momen
tous step Of formally inv ting him to
return The only object of the pie
l. sclte presumably was to place on
the shoulders o. the people The resp
visibility the Government hesitated &c
assume
The way, therefore is clear foi
Constartine's return if Il were not
for the Allies. This ON the whole is
considered improbable. Then there
1 arises q second question of whether
, if such support denied Constantine
he Will return az all If he comes wit
> cut this support his return will prob;
q bly, mean the ruin OF Greece, and an
, archy but if he returns even with the
approval Of the Allies he viii return
q against the wishes Of large sector
+. of the Greek people, and the result
will not be peace. 1t is fervetl
! hoped not only by the Venzei SITS, but
! also by many other patriotic Greeks
that at the last hour he may refuse
to bring these misfortunes, but vii
cast his personal feeling aside ant
, abdicate finally and unequiyocally il
u favor 90 ono ~ biq soma