GREEKS CELEBRATE VICTORY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20057, 14 March 1935, Page 9

GREEKS CELEBRATE VICTORY

CRUSHING DEFEAT OF REBELS BITTER CONFESSION OF VENIZELOS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 13, 8.0 p.m.) LONDON, March 13. The special correspondent of “The j Daily Telegraph” at Athens, Sir Fercival Phillips reports that Greece emerges from the revolution with a casualty list on both sides of ten dead and twenty wounded. M. Venizelos has been annihilated as a political entity, and his closest friends have been ruined. The end came when a telegram was received stating that the rebel officers had abandoned the stolen warships, the crews of which awaited the Government’s pleasure. The best joke of the crisis is published in an interview M. Venizelos has given a French journalist at Canea, in which the exPrime Minister said: "I have definitely retired from politics for ever.” M. Venizelos took a large sum of money. The censorship has already been lifted. It is expected there will be a general election in the near future, at which an overwhelming vote in favour of the Government is assured. If he cared to, General Kondylis might assume the mantle of dictator. When the Prime Minister (M. Tsaldaris) appeared on the balcony of the ex-Prime Minister’s house and demanded the death penalty for the arrested rebel leaders, the crowd endorsed the demand with prolonged cheering. Conqueror’s Welcome. When General Kondylis, hero of the victorious drive against the Macedonian rebels, returned to the capital, the citizens greeted him with delirious enthusiasm. His laurel-bedecked car moved slowly through the dense throng whose cheers were punctuated by reports of rifles and revolvers fired by soldiers as a feu de joie. The city is brilliantly en fete following the national victory involving the surrender of thousands of rebels, the majority of whose high officers fled abroad. The streets are crammed with people singing patriotic songs. The Trades Unions are parading with banners and bands. Normal Conditions. Crowds gathered at the residence of M. Tsaldaris, whose address was enthusiastically acclaimed. Aircraft will resume flying over Greece on March 13 in maintaining the Imperial Air schedule. The British pleasure cruiser Leticia arrived with 375 touris's and was welcomed by the BriVsh Minister, .Mr Waterlow, who assured them of safety. DEALING WITH REBELS REQUESTS FOR EXTRADITION United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 13, 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 13. The Athens correspondent of the British United Press, says: “The Government has asked Bulgaria to extradite General Kamenos and his staff on the ground that they are not political refugees, but of stolen money. It is alleged here that the rebel officers seized a total of £600,000 from the banks in the areas they controlled for a week. Madame Venizelos is alleged to have paid £3OOO to the officers of the Helle to support the revolt. General Papoulos, ex-commander of the Anatolian reoeis, surrendered. General Anagnostooouics, Commander of Serras, fled in a motor boat with five officers. General Kamenoii wifi be Interned & t Karlovo with his companions. General Plastiras is taking refuge in a village in the department of Var (in France) under an assumed name. PROBLEM FOR EGYPT REBEL WARSHIP REFUSES TO LEAVE PORT United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 13, 5.5 p.m.) ATHENS, March 12. The Cairo correspondent of “The Times” says: “The Egyptian authorities are faced with an awkward diplomatic problem, with the presence of the Kerkyra manned by a second lieutenant and four rebel seamen placed aboard by the Averoff. The vessel arrived at Alexandra, in quest of provisions for insurgents in Crete. The Greek Minister requested the authorities to arrest the crew as pirates, necessitating handing them over to the Greek Consul, with incalculable results as the influential Greek colony in Alexandria is overwhelmingly in favour of M. Venizelos. The Egyptian Government, anxious to avoid trouble, ordered the Kerkyra to depart at noon without cargo. The crew, doubting the chances of the rebellion, refused to leave.