BRITISH TROOPS ENCAMPED AT PIRAEUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 142, 15 June 1917, Page 5

BRITISH TROOPS ENCAMPED AT PIRAEUS.

CONSTANTINE'S SUCCESSOR NOMINATED BY ALLIES.

PARIS, June 14. Advices from Athens show that Allied troops have landed and are encamped at Piraeus, the port of Athens, by agreement with the Greek Government. The landing was without incident. In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law announced the abdication of King Constantino of Greece in favour of his Eecond son, Prince Alexander, who had taken the oath as King. Mr. A. Lynch, Nationalist member for West Clare, asked: What docs the Government expect to gain by the abdication of a King when the same abuses ere perpetrated under another name? Mr. Bonar Law replied: We hope to gain the restoration of a constitutional Government representative of the whole of Greece. Mr. Swift MacXeill, Nationalist member for South Donegal, protested against Constantine being allowed to nominate his successor. Mr. Bonar Law replied that it was wrong to say that Constantine had nominated his successor. The newspaper "Petit Parisien" states that Prince Alexander is credited with the intention of reinstating the old Chamber of Deputies, in which AL Yenizelos had a majority The Hellenic colonies of France and Britain urge the establishment of a constitutional assembly. The "Pall Mall Gazette" says:—Constantine is the first pro-German King to lose his throne. Other Crowned heads are now trembling."— (Reuter.)