Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-02

.,e trayal of the Grecian Nati $ Lausanne, Dec. 1 (By the A. P.)-M. Nenizelos. the former Greek premier. receiving the correspondent of The As sociated Press today, declined to com taent on the Athenian executions, but Greece at the. Mndania armistice con ference, declared in an interview that the Grecian ministers were put to death because they. were found guilty. after a flair trial of criminal betrayal of the Grecian nation. General Mazaral1is was recently sum nAoned from Athens by Venizelos as a military expert, to advise him on, tech nlcal subjects at the Lausanne confer etce. He is chief of staff of the Greek army in Thrace and may be said to rep resent the opinions of the GrecSan rev ofut.on, if not those of Venizelos him. .self NsWhen. asked for his views; M venize- lo5N said s"E am finally and dennitely out of Grscian politics. I am doing what can to help my country abroad in this great crisis in which we are plunged, but 1t is not for me to meddle fn, home affairs. nor express an opinion either approving or disapproving the re- cent incidents at Athens. It would only lead to misunderstanding
 The British government, it is learned bore, is exerting every possible effort to preVent any serious punishment being imposed upon Prince Andrew, brother R former King Constantine.
 2 Prince Andrew commanded a division H the Greek army in recent caEEaign Ind is to be tried by court martial on charge of dts0beying an order to ad- Nancs and support the right wing. whhSh, being unsupported, was obliged so give way. thus leading to the failure oe the whole campaign before the San saffos river. - % -~, - -,
 General Mazarakis expressed tho opinion that Prince Andrew would not 6s executed, or punished; he believed also that Greece would not at this time piB upon the question of establishing a reptl6iicss
 tsrpve are in terrible national ctfsis;"She said, "and VIC are deyoting 0rrsslYes entirely to recognizing and pdrleytng our national lie and our eco nohnic existence. Now, a revolution is always an abnormal movement; T does iAusuaL sometimes harsh, things. World aihory shows thai. and the Grecian rtr6iutlo1 1ows the same attributes. our national revolution was driven log eaiiy and relAntiessiy towards the ira-
 
 lhFpartial and xearching SnvestigntioH aefnonstrAted the styss, of several mn isters of state who were seeking enfr to keep Consantiae On the throne and per pstuAAe Constaftisua, and treasonabty betrzyed the afTry and the people, - ''rlresei men and the military leaders, vho, knowing full ven the real, cOndi- tfcn>of the Greek army, refused 10 m sist upon discontinuance Of the cam. pa.en In ,Asia-Minor were responsible for sthe present Grecian disaster, which has SntaiIed the loss of hak of our. req Ma1sonal He, brought economic ruiT and driven . million homeless refugees Co ,, our doors. Happily the American people ca4ne to the succor of these refu gees, and it is largely because of tha. Wohdarfuf American charity and sym patlay that the Grecsan revolution doe. uot wisllsto to have itself misunderstood in the United States
 The recent court martial of ou, statesmen was imposed by the will O the people as a waFolet through tn v6ico of the. army. But the army, ex cited by the ambitious designs of tn stakeUnen at Athens went in for bigge tAiMgss and dreamed o6 dashing even t tae Cancausus and the borders of Per ssass
 "I.ater," continued the general, "Con ytaatine was returned to Greece by piedsclte. which WIS not at all the VII # the people. who were int3midate and deceived at the elec&tons Gradual N the great powers saw the folly of th - Aeias Minor campaign. They told, us { retire our troops and that the smyrn atFict would be made autonomous un dsr q Greek governor. ,- .-s
 'sThey warned us that they .Soui withdraw ali economic and financis support. CSonnaris and the others too no heed of tlaIs warning and for yea and hah this entente warning wa hidden from the Grecian people m entente nations urged us to send ava Const tantine because he was pro-Germa and had delivered important 1litar
 prirs. in Macedonia over to bIlgari; .Steh was tho ally of Germany.
 'AThe people and rank and file of Il Er1ny knew nothing of this. We wel Dn blihdiy to our fate; we were checlSe Rt tho Sansarius river with the loss S0.QD0 mem
 .aFor e year we. rested on-- our arm lhere, while the great V TurI1ish arm lplendidly Ncqupped formed in front Hs. Stin we were not recalled; we ha been fighting for .eigh& years and or uOsSitso nWas pftiful, our eQpNrnel Isf4 .sF kept silent, telling us nothing of Il real situation, seeking only to keep Cpl Htantins on the throne and feather the own nests.
 Then came tho great Turkish ofre. slve and the Grecian army wss swe, back, incapable o6 any. resistance. n Worid knows what happened eventual lR Asia-Ainor. Not content with tn disasAsr, the politicians arranged cbpaign agninst Constantinopl which actually meant fighting the se Hers cf England and France. Is 1t al Wonder that the revolution has talk, ghS EItuaticn into itg own hands al sxrEtd that an example should nada of GAe men responsible for o1 Eravs national sttuzGionf
 fhase accusations were all proved ] he e0uEE martial, and R the death SC lsnSes had not been carried ont Is bdAoers throatened to Invade the prl bns and theznSelves sec that justice wi tcson 6iished A majority of the of sefs who sat In the court martial we guf1nsr prouiinent anti-Venizeiists, al he death dscision. however harsh, VI baaAd on irrefutahIe evidence"
 Cdneral Masarakis slIebched the c Ire history Of the iii-fated Asia-lfin abpaign. showingi how the allied $ prne council had gwen the GrecL trny ( mandate to occupy strates Dol1fs Sfter the armiStiee signed
 TruSo. He expreSsed the cpinicn th n inkerderence had if1itated t FeTaltionary committee by: over-insii nee and eorstant DroteSts, and tn
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