REPORTS CONFLICT
STATE OF GREECE
METAXAS AS DICTATOR?
United -Press Association—By Electric Tel»»
graph—Copyright. -.'■■■ (Received August 6, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, August 5. Contradictory reports of disorders and complete calm have filtered through from Greece, to which telephonic and cable communication- is interrupted. The frontier between Greece and Yugoslavia is closed. Reports of serious clashes; however, are discounted. ■" .
The Athens correspondent of "The Times" declares that there is no out* ward sign of a military dictatorship. The majority of the people are tired of. incessant party bickerings, and at>pear to condone General Metaxas'i action. . . . ;
The "Manchester Guardian's" Vienna correspondent explains that General Metaxas long desired to establish a dictatorship, but King George was opposed to it. Apparently the King has at last consented under the influence of events in Spain. He has .departed to Corfu in order to disclaim responsibility.. , ' ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
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REPORTS CONFLICT
Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
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