Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-02

Athens Oct T - By the A. P.l-'l am not as you have seen. a Robespierrs. and don't even want 10 be thought of as military dictator" said Colonel Go natas leader of the revolutionary move ment today in discussing the Grecian revolt. which probably will go down in history as one of the most capably or ganized and one of the swiftest military r upheavals ever affecting the world na- tions.
 Colonel Gonatas modestly dlsclaimed that his brain was the creative force and | his the genius which brought the move ment to US amazing quick conclusion. It was ths officers about me-" he said. f and they did me the honor to make me their leader"
 A handsome man of about l5 years of | age is Colonel Gonatas. His black hair | brushed back. crowns an intellectual | i face which often breaks into a pleasant | smile as in French as he talks of the | revolution. 1
 We who made this revolution" con tinued Colonel Gonatas '.earnestly hope the people of the United States will un- derstsnd why we made it. and that they will give their sympathy to us and. generally speaking. espouse our cause. For this revolution had to come. It was the very logic of human events.
  because of that we met military disaster abroad. So we decided to come home and remove both the king and the govern ment-to put our house in order We removed the king because he was an em- barrassment, so we asked him to make way for his son.
 We brought with us 10 Athens an army sufficient in size to render all re- sstance in effective, and we carried through the revolution without shedding
 a single drop Of blood. We arrested five :; civilians who we consider were responsi- ble for our defeat ips-Asis Minor and T two officers for trying to foment resist ance to US without governmental author fly.
 Tt was matter of honor with us to
 protect the king. Constantine. who left
 yesterday for Palermo on the steamer , Patras. which sails sometimes for Amer ica, accompanied by an honorary escort of torpedo boat, destroyers provided by } the revolutionary committee.
 Until tried by special tribunals the
 civilian prisoners will be transferred to 5 and kept on an island in the Aegean sea : These civilians include men like former ? Premier Gounaris and Stratos. Colonel Gonatas explained his immedi-
 ate program to the correspondent the
 
 the immediate reinforcement of the Thracean front and the active pushing of ' the war against the Turks, if necessary, ! and then securing the unity of all parties at home which have been separated un
 to now by hatred one against the other. ''
 This, he added, it was hoped to have
 Greece
 : The revolutionists had requested the ' assistance of former Premier Venizelos ifI broad fbpffrrl r7ot .f 2 natas continued. but Venizelos had not 5 yet been heard from.
 All parties had counselled the mainten-
 ance of the military government, but the . revolutionary committee had decided on : the contrarynto form non-partisan cab , met to hold power until the election and !. installation of a new national assembly e when the revolutionary committee itself ,would cease to exist
 Asked if the revolutionists had any ' Idea of creating a republic. Colonel Go. K natas replied:
 T personally think the time has moi I yet arrived for. Greece to become q u democracy. Some years must pass be.
 fore the people can govern themselves ir
 the form of republic
 if We visited King George and explained . = to him our movement. We told him that e our committee would hold itself re 7, sponsible for the acts of the cabinet W, - have created, and stand ready to back il
 with all the force of the army and navy
 The king congratulated us on the com plete orderliness of the revolution anC i, promised his entire loyal cooperation !, Colonel Gonatas told the king that an, if attempts at reaction would ,be crushed - implacably, but the king assured hin . that he accepted the situation and womb 9 collaborste with the new regime.
 We expect the entente will coun cal
 guide and help us in every way. both i, la the war and in the peace conference Colonel Gonatas continued. Formerly V. ,f were allies We went to Asia-ATinor b, r- thier orders The alliance was dissolve, d until after the return to the throne n
 King Constantine. Now that king i
 gone and the cause for embarrassment If has been removed, why can't they hel oi usr' ,r Colonel Gonatas said he already ha, s received offers of loans from Grecian i'm Id terests and representatives of foreign en N terprises.
 Gonatas once headed a Greek detaoh
 ment which fought with the Frenc v- against the bolshevild south of Odesss sx During the hostilities in Axia-M Minor h " commanded the army corps which forme ss the rear-guard of the rear-guard of in of of the retreat His bravery in battl
 and his protection of his men in tn
 terrible retreat before the Turks mad h. him the hero of the army. s., The Greek merchants in Patras hay N. offered the revolutionary committe el pounds sterling 5,000oo0 and 500 m Id blankets and 10000 rifles. If In explaining the organization of th he revolution. Colonel Gonatas said th
 feet with transports was already nea
 the shores of the Attica coast when th C. revolutionary ultimatums were droppe in from the sky over Athens. He added tha O. the warships which the government wa xy desperately trying to locate were uni n- 1sn the revolutionary squadrons ~ We vera s1vinsible.p Gonatss aS5e, ba "hecauSa ~a wars absolutely rnissa sr
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