The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-02

"O BE or not to be a mon-
 archy-that is the question
 which, unless some alteration
 arises in present plans, will be put to vote of the people of Greece during the last days of this coming September. From the indi- cations of recent political activity under the shadow of the Acropolis, it seems not at all impossible that the nation whose tongue gave us the very word democracy" will re- turn its young Danish king, now deposed these twelve years, to his additionally shaky throne.
 Premier Panayoti Tsaldaris, the royalist head of Greece's republican government, may effect postpone ment of the plebiscite if he thinks that the sedative of time has not yet had sufficient effect upon the unrest of the people following the disturbances of recent months.
 While the rebels who kicked up such fuss in the eleven days civil war this spring have been re- strained from actually taking up arms for a while, their numbers make up a large minority bloc, and with the antagonism of defeat still ranking in their breasts, they might hardly be expected to approach the polls with open and unbiased mind. However, postponement of the plebiscite, which was provided for by law passed by the Greek as- sembly in July, if it should occur, would be only short one.
 So drastic a change in the gov ernment as replacement of the king should not be decided by a mere majority vote, even the roy alists agree. Unless political con- ditions improve within the next few weeks, an overwhelming majority in favor of the monarchy seems hard ly probable. Even King George II. whose good looks and sportsman nature have earned the nickname of Gorgeous Georgios," has been quoted as saying that he does not desire to resume his throne as a result of any trick move on the part of the royalist faction.
 Gorgeous Georgios" may be pre- suming a little, even at that, for | there are not uncommon .rumors that if Greece once more welcomes king 1t will not be he, but King George V of England's youngest son, the duke of Kent, who married Georgios' cousin Marina. Scandal Is the reason. Georgios' wife, the ex-queen Elizabeth, in early July was granted a divorce by the Ru. maj nian Appeals court at Bucharest. She charged the king with being unfaithful. Greeks want king who has kind and loving wife, such as Marina. Marina is the most popu- lar at home of all the members of the Greek royal family.
 Greece Gains Freedom.
 Throwing over the republic in ia. vor of monarchy would be a move of novelty In the course of the worlds events, but one consistent with the turbulent trend of modern Greek history. One of its outstand ing characteristics is that it will be the first such move in many years to be effected without the dy mamie character of one Eleutherios Venizelos stOrming about on ont side or the other.
 For Twentieth century Greek his tory is largely the personal histor, of Venizelos, the father of thu Greek republic" Glimpsed in hi. seat of exile in Paris, the seventy one<year-old ex-premier might wei be mistaken for George Bernard Shaw. He has the same bald head the same pointed white beard ant the same twinkle in his eye.
 Until 1921 Greece was a prov ince in the Ottoman empire. In tha year there was a revolt which ever the Terrible Turks failed to crush and in the following year a Greel national assembly was formed an, a Constitution drafted. In 1925 tn Turks massacred enough Greeks t. bring doom to the new republi