GREEK ARMY
KING GIVEN CONTROL SOLVING POLITICAL DEADLOCK (Unitod Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 7th February. The “Daily Mail’s” Athens correspondent says that the King has obtain, ed t.he Governments’ approval of a new law giving him solo control of the army, tints enabling him to solve the political deadlock arising from the Loyalist Opposition amnesty provisions and tiie Venizelist and anti-Venizelist parties securing almost the same number of seats in the recent elections. The King, if he wishes, can now over rule Opposition Royalist officers who refuse to accept even partial reinstatorel'use to accept even partial reinstatement of Venizelist officers who were dist matesk itsfaoawi(’luldc7do
missed or banished after the March revolution. By merely signing a decree he can remove any military leaders opposing him, replacing I hem with his own supporters. The King’s action :i; regarded in some circles as a step toward u modified dictatorship.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 8 February 1936, Page 7
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