GREEK DISUNITY

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 July 1945, Page 5

GREEK DISUNITY

MR. BEVIN’S COMMENTS. (Reed. 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, July 25. T he Greek Government has banned all public gatherings and ordered other measures to prevent disorders, on the announcement of the British election results, report correspondents at Athens. Right Wing elements ments arc reported to be pleased and the Left Wing disappointed by the. publication in a newspaper at Acropolis of an interview with Mr. Bevin. who said the British Cabinet was unanimously in favour of intervention in Greece after incidents in December, 1944, Mr. Bevin is reported to have personally expressed the opinion that a military government was necessary in Greece immediately after the liberation. The Exchange Telegraph Ageency’s correspondent says the attempt by Sofianopoulos to overthrow- the Voulgaris Government by resignation of the Foreign Ministry is regarded as having tailed. The Foreign Affairs Committee is expected to demand an explanation of his actions. The Greek Government will investigate on the spot charges of maltreatment of Greeks interned in Africa and the Middle East. The Exchange Telegraph Agency’s diplomatic correspondent says official quarters in London admit the charges are very grave, but there are doubts of responsibility of the Greek Left Wing Agency, which circulated them. There are 3000 to 4000 Greek Army Navy personnel in the camps in the Middle East of whom only a small proportion arc convicted mutineers.