The daily Alaskan., 1922-11-30

of the Greek defeat in Asia-Mmor He seems to be in good health, and speaks vigorously At the present time he is totally absorbed in mak- ing arrangements for the peace con ference, and also in caring for a million and a half Greek refugees.
 'T am absolutely divorced forever from Greek internal politics" he con tinued. and if elected to parliment. l will resign immediately. If the Greek people want a republic, they probably will show it in the coming elections. for the majority will indi- cate it's will. If the monarchy is Of no further use to them, they will be able to signify that fact; and if there is a stronger minority desiring to continue the present regime, no doubt the majority will consent. with the proviso that I have mentioned. As a matter of fact. there is little diff ] ference between a democratic mon archy. where the king is rendered powerless by the constitution, and a republic. l fancy England is just as democratic politically, though pos sibly not socially, us the United States"
 Asked if he had any comments to
 make on the passing of Lloyd George, or the British Near East pol l icy in its bearing on the fortunes of Greece. M. VeuizeIos declined to answer. nor would be comment on
 the action of Italy In retaking tie
 tpu Dodocanese islands, which she 1 zee promised to Greece.
 The former premier announced that
 at the approaching peace conference he would undertake to support an 1 exchange Of the Turk population in Greece for that of the Greel, Ma
 tionals in Turkey. This, he said,
 was matter of humanity, in which l he hoped the League of Nations and the United States would interest l themselves.
 "Without going into the political phases of the matter. I think Greece
 should not be judged too severely for
 . ter campaign in Asia-Minor, as it
 was for the purpose of rescuing Greek populations that We first went into eastern Thrace and Asia-Minor. Ir was for this reason that I, as premier. went there with our armies therefore. whatever may be said re- gardiug these campaigns, the unhap- py population are not at fault be-
 cause of governmental action"
 i, inquiries regarding the future
 or Greece, and also the prospects of
 her securing a loan abroad, Veuize- los replied:
 "E9 several years Greece, with her
 thrifty commercial population, will get on stable basis if We are able
 to settle the question of refugees 1 and of the minority. At present the refugees are pouring into Greece a million and a half strong. They are without homes. hence they present serious menace to internal order. and there may be a huge catastrophe with a spectre of BOlshevism stalk ing through our lands.
 As to a loan. We would not need one if we could collect our debts from the United States and other allied countries. It isn't generally known. but the United States never paid the $34.OOO,OOO which it agreed to pay in 1917, when with England and France. it guaranteed Greece a. loan of SO.OOO,OOO pounds to carry on the war by the side of the aI- lies. The arrangement was that this should be a credit upon which we could draw through the National Bank of Greece. On the strength of this credit, we issued paper curren- cy to provide money for carrying on the great war, and have accounted for every penny that was spent.
 Then. after paying >S14,OOO,OOO, the United States stopped payment because of the return of King Con- stantlne to the throne. When the