M. VENIZELOS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17986, 1 February 1924, Page 9

M. VENIZELOS.

RETIRING FROM WORK. health breaks DOWN(b? cabuj— Pazss associate:.- corrsiosr-) (AUSTRALIAN AND ::.Z. CA3LS AS^CCIATIO^.. , (Received Januarv 31st, 5.30 p.m.) LONDON. January 31. Tlie Athens correspondent °- l " e "Daily Express says that M. C! 1'" zelos lias notified the Council or Ministers that he is rctirir.g from a.c-i*o work in a fortnight.

Ho has instructed Ministers to exercise their powers in strict accordance with the Constitution.

Doctors state that M. Yenizelos is suffering from enfceblcincnt o£ the nervous forces, with a tendency to fainting fit 3. His health is endangered by the daily excitement caused by 10 obstructionists. A HOSTILE ASSEMBLY. REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION. (austealian and n.z. caule association.) (Received January 31st, 7.20 p.m.) LONDON, January 30. The Athens correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that the Republicans have declared war upon ,M. Vtnizelos.

Fifty-nine extremists indulged in rowdyism when M. Venizelos, in. the Assembly, announced the reappearance of 50 suppressed Royalist newspapers.

M. Papanastasion, Leader of the. Republicans, interrupted, insisting that tlio Assembly must ratify the decrees of the Revolutionary Government without exception. "If you repeal the revolutionary decrees, you also repeal the sentence of the court-martial which condemned M. Gounaris," he said. M. Venizelos retorted: "Do not talk rubbish! How can we bring M. Gounaris back to life?" Later, ho cried to the Liberals: "You are a bad lot, you militarists disguised as apostles of democracy." The Assembly was seething with excitement. M. Venizelos, 2>ale and trembling, and finally unable to speak, was compelled to quit the Assembly. He went to bed with a heart attack. FUTURE UNCERTAIN. (EEtfTEa's TELEGKAUS.) (Received February Ist, 1.15 a.m.) ATHENS, January 31. M. Venizelos is resigning the Premiership almost immediately, owing to his health.

There is great uncertainty as to what political development will ensue.