The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-05
GREECE WILL VOTE
 TODAY ON RETURN
 OF FORMER RULER
Premier Declares Plebiscite to Be Held-WiIl Ask Allies In What Way Constantine
 Was DiSIoyal
Ky Assnciatcd Prcsn


 Athens December 4-Premier RnalHs stated definitely today that tho paebis- cite o4 the return of former King Con- stantine would be held Sunday. He also asserted that the cabinet would not re- sign for the present
 Constantine, the pecu,4er said, sciu is counting on returning and the cabinet will issue 6 note to tho aIries asking in what way Constantine was d&sioysl and also how Greece failed hn her obligations or showed herself hostile. as assertsd In the allied note to the Greek government
 The aged prime nrintster-he kg 60 years old-in discussing the allied note tn the foreign office at o'clock this u,psning. was pointed in his criticism of ths al- lied course.
 "The note came as a surprfse,~ sasd M. Rhalhs. In it the allies say they do not Them I would like to know what are they doing now by sending such note"
 OPPOSITION DEVELOPS
 Editorials reflectng opposition to the return of King Ccnstanttne arc appear ing in this city. Commenting on the British attitude regarding tho rctrxn of Constantine, the newspaper PatriS says: InOSo WHO BCCu5ed NedMz6fOS Od SSu- ing Greece to strangers are now obliged to accept such shameful conditions It also appears the French may uso General Wpangals S army against the Turks, re- moving the Greeks. thereby giving the Russians a hold Constantinopla The Greek flag has also been replaced by the Italian in the Dodecanesus islands ''It is clear the allies washed their hands of the internal policies by ac- knowledging tho principies that must con trol nations." sags the Athina. We are now under the necessity of regaining our Lost favor with tho allies, | upon which must depeard our future con l duct King Constantine. or any other monarch, would be An irresponsible chief 1 and it Is for the government to take up | the task with the duty of always tell | ing the truth"
 ATHENS OUTWARDLY CALM ! Athens outwardly is calm, but there is | a. strong undercurrent of restless arspre- ! heM,ion. The cabinet conferred until q
 late hour tonight and the ministers ex- | pressed the hope that with the return of Constantine an accomplished fact tho | diplomatic and financial difficulties of Greece might later be Smoothed over One ! of those latter is that France may at the end of December call her large loans to Greece. which in the past year and q half he has renewed every thros months. | IScoIf5ddbHdlfOik Ol lflC NEbir<7+ WILL either Nicholas Stratos, former minister of marine, or Demetrios Gounaris, al present the war minister, as premier, ha' been proposed, but in view of the preeen
 state of the publdc mind no change ii
 the ministry is anticipated. Ffomiet Rhallis visited the regent this afteSnoon in the expectation of receiving comfort ing words from Constantine. whose mes sages go direct to Tatoi-
 We've got no money and wo must have credit,' exclaimed the premier when he found no advices had been received from the former monarch.
 CROWDS THRON0 STREETS
 When the allied ministers tonight for nsally presented the supreme council g note concerning measures to be taken III the event of Constantine's return, the streets about the foreign ministry were blocked, crowds Altering in from Con- ! stitution Square. They shouted: 'fWorll Work!" when the Italian minister, Sig. HOT Montagna, arrived. the people re- ! garding him favorably because of his re- ported frendliness to Greece.
 Later the crowds proceeded to the war ministry. which has been crowded for days with ex-officers and others seek ! ing reinstatement, and carried on a dem onstration lasting an hour. The city s l lights had purposely been darkened and l when a slight rain fell the crowds stIag- gled down University street, passing the American embassy, where they were joined by cigarette makers in the cry | for work
 1 The financial situation is most serious and this afternoon M. Gounaris and Min lster of Finance Kalogeropoulos con l ferred with M. Maximos. director of the l National Bank of Greece. No foreign money is permitted to go out of the 1 bank. and it has been suggested that 1 money to pay the army and government ] officials might be obtained by printing new notes, despite the baneful offset such action would have on exchange. Thls would necessitade abrogation of tho agreement of 1897 by which Greece's fi- nances are under Franco-British control, l and without whose consent no bank notes may be issued