PROBLEM OF CONSTANTINE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17650, 10 December 1920, Page 7

PROBLEM OF CONSTANTINE.

IDOL OF THE GREEKS.

ALLIES' PROOFS OF GUILT.

ABDICATION A WAY OUT.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.

(Received 8.30 p.m.) A. and N.Z.—R-euter. LONDON", Dee. S. Reuter'e correspondent at Athens states that -f anarchy is to he avoided in Greece, Constantine must. return, if only for a time. He is the people's idol, and nothing wiP satisfy tliem but a popular welcome to the monarchy. The solution seems »o be his subsequent abdication 'n favour of the Crown Prince. The nation is thoroughly pro-3ritieh, but that feeling is bound to change in the event of continued lailure to comprehend the popular mentality.

It is understood that the British Government is prepared to furnish a mass of documentary evidence to prove Constantine's complicity to pro-German plots, if the Greek Government requests proofs, and also evidence refuting Constantine's assertions in the recent interview at Lucerne. "lhe Allies possess proof that he was implicated in actual military proceedings, including the massacre of Allied troops in Athens. Evidence can be published -he moment '.he Greek Government asks for it

Neither the British Government nor the Greek Legation in London have received confirmation of the report that the Greek Government has asked Constantine to abdicate. Both quarters a_re sceptical.