TRIALS IN GREECE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16906, 4 December 1922, Page 5

TRIALS IN GREECE.

PRINCE TO BE EXPELLED. ITALIAN INTERVENTION. by Tftl*sr*ph— Association —Oopyri*lit Australian and NJ£. Ceh’a Association. ATE2SNS, 3, Piidcn imUBT was condemned to perrfan* *v expulsion from Greeoe, with the lose- >t military rank. Tho evidence of the prosecution showed that Andrew disobeyed General PapondaVs orders on the battlefield Pi inoe Andrew contended that the orders, if carried out, would have resulted in irreparable loss to the entire army corps. ROME. December 1 Signor Mussolini states that the Italian Minister in Athens did every* thing possible to avert, the execution of the ex-Mimsters. He approached M. Politis on November 4. He says that France acted otherwise, and this divergent action provoked the tragic end of the trial. M Mussolini has ordered the Italian representative not to recognise the new Government and reserves the right of recalling him, according to circumstances. A FRENCH PROTEST. PARTS, December 2. Ill© Government is associating itself with the British and Italian protests against the Greek executions, and is funking every effort to prevent further bloodshed. A GREEK’S PROTEST. NEW YORK. December 3. The “ New York Times ” Washington correspondent states that the Greek ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Cormilas, who is one of a special commission which was sent to the United btates to further the interests of the Greek Government, has announced that he has cabled his rertgnatioil as a protest against the Revolutionary Government's executions.