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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11658, 24 October 1923, Page 5

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FIVE GARRISONS OUT OF 29. ATHENS QUIET. Publjslisd in "Tha Timas."' (.Received October 23, 9.30 p.m.) ATHENS. October 22. The counter-revolution is centred at Corinth. Hitherto the garrisons of fivo to Ivor, are known to have joined the insurgents, the remaining 24 being at present faithful to the revolutionary regime. The generals and a colonel lead the insurgents, who demand the inline diate withdrawal of the Revolutionary Govemment, and invite the King to appoint a Cabinet and conduct” the elections. Insurgent garrisons at Patras and Corinth have concentrated on the Peloponessus side of the Corinth canal. The number is unknown, as the telegraphs and telephones are cut. Three hundred insurgents from Ghalkis are concentrated at Skismatari. “MOS TCRUEL MEASURES.” Tho Government has taken extraordinary steps to meet the situation. Troops have been dispatched from Athens. Collisions are not yet reported. -M. Plastirais lias issued a proclamation that the Government is determined to enforce the-law, to ensure peace, and to resort, to most cruel measures, if necessary. Martial law and censor • ship have been established everywhere. General Metaxas, and the editors of the Royalist newspapers whose arrests have been ordered, have v disappeared, which proves they are accomplices of the insurgents. Athens is calm, and Thessaly is reported to bo quiet. TROOPS DISPATCHED TO COUNTER INSURGENTS Aistralian and N.Z. Cable .Association. (Received October 23, 8.40 p.m.) LONDON, October 23. The Exchange Agency’s correspondent in Athens says: “AU the officers in the capital have declared themselves loyal to the Government. The fleet i 9 also loyal. M. PI astir a? and other officers have been sitting in Cabinet Council since morning. Detachments of infantry, cavalry, and armoured cars have left for an unrevealed destination to couuter the revolutionary forces. It is reported that a number of the newspapers which published the revolutionary proclamation have 1 been confiscated. SUMMARY OF POSITION REBELS FEW IN NUMBER. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received October 24, 0.30 a.m.) ATHENS, October 22. An unofficial message says that, following an anti-Government campaign in the reactionary Presß, mutinies broke out in several provincial garrisons. Those at Cavalla, Drama, and elsewhere were quelled ■without bloodshed. The mutineers at Corinth and Patras are still holding out, but their numbers are few. Al] the other garrisons in the country, including that at Athens, and the entire fleet are standing by the Government.

The mutineers are demanding the resignation of the Government, with the object of ensuring impartiality at elections.