Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
THRONE IS STAKE
|NGREEKE LECT|ON
venizeIos' Return Expected,
PrecIuding Restoration of
King Constantine.

ATHENS, November 13 Thy the AS
ISOLATED Press).-All Greece is deeply
absorbed in tomorrow's election. the
outcome of which is generally expected
to be the return of Premier Venizelos
and the liberal party to power by a
large majority.
The outstanding question in the
elections is whether Premier Venizelos
will be returned to Office and thereby
given a free hand in the selection of
as headed by Demetrios Gounaris, wins.
making possible the restoration to
power Of former King Constantine.
Although he has expressed himself
as confident of victory. Premier Eeni-
zelos has been conducting a most
active campaign. He returned to
Athens on Thursday in time to address
an armistice gathering, where he was
given an ovation by more than 100000
persons. The speech was made in
Constitution Square, which was dec
GRATED with banners and fagS.
The Venizelists carried hugs wooden
paper anchors, emblem of the liberal
party. and autographed pictures of
Venizelos. Many persons shouted
Long live the republic" For the most
part the crowd was orderly. 1t was
made up largely of workers. The
venizelists asserted the attendance at
the meeting was twice as large as the
oppositions gathering on the Sunday
previous at the same place. Both
sides have charged that persons were
paid to attend the meetings.
Trouble Ii Forecast.
For several days Greece has been full
Of rumors, charges and counter-charges
and claims and denials of victory by
royalists and Venizelists. While the
country outwardly is calm, trouble is
forecast after the election no matter
which side wins. IT Venezelos gets the
majority Of 270 Of a total Of 36S. which
his supporters claim. it is expected the
royalists will denounce the elections as
fraudulent. Should the royalists win.
the venizelists have announced they will
not accept the political dethronement
of their chief.
Gounaris, who 10 former; premier and
! leader of the element supporting the
the throne Of Greece, has requested
passports to Italy. II he fails to be
elected his parliamentary immunity ex-
pires. Gounaris, with the approval Of
NJ. Venizelos, was permitted to return
to Greece to participate in the election.
Allies Keenly Interested.
Representatives of the allies in
tkeenest interest. both England and
France having strongly indicated
their opposition to any government
which would favor the return of Con-
lstantine.
It is the belief in allied circles that
fthe defeat of Premier Vehicles prob
ably would result in resumption of the
throne by Constantine.
NJ. Venizelos' action in permitting
his opponent to return to Greece, al
though exiled, has caused an agree
able impression throughout Greece
The opposition, however. accuses the
premier of entirely disregarding the
Venizelos should facilitate the arrival
in Greece of Prince Paul and resign
Immediately Paul reaches Athens.
The censorship. which ostensibly
was removed last September. has
again been put into force against
nection it is recalled that on one oc-
casion recently Minister of Foreign
Affairs Politis announced that CEN
sorship on news sent by foreign cor
mo civilized country which respects
itself would maintain censorship
except for military matters"
Defends Constantine's Reign.
GENEVA. November 13.-Dr. George
STREET.. foreign minister under former
King Constantine of Greece and now
a close adviser to the eNiled monarch.
has sent a signed statement to the
Associated Press. taking issue with
recent speech of Premier NenizeloS of
Greece. in which the latter described
the attitude of Constantine toward
the allied powers.
DIR. STREET asserts that. as foreign
minister in Greece until the first
months Of the war. he can deny for
mally the statement attributed to
Premier Venizelos. in which he al
legged that Constantine's government
undertook an engagement to fight by
the side of the central powers.
DIR. STREET. further denies that Con-
stantine tried to impose neutral at
titude on Greece and declares that no
negotiations on these two points ever
took place between Greece and the
central powers. He also takes oc-
casion to deny that Constantine ever
has claimed the divine right of
kings"