Evening star., 1922-09-27
RULER COMPELLED
TOHEEDDEMANDS
Pro-Entente Greek Cabinet
Asked on Pain of Military
Movement.
UNEASINESS IN ATHENS
King Bases Moves Upon Fears Of
Civil Strife Through.
out Land.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, September e1.-An ultl-
matum from the warship Lemnos'
which arrived at Laurium. on the
peninsula southeast of Athens, Win
revolving troops, demanded the dls-
solution of the national assembly and
the formation Of a peoples caoihe'
friendly to the entente.
A second ultimatum declared 1t was
considered the national assembly had
already been dissolved. and it de-
manded the creation of pro-entente
cabinet, whose members would be ap-
pointed by the revolutionaries.
! If no favorable reply had been re-
ceived by midnight. it was declared
Decentralization would be begun.
Gen. Papoulas, recently appointed
military governor of Thrace. proceed
ed to Laurium to negotiate with the
| revolutionaries.
| Neither ultimatum spoke Of the ao-
! dication of King Constantine, which
was mentioned only in yesterday
airplane manifesto.
! Cabinet Resigns.
The royalist organs consider. how
ever, that the abdication of the king
in favor of the crown prince should
not be excluded from the possibilities.
! King Constantine has accepted the
resignation of the cabinet, which
quickly followed the reception of two
! ultimatums from the cruiser Lemnos.
In accepting the resignation the
king said he entirely put aside any
| idea of resistance. which would pflng'
as a result, civil war in Greece.
| The crown prince has abandoned
his proposed journey to Rumania.
/ Oficers and troops who revolted at
| Salonlki sent word to Athens insist,
! ing on the imprisonment OF several
; of the former premiers. including NJ.
! Gounaris and NJ. Straitos. who were
| held responsible for the adverse cam
| ma .Rn in Asia Minor. They also de-
| manded a change in the government
| and the establishment OF new neu-
| trail cabinet.
| important contingents of the army
+, ON the Islands Of Mitylene. Chios and
| Crete also revolted. They sent an
| airplane over Athens, which released
pamphlets demanding the abdication
| of the king. the removal OF the min
war in Thrace. All the revolts are
! reported to be of an entirely polltlcal
+; nature.
No Fighting Reported.
| No fighting Of an insurrectionary
character has been reported from any
of the disturbed areas. The anti-Veni-
zelists allege that the revolt in the
islands was engineered by partisans
of former Premier Venizelos.
The government has had extreme
difficulty In getting in wireless COM
munication with the fleet at Nifty
llene, where one battleship and sew
eral torpedo boat destroyers are sta
toned There were reports today that
the Creek navy had revolted, but OFF,
cials tonight informed the correspond
ent that all the warships had been
heard from, except two destroyers.
The officials asserted that the war
ships had not Joined in the revolt.
Athens was entirely quiet last even
ing, but the greatest of uneasiness
was evident everywhere. The people
are keenly disappointed over the mill
tary disaster and the international
isolation Of Greece, which they are
unable to understand. believing the
lGreeks have done nothing to merit it.
MANY Of the soldiers when they
reached their home villages got a
icold reception from their fellow citi-
zens.
An American recently arrived from
tChios Informed the correspondent
that 10000 soldiers in Smyrna had
LANDED on the island, together with
1O. 900 refugees, and that there was
only sufficient water and food for
the islands normal population Of
10000.