New-York tribune., 1922-09-28
Leading Citizens Acclaim
VenizeIos and Republic
i'm Street Demonstration:
Ex-Minister Hurt i'm Riot
800 Officers Offer
Services to King
Troops to Demand Voice
in Naming Cabinet; In
sist ON Defense of Thrace

ATHENS, Sept. 27 (By the Associ-
ated Press King Constantine.
bowling to the will Of the army and
navy, has abdicated, and Crown
Prince George, who married Prin-
cess Elizabeth of Rumania, becomes
King of Greece.
Until the people say they want
me no more I shall hold my throne"
the King declared to the Associated
Press correspondent last night. He
accepts this swift revolution as the
voice of the people.
The revolutionary army is march
ing on Athens and will reach the
capital tonight. Three hundred
army officers visited the King and
urged the formation of a military
cabinet. They were ready, they said,
to put themselves at the head of the
people to combat the revolutionists,
maintain order and defend the King.
Citizens Call for yenizelos
street demonstration by promi-
nent citizens acclaimed Tenizelos and
republic. There was some rioting
and form er Minister Of Agriculture
Sideris was wounded
Curiousiy enough it was the former
American battleship Idaho, now the
Greek Lemr.os, that started the reroiu-
tion. In 1913 Greece bought the battle
ships idaho and Mississippi. The
Idaho was named Lemncs. after the
naval victory against the Turks in 1912
! of the island of Lemnos. The Missis-
sippi WIS named the Kilkos. after a
famous hsttle against the Bulgarians.
| The reyolutionists announce that
they will proclaim their choice of
ministry on their arrival in Athens.
The hattleship Lemnes has sent radio
messages to the entire navy asking for
| adherence to the revolution. It is re
ported that the Lenanos arrived az
Pir@us, the seaport of Athens, this
morning and is stopping all ships
carrying officers ana troops. These ara
being forced TO join the revolutionary
movement.
Shots were fred in the streets of
Athens at y o'clock this morning.
About 100 officers OF the army and no
lice paraded through the Place de Ia
Constitution shouting Long live the
Kjngl"
Officers Call Rebellion Bluff
They were surrounded by several
tramears filed with civilians. who
raised the same cry Gradually a crowd
formed behind the officers and several
of the officers shouted that the revolu-
tlon was bluff. engineered By a few
men, and that the government should
rot weld to the revoiutionists.
The Fenizelist newspapers asssrs
that the revolution. which up to the
present has been bloodless. has spread
throughout the entire country. Prince
| Paul, the Kings youngest son, was
aboard the training ship Helle in the
asgean when part of the navy revolt
cd. The bastleship Lemnos sent a radio
! to the Helle asking the prince il ne
wished to join the new movement for
national defense. The radio operator
Of the Helle replied: "I salute you.
brothers" Then communication wss
cut.
The brother of NJ. Braghoutis, who
was assassineted in 1920 and who was a
Royalist deputy, announced his adhe
sion to the revolutionary cause. The
Nenizelist papers say that diplomatic
circles of the Entente consider tina,
The movement will have a good effect
on the general political sisuation and
! s''Ntt @@'NA"Rty sAA4cslsi htlIai EaSfs2
reply to the joint note
CONSTANTIN0PLE, Sept. 27 fBy
/ The Associated Press The crew Of
the Greek battleship AvcroF mutinie,i
to-day and left Constantinople for an
unknown destination. The commander
of the vessel was ashore to bid fare
we'll Co Brigadier General haringtoYs
| When later he attempted to board tne
Averoh By means Of q private launch
! the sailors hurled missiles at him.
Ships Presence 0bstrueted Peace
The vessel sailed at noon TODAY,
] Previously the Allied diplomats had
stated that the presence of the Averoiy
IN Constantinola impaired the prcs-
poets of peace,
There are $4,000 revolving troops iu
the Greek revolutionary expedition
from Mytilene, which has gone to the
Greek mainland, according to a wire
less dispatch from Captain ]. b.
/ Rhodes, OF the American DESTROYER
Litchfield at Mytilene. The message
says these troops have been landed
at Piraeus, the port of Athens.
In addition to the election Of o new
government, says the message, che rev.
/ Greek troops in western Thrace in re :
distance to Mustapha Kemal.
The wireless adds that the battle
snip Lemnos and two destroyers in
the Aegean were loaded with troops
IN command OF a Venizelist officer.
also that the Governor of Myt.lene
and Generals Bacue and FRANCE had
been imprisoned by the revolutionists.
Rebels Name Salonica Dictator
| sALONlCA, Greece, Sept. 27 (By The
Associated Press).--A council of of
heers OF an independent division, which
returned here from Smyrna and which
is directing the anti Constantine move :
aient to-day, appointed Colonel Tzi
Pouras, commanding the sad Regiment
OF the division, as High Military Com
missioner of the Salonica region. with
the mission Of preserving order at ali
costs.
All the civil and military authori
lties have remained at their posts With
out resisting the movement. and are