PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
PENALTIES FOR DISLOYAL UTTERANGES KING SHOULD NOT MISTAKE MANDATE (ißec. 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, September 2. The Greek Prime Minister, M. Tsaldaris, is coming to London from Paris to-morrow to consult King George 11. The Greek Government has issued an order providing for penalties for “ disrespectful utterances against the King.” The order stated that such utterances had become unsuitable after the people’s verdict in the plebiscite. ‘The Times,’ in an editorial/savs that King George of the Hellenes would be prudent not to mistake the mandate. A repetition of government by repression would only keep alive o'd animosities. Old tempting slogans of nationalism were not the remedy for the perpetual instability^of Greek- politics. It was the 'British Government's duty to make these issues plain to the King and his Ministers. ‘ The Times 7 adds that it is now time the British authorities regarded their duty done in Greece.
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Evening Star, Issue 25887, 3 September 1946, Page 7
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149PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN Evening Star, Issue 25887, 3 September 1946, Page 7
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