GREECE

Grey River Argus, 22 November 1920, Page 3

GREECE

PEOPLE WANT OO'NSTANTINE. i DEMONSTRATIONS IN TOWN.S. ] (Receivec) Nov 20, at 5. p.m.) «•• .' \ ATHENS Nov 19. i All over Greece many organised' ! demonstrations have demnnded ex-King \ Constantine's return- to Greece. The 3 troops in many towns participated in them. The "new Government may find ( some difficulty in fulfilling the demob- \ iasation which it has promised. This is £ i owing to there being anarchic, condit^ io.is in the new provinces given to r.preece, and notably in Asia Minor. . : . - •■• ; C ? ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS \ V E.ELEASED. :} ■'■- " . -t GETTING HEADY FOR J CANSTANTINE. i A PLEBISCITE./ c (Received Nov 20 at 5 5 p.m.) s ATHENS Nov 19. J Queen 01<j;ti has iinnounccd that she i lias assumed the Regency during the ab s sence of her well beloved son, Constan- 1 tine. A general political amnesty has \ been prochtimed. Tho political prison- c 4 % i-s have ben released. Mr Rallis, the i'remier states the first action of tho new parliament will be demobilisation. a THis will apparently involve the with- r drawal of most of the Greek troops s from Asia Minor. Such, a withdrawal c . will mako the position of France and Britain difficult. It also will raise the question of whether they will be able c to finish their Greek job in Turkey. n M. Venizelos, deft Greece with his i .immediate followers,, including the I Arclnbishop of Athens in tourteen cars. J It is now understood that a plebiscite will be taken regarding the return ot iving Constantme. It will be in this lorm: — Do wou desire Co.istantine or another ? If another give his name" EFFECTS OF VENIZELOJS FALL. 1 A VIRTUAL ■REVOLUTION. , c LONDON, November al. Th* entire staff of the Greek legation in London have resigned in consc- c quence of the fall, of Venizelos. K FRANCE AND GREECE. l LONDON, Novombcr 21. Paris advices report that it is officially stated that M. Leygues has in formed Lord Derby . that tho French Government is absolutely opposed to \ Constantino's return to the Greek . ( throne. M. Leygues pointed out the I possiblo cons'equento in Asia owing to the fall of Venizelos. He urged that tho "protecting" powers should at an early date examine tho question At Dunedin on Friday, John Frcdex- 2 ick Hammcrley, an cx-dctectivo now ( licensee of th eMctffcouolitan Hotel, \ was fined' £s for -obstructing tho policewhile on his premises. Security for appeal on a point, of law was fixed. A further charge of refusing to admit the police on tho same occasion, vras dismissed. ■ 1 A correspondent writes to the Dunedin" Star'": "Before the matriculation examination is held this yfcar it ( is most devoutly to be hoped that some • j stop may be put to cribbing. I have { it on the best of authority that even ' dictionaries were taken" in " mi 1 vsed s last year". It is true that boys crib j ot. school; and 'pretty badly, too: but E ii is quite" time the Supervisors stop- j ped that kind of thing." ' ' '