Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-28
TROOPS DEMAND
PEOPLES CABINET
FAVOR|NG ALLIES
New King, Pro-German, Of
Doubtful Value in Solv-
ing Situation.
STRONG SENTIMENT
SEEN FOR VENIZELOS
Soldiers Demand Aid in Prose-
cutting War Against Turk
Nationalists.
Try Associated Press.


ATHENS. Sept. 27.--EinG constan-
jiue, howiuC to the will OF the army
and navy. has abdicatcd and Crown
Prince George. who married Princess
Elizabeth. of Rumania, becomes
King OF Greece
Until the people say they want
M" no more, shall hold my throne"
the King declared to the Associated
Prose- correspondent last night He
accepts this swift revolution az the
voice OF tho people.
The revolutionary army Is march
ms on Athens. and will reach tha
capital tonight Threo hundred army
officers visited the King and urged
the formation OF military Cobinet.
They were readyf they said. to put
themselves at tho head Of tho peopls
to combat the rcvolutionists, main
tain order and defend the King.
Would Acclaim venfzeIos.
y street demonstration by prom,-
ncnt citizens acclaimed Venizelos and
4 republic. There was some riotinE
and former Minister OF Agriculture
SiderlS was wounded.
An ultimatum from tho ~arsh!p
Lcmnos. which arrived at Laurium.
on the peninsula southeast OF Athens
with revolving troops. demanded tho
and the formation Of n peoples Cabi-
net friendly to tho entente.
\ second ultimatum declared it
was considered tho National Assem-
bly, had already been dissolved and
II demanded tho creation OF a pro-
entente Cabinet whose memb.rS
would he appointed by the revolu-
tionarics.
II no favorable reply had been re-
ceived by midnight. IT was declared.
Decentralization would be begun.
Popular NeEotiator.
General Japoulas. recently appoint
ed military governor OF Thrace, pro-
ceeded to Laurium to negotiate with
the revolutioneries. Neither ultima
tum spoke OF the abdication OF King
Constantine. which was mentioned
only in yesterdays airplane mani
fcst".
In addition to the election oe q
new Gcvcrument the revolut;on!sts
demanded support for the Greek
troops in Western Thrace in resist
ance TO Mustapha kcmal.
The wireless adds that the battle
ship Lcmnos and two dcstrc,yors In
the Aegean were loaded with troops
I'm command of a Venezilist otflcer:
also that the governor OF Mytilcne
ana 1cneral BaCre ana FRANCO had
been imprisoned by tho revolution
lists.
Old Idaho I'm New Form
Oddly enough, it was the form cr
American battleship Idaho, now the
Greek Lcmnos. that started tic
revolution. Ir 1913 Greece bought
tho Idaho and Mississippi. The Idaho
was named Lcmnos. after the naval
victory against the Turks in 1912
or the Island OF Lemnos The Mis-
stssippi vas named the I<ilkish. after
a famous battle against the BuI-
Sarians.
The revolut'onists announce that
they Will proclaim their choice OF a
ministry on their arrival in Athens.
Constantine twice occupied tho
throne Of Greece. His first reign he
gan March is. 1918. with tho assassi-
nation OF his father. George l.. and
continued until June. 1917. when he
was forced by the demand OF Great
britain. France and Russia Ia abdi-
cate because OF his pro-Germsn
sympathts
Successor Meets Tragic End.
He was succe eded by his second
son. Alexander. who Was nominated
by tho deposed monarch and who had
promised 10 carry out Constantines
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