KING ABDICATE

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 230, 28 September 1922, Page 5

KING ABDICATE

IN FAVOUR OF SON. CABINET RESIGNS. REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS. I'By i''a!)lp. - Press Association.—Copyright.! ATHEXS. September 27. The <;rcek .Ministry has resigned, anrl Kinp < »n«tantin<> 'haw ahdicnted in favour of thi» (ro»n Prince. from Athene indicate revolutionary movements in Salonika. Mitvletie. and LarUea. Tlie i-risii is developing.—(A. and N.Z. fable.)

SPREAD OF REVOLT.

BEGINS AMONG TROOPS. FLEET MAT HAVE GONE OVER. 'Receive! 12.30 p.m.i LONDON. September -'7. Oflicial now* received in London to-day show* tl\at a revolutionary movement hn> broken oni in the islands of Mityleno • and Chios, where there are larpe number? of soldiers and refugees from the mainland. TllC primary cnuoe seems to have been the disarmament of troops, soldiers regard thvir arm* as perquisite*. It i* aiso reported that revolutionaries are sending several ships full of troop* to the (■'reek mainland with the object of eftVrtins; a landing there to-day. Salonika is also in the throes of a revolutionary movement. There is talk there of orjranisine an army to oppose the resaion of Eastern Thrace. Then , are iwlkatiolls that the Greek* fleet lias gone over to the revolutionists, who announce that every offirer and man is wholly with them. Gonnta's movement is making headway in all directions. So far the revolution has been bloodless.— iA. and X.Z. Cable. I

REVOLtTTIOWABY DEMANDS.

A NEW ELECTION. REINFORCEMENT OF TROOPS. ,»>' lUei'Pived 9.30 a.m.) ATHENS, September 27. The resignation of Cabinet wag followed by scattering from an aeroplane a proclamation issued by Genvral Genatas declaring the belief that the army ami navy is in complete agreement with the Greek people in demanding on I behalf of tho navy ami army, first, King Cunstantine'a abdication in favour of the (Yovvn Prince; secondly, the immediate dißgoiution of thp National Assembly; thirdly, the *'stablishment of an independent Cabinet able to inspire confidence, and unity and willing to promptly arrange an unfettered general election; fourthly, immediate reinforcement of the Greek force* in Thrace. The proclamation produced feverish excitement in Athens. King ConstauUne 'lad previously pro- j claimed martial law throughout thy ! Kingdcni. He signed his abdication without reservation.—l.\. and X.Z. Cable). Kin.' he- had a fa.irly tmuhloii-; reign, and hia career "a* a peculiar mixture of popularity ami disfavour. At period* h<- was i»:-oc-lainved. from one end of tin , nation'«< 4»oundarres to the other, as -a\iour. At others he | was almost ileipi-sed. ami once he w>vs driven from his adopted country. Dur- 1 ing the great w.iv 'he endoavoiirt-.l to miiiJ with the liut* an-d ■unit with liie hound*' —a diilicull policy for even .tiir he;ui uf .1 mighty nation to attempt to follow. In addition. Ciie geographical position uf Greea rendered it an easy mark i"->r xviik-bfver p.my it offended, tfte Ontral Powe:- (fur a tiirse) on land mid the Allies (»l»nv*i from the *ea. ("«naH> a iui:n of decisive action, osnitnc.'f his military career in the ',*.«; wdn, ii, must liO-ve lieen an ujihappv experience for him to have played the vreu-tliercork. Con-ita'ntine"* career a.* a soldier was I brili-a.nr. oven when the failures o,f the I war ivi-rii Tmto-y in 19(1!) are taken into] a.vo-iii.'i. It miLil nut be forgotten that. in that eri&U d'reer? »a< not ready to| tight, anri «,v barfly cut numbered, so 1 , !.--. (Jon.- taut hie. nho foresaw the t-o-n----seqiienv-fe, ua-s at a hopeless drssdvanta|L'.'. Hi* education waa that c!' a soldi l r, and he lr.id an excellent training in Prussia after which .he returned to Greece, and was promoted to be In-; spec-lor-Genera'l >f the Arniy. He nwdei hi.- mill,. Ty name in die Balkan war. ! Ore , ,-f was an uncei tt.ni, if not a eoi:-' tetcptun:.". quantity in the OHI.-ulatkni-l uf »t'dte'SO!«n n ; ;en hoetilities crem-' merited. Wien they nvded •; ie nation [ Uiis regarded as a revivified f.H-ce, <-ap-! '<b'c of r'.nna to a. daminatine po-'t:.>n.[ 1 1> Con:'Li:itin.- «a* the credit duo. for: b\~ army i:ot only .perforrried its full in the Campaign, but did so much: th.it <Jre«ve m : !;ht almop* be said to have I wrested the !i-.>n's ehar= of the jy'iory! i>cm iier ti:re<> a'iie-. li; s army, frciii t!.? front : .-r (■) Sj/'cnika. in two months from the i> in , ore j. l .- of hr>«tili:ie- ir-irch-e<l :r7() miles, fought :JO battier or minor! eri.ira.j.'fjnwms. erwsed tifree jrreat rivers and counties small ( ,ne*. took 4.1,0(N) I prisoners and c-iptured 120 jfims. 75.0001 rifi s an 1 a va-t quantity of uar -ir::e-i rial. He cuiuplAieJ ;:ie (irecian ruvoefti by rcutiiiig t!ie eiitniy br-fnre Yatiir.'i.l uiiev,- hi* tactic.-, after ttie fjilnre ; >f! Gei:?ral Sapoundzakis. -.vsre Icudl;. ap-| pliiude , ! .by mi'iiarv eritx'j. In the second Balkan war Con«-:aniiiiH.' "■■>» kin.a, l< J i.'i-. jrn:y with jsrc-Jt dx~>h ami lire)*'-- enercr\-. and ni'hled l> lii-i , laurels. In the Great War Constant in* p:eWi:dpd a policy r.f friendly neutral::v t-> i':ie Alive*, but the li.-tion »as no-t (*a*y 'to l.ffji up at t:ii- san-.e time a- the (;>\- jernsupnt in Athens a!lo»vj Baron and his numerous host of nian agents to work The pres* and po-plp I i:i favour of the of cl.c Ontral 1 Power*. Tile provisioniinf cf Cerman 1 ai..l Auftrra.ii ■sulimariires a!ona The !(.;:■«-k coast and tlie tiioi'-uii*- <>t islan.lo. tin , establishment -of nircuffolis wirt-;'** station-" made it fur tiip subxariiiM to folijw tho movement of the ira-tiAport s,iiipe of tlie Allies, and rnaiir other highly unneutriiil action* irritated the Kuterrf? Power-; am! foroed tiieni to rnaice w}ii<-h ••ra.iually brotwjfh-i < It e<e into the m-/3t painful situation. And what, above all. j wrecked the plan* of tiio <"Jreek (JovernI men;, was the fanlinjr *uccrs* of the armies erf the Cevtra; Power*. After he ha i bat-ked arid filled in-t--!-m:n:i!'-iv, (oiwa antine rei-eire4 fr.->ro

the Eritis.i n <-ommnnii.-.itio-Ti witlh a. positive ami speciHe atlvarftageou? pro-, J>oaal regarding an arrangement wf lh* ■ nel'ait ioros bctiveen Cirpeoe and. the Western rower , ?. But tin* King rii-d not rffogiriic the time of his visitation. His ; dlefiflTvt aji.l -tublHini mind did not peT- i eiit him to *iilmiit. And nhen tilvi-s j rejection Ixramo a solemn fact, wihen lvinji (■>iv.-;ar.:ir.e t'orvtinued liis p-olitiiai! two-faieil paTCC, relying on a Pm-O.er-mun Mtaiftry, and on a iJene-ral Staff of the .saiiy; .pTonounoed aoUmr. an,d whfjl at the same time .lie refused to demobilise tho e.rmy, wliicli was a iwoet serious nwnacL , at t'lie bark of the Salonika Army, and iMa-a'iysed the ert.ivity of (icnrrui !*arrail, then at last tlie 'pebfrnce n f England and Vrxnoe nraip to *T1 end. Tllf ■fra of tHir firm hand was introdtipod. j (."ortstaJi't in* , was ordered to n.';,lioa.te.! and he left, t.'nvee in 1917. the thron*"; Iwing Uikenhylriseocondaon, Alexander.! The rlo-aih of t'h o young kinjr. f<> ! lo\ving !i bile. Trow a inrmkov. was followed *V' C'oiis/tj:iiit.ine'« return to Athens, and In* at oiK'p embarked upon exten'l'i) miii- : tary action ill Asia Minor hoping t> purchase populariu as the result of micro** in war. Tne dAfeat in t'fi.-Sakhn-sia last yp.ar w.'is ;h« begimiir.-g of liii fivl th • rii?<a;ibiT of the retreat iinsnated him for the sroond time. The new king \wnt into exile witih his ■fatiier. He i-s a-nd i* unpopular in fireeee. He recCTn.h- married tin , of t:h«- King of lUnimania. ; i