Evening star., 1935-03-12
Report Says Rebels Take
Beaten Chief to Island
of CaSSos.
ALL SHIPS SEIZED IN
REVOLUTION SURRENDER
Loyalists Regain Important Gov
ernment Posts as Fighting Over
Present Regime Ends.

copyright. 1885. by the Associated PressJ
ATHENS, March l2.-Former Pre-
mier Eleutherios Venizelos was re-
ported today to have fled from Crete,
simultaneously with the surrender of
all naval vesSels-eXcept the cruiser
Notwithstanding in the hands Of
the rebels.
Unconfirmed rumors said the IL
year-old veteran of Greek political
wars departed from his island nome
on board the Averoff, in company with
his wife and several of his insurgent
associates, for an undiScloSed desti-
nation.
A report from London quoted the
Athens correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph Co. as saying:
The battleship Averoff (com-
mandeered by the Greek rebels) called
at the island of CaSsos this morning
and former Premier VeniZelos and
his wife, and also rebel officers, we're
put ashore.
THE Averoff then proceeded to the
arsenal of Salamis, near Athens.
which means she surrendered.
LoyalistS in Control.
With Venizelos' departure from
Crete, reports here said, loyalists re-
gained control of Crete and govern
ment officials were restored to their
Offices.
The marine ministry was informed
that the rebel destroyerS Psara and
Leon and the submarine Nereus had
been abandoned and were now in the
hands of loyal officers, who had been
kept prisoners.
The loyalist Gen. Dedes and Gov
AposkitiS were said to have resumed
control of the Cretan government.
The government instructed the lega-
ton at Sofia, Bulgaria. to seek the
extradition of Gen. George Kamanos.
the rebel military leader, and his l8
associates who fed with him after the
defeat Of their forces yesterday.
VenizeIos Watched.
At the same time it was announced
here that government planes had been
ordered to keep close watch OF Crete
to thwart a reported plan of Venizelos
to flee to Italy.
While the Greek Navy, reinforced
by the rebel cruiser Helle which sur
rendered yesterday. moved to extin-
guish the last flames of rebellion in
Crete, cavalry patrols were reported
to be securing Western Macedonia 10
eliminate the last vestiges OF rebel
activity in that area.
The government claimed it sounded
the death knell of the ll-day revolt
yesterday when Gen. George Kondylis,
commander of the loyalist troops. cap
tured the towns of Seres, Drama and
Kavalla, sending the insurrectionists
in headlong retreat toward the Bull
garian and Turkish frontiers.
The government announcement said
5000 insurgent soldiers had been cap
tured in the offensive. The governor
of Thrace reported the rebels second
in command, M. Panayotopoulos, had
committed suicide
Premier Panayoti Tsaldaris. re-
viewing the sudden collapse OF the
menace to his regime with uncon-
cealed pride, said:
Legal authority has been re-eS-
tablished throughout Macedonia and
Thrace and 1 am sure the rebels will
be expelled from the islands shortly.
Having tried vainly political tol-
erance, I am now compelled to take
severe enough steps to prevent any
repetition of seditious movements"
Carnival Celebration.
BY a coincidence, the governments
claims that it had scotched Veni-
zelos' ambitions for a return TO po-
Itical power, we're advanced on the
last day of the pre-Lenten carnival
amid the noisy revelry of which the
insurrection first was launched.
Soon after the reports we're re-
ceived here of the surrender of the
larger part of the rebel fleet, another
unconfirmed rumor was heard Veni-
Eelos and his wife, accompanied by
other rebel leaders, had left Crete
on board the cruiser Averoff.
Loyalist hostages held by Cretan
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