M. VENEZELOS EXCOMMUNICATED.
CURSE© AS A TRAITOR
1 (United Service.") (Received Jan. 8. 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 7. Mr Jeffries, Arriting from Athens, states that M. Venezelos on Christmas Day was.publicly excommunicated hv the authorities of the Greek Church. The Government opposed the notion, but the reservists forced the Metropolitan of Athens to perform the ceremony. . . . A gor-y bull's head was placed in. a square made of stones. The Metropolitan, with averted head, .pronounced the anathema. The reservists marched . t>ast shouting the anathema. Fifty thousand men, women, and children cast stones, cursing M. Venezelos as ft traitor.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 6, 8 January 1917, Page 4
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97M. VENEZELOS EXCOMMUNICATED. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 6, 8 January 1917, Page 4
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