Evening star., 1922-12-03
The Story the Week: Has Told

conference at Brussels. and to agree 1T is
discuss at that conferences the problem Of Ger
man reparations and the problem OF inter-
ss hangs on the att,tude Of sonar
Law. which has not yet been disclosed. though
government does not consider itself bound by by
the Balfour note on the war debts.
ezed for aaHefaI wth and spe
tacks on the interallied commission Of mill
G es e ,e marK as Wofh 5000
to the dollar.
Itnly.--On November 25 the chamber, BY 225
to 80. passed the bill granting Mussolini until
December 81 1923, full powers for carrying
into effect his program Of financial and bureau
cratic reforms The chamber having. SO to
speak, regularized Mussolinrs usurpations, and
being of no further present use to the black
shirt, has adjourned to January. when 1t will
be invited to pass an electoral law intended
to completely transform that body and return
most of its members to private life.
Lord Curzon was much relieved when Mus
solini returned from Lausanne to Rome: but
though with his almost grotesque solicitude
difticuit person to deal With he did analiy aIrs
line up perfectly with Curzon and Poincare.
or Of i'm
the conference proceedings. he even yielded
to his allies o;na. on that point And he greatly
Germany should be made to pay and by warm
iy sseondnE rGneases ar efforts to procure Inn
sells economic conference.
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[reece.-The modern Greeks seem to have
inherited with some. though not too strong
tincture of the ancient blood, all tho faults
and few OF the virtues OF the contemporaries
OF Pericles. There were In the classical pc
riod numerous instances Of judicial murder
and 1t was common. and perhaps correct to
charge the ruin of classical Greece funda-
mental political instability. But II the classi-
cal Greeks were unstable. they at any rate
possessed political genius and intelligence of
the highest order; and 1t should be borne in
mind that they were experimenting with few
recorded precedents to guide warn. The
Greeks Of today exhibit an instability greater
than that Of the ancient. with evidence
whatever Of compensating intelligence
genius: and they cannot allege lack OF record
ed precedents to instruct and warn.
Athens 1for it is generally agreed that that's
the proper name for the executions. as pri-
more esreeious than any ancient Instances.
There might be one traitor. perhaps two: but
Turk. for all his unspeakableness to be given
free hand.
general. convicted OF high treason in connec-
ton with the recent Creek disaster. were exc
"f,sa and one general I @ We're 0a Sentenced como to
penal servitude for life, The kravamen Of the
parenty that they broush. back King e'' Con- on
stantine to serve their own ambitions. we'll
knowing that his restoration would be dis
astrous to the nation, and that they continued
to throw dust in the eyes OF the Greek people
The British representative left Athens in
consequence of the executions, and there seems
little doubt that Greek interests at Lausanne
will be sadly prejudiced thereby.
King George. having opposed the executions
is in effect prisoner In his palace. by order
of his puppet cabinet. The real government is
the revolutionary committee. Tho king has
asked permission to leave tho country. but 1t
has been refused: and fears are entertained
for his sa fety. His uncle, Prince Andrew, and
several more generals are to be tried this
week. Altogether pretty kettle of fish Ut