Evening star., 1922-10-10
Elimination of Constantine May
Spell Greece's Salvation,

Whether Greece shall be saved as
worthwhile nation is matter OF
serious dispute among American edi-
tors. The elimination of Constantine,
with the return to complete power of
former Premier Eenizelos, will be of
material assistance, it is argued. but
there are expressions of doubt
whether the change came in time to
allow salving much from the wreck.
1t will all depend on the attitude that
is assumed by the allies in the coming
conference on near eastern affairs. If
they renew their former support in
united form of Nenizelos, and allow
Greece to retain the major portion of
the territory allotted to her after
the world war, that nation can. look for
ward to power and prosperity, but if
not. she must become a very negligible
factor in Balkan affairs.
The going of Constantine fails to
clear the Greek skies. in the opinion
of the Newark News. which believes
the plight of Greece due equally to
"a party political quarrel and To
Interference by the allied powers
and holds that il the revolution
means there will be less interference
and meddling and that. hereafter,
Greece shall manage its own affairs.
it will mark the beginning of a new
period" The Boston Traveller is in
clined to feel that 'amicahle settle
ment of the trouble in Asia Minor
should be easier as the result of
events in Athens" while the Salt
Lake Deseret News argues that lit
seems doubtful that the people of
Greece will be satisfied to accept
Prince George as their king, and the
prospect just now is that his reign
will be short"
The revolution is one of distrac-
ton and despair" says the Baltimore
Sun, while "all over Europe passions
far more bitter than in 1914 await
the opportunity to destroy what is
left of civilization. The latest move
in Greece has stirred the lid of this
Pandora's box. There lies the danger
of the Greek revolution The Gin
cinnati Times-Star also recalls that
the cruiser Lemnos, on which the
revolution was planned, is a former
American warship, while a former
American woman keeps her husband
from accepting the throne, pointing
out that thus does the old Idaho
knock a Greek king from his throne,
and an old Indiana sweetheart decree
that one of the royal line shall not
ascend to the vacancy"
IT is the feeling of the Chicago
Daily News that at will be well for
the peace of the world if in the com
ing conference on near east affairs
Greece shall be represented by Veni-
zelos in person. or by deputy, instead
of an agent of Constantine" while
the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch holds
that Constantine was driven from
his throne this time by a yellow SEN
timent by a people who wanted to
get all they could. but who could not
fight for it--either under Dictator
Venizelos or King Constantine. Yet
the ancestors of these people held the
pass at Thermopylae." AS this 'is
the second time Constantine has
abandoned his throne. the Dayton
able to stage a second come e-back.
Will a republic follow where a mon
archy is tottering?"
The failure of Constantine's poll
cies, the Roanoke World News argues.
means at may be safely assumed that
Greek policy in future will be more
akin to the policy of Venizelos," which
will mean ga stiffening of the Greek
attitude toward the Turks" 1t was
Venizelos alone, the Ann Arbor Times
News says, who in the past "has
shown the ability to put his nation on
it's feet and to guide it Alright in the
troubled councils of the near east.
Perhaps this time Greece has learned
it's lesson and will keep its strong men
in Athens
1HeFe S eSpeCldl lHteTeSt, INC -.
Louis Globe-Democrat thinks. fn the
watch on the Dardanelles maintain
ed by the British because "the little
army at Chanak are the champions OF
Christendom against Turkish mis-.
government and terrorism" But "ff
Greece is sensible" the Mobile Regis
ter argues, the situation will work it
self out, although the Lincoln Star
feels that Greece is doomed to remain
a second or third rate power for many
years to come" The eventual SUI
premacy of Venizelos cannot be pre-
vented, the Birmingham News thinks,
as "he Is a big man. 1t is vast pity
that he is not a younger man-twenty
years younger-fit material to enjoy
at least two terms in the Greek states
that seem in the making"
While the former premier could
have made a great Greece after the
treaty Of Sevres was signed, the Den
yer Rocky Mountain News suggests
that '-it may be too late" for that now.
but thA LypchburE NsWs holds that