Evening star., 1926-09-10
MuTINy REPORTED suPrREssE
Guards Surrender After Battle With
Army Troops.

MI TIM REFUh Ell - IL hI1c''CA'
Guards Surrender After Battle With
Army Troops.
LONDON. September ~ N).-
There has been sanguinary fighting
in Athens Mutineers. republican
guards and troops Of the Greek army
came into contact Yesterday in bat
tie in which there we're number OF
casualties on both sides.
The fighting is said to have lasted
several hours and to have ended when
the two corps of republican guards,
realizing the uselessness of their at
tempt to capture the city. struck the
white flag in token of defeat. The
officers of the mutineers and their
men. numbering about 1000, are said
TO have surrendered.
The trouble had its origin in the
refusal of the republican guards to
disband. The guards are supporters
of Gen. Pangalos. who recently was
ousted from dictatorship by Gen.
kondylis.
Crowds of demonstrators seized an
armored car and fighting ensued
when~-eodiers attempted to recap
ture it.
Crowds Riot i'm Streets.
A dispatch from Athens late last
night said an armed mob had attacked
the Central Telegraph offices and ex-
changed numerous shots with the
military guard. The dispatch added
that a state of almost anarchy pre-.
vailed and it was feared there were
many casualties in the streets.
Crowds mobbed isolated soldiers and
seized a number of tanks. All dis
patches from Athens apparently have
been delayed or modified 10y the cen
Sor.
Today some doubt was expressed
respecting the situation in Athens
and the position Of the kondylis aov-
ernment. which Gen. kondvlis hehds
as premier-dctator, Notwithstanding
reports that the trouble has been com
pletely suppressed.
The citizens of Athens generally
are said to approve the suppression
of the republican guard. which Gen.
Pangalos formed to support his die
tatorship. Nevertheless. after the
mutneers had been overcome. there
was fighting between the civilians
and regular troqAs, the cause and
result of which are still obscure. The
dispatch telling of the attack on the
telegraph offices apparently was filed
in Athens some hours after the report
that order had been restored.
There is rumor here that Gen.
Plastiras, who headed the revolution-
ary committee which deposed King
Constantine in 1922, and expelled
King George in 1925, but who him
self was subsequently, deported on
suspicion of plotting against the gov
ernment, is back vt the latest trouble.
This, however. has not been con,
firmed.
Unrest Reported General.
Reports of unrest since Gen. kon-
dNlis overthrew the Pangalos govern
ment August 22 and installed the
new regime have been current re-
Gently Nothing In this respect has
been substantated. although 1t seems
inquest ionahle that there has been
considerable discomfort over the
kondvlis government determination
TO hold elections under the propor'
tional system of representation.
The departure of President Con
douriotis for Hydra few days ago
was attributed to a quarrel between
him and kondvlis. but the rumor was
quickly denied. One dispatch from
Athens says the President returned TO
the capital last night.
Yesterdays eaction by the repuh-
lican guard in refusing to disband
seems to throw light on dispatch
from Athens last Tuesday saving that
'special military measures have been
ordered owing TO grave indlscipline
on the part of the republican guards.
This dispatch added that the repub-
ncan guards had suddenly marched to
the suburbs of Agh!a Parastavi. ana
that infantry and cavalry partols fol-
lowed them. Later the guards re
turned to Athens. and tHe commander
reported that he had taken his men
on their usual daily march in the eve
ming, instead of during the day, be-
cause of. the oppressive heat.
Anarchy Declared at End.
An official statement issued later
said the suppression of the guard was
an important event (which should put
an end to military anarchy and enable
the country to return to reign OF law
and the enjoyment of constitutional
liberty"
Gen. kondylis. alluding in Athens
last night to the stern measures taken
10 repreSs the guard, said. Il am not
hloodthirstv. but circumstances render
the governments measures neces-
sary.'
When the government yesterday
sent officers to demand the surrender
of the guards the order was ignored
and the mutineers advanced along
boulevard In the outskirts intending
to occupy the city
4 regular battle ensued. the gov
ernment troops fighting from behind
barricades and airplanes joining them
in bombing the mutineers. In the
course OF the battle an armore,> cars
ammunition exploded. killinx or
wounding a lieutenant and II sc ldiers.
Athens re& spapers estimated that
the mutineers lost so men killed and
many wounded. but said the casualties
among the regular troops and citizens
were not known a Reuter- dispatch
from Athens said there was relative.
~ little bloodshed when the extent of
the fighting and the subsequent riot
ing were taken INTO consideration.
Although Canada iS adjacent to the