GREEK CRISIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 7

GREEK CRISIS.

-—.—« — PRINCES REMOVED FROM THE ARMY. . SUBMISSIVE RPYAI.TY. CHAMIiF/E MEETS: TAXATION REDRESS (By TelejrapU—Press Association-Copyright.) Athens, October 15. The Greek Chamber held a sitting to d<n with the questions of reform which gavo rise t the recent crisis. Tho proceedings were o an orderly nature.

The Government hns proposed important economies, nnd has suggested the amelioration of certain' taxes and the imposition of others.: It Is expected tho reforms will yield .£BOO,OOO a year. ■ - , ; • KING AND CHAMBER. MILITARY REFORM BILL PASSES. .■■.:•-• (Rec. Ootobet 17, 5.5 p.m.) ■•;.■■ AthenJ, October 16. At the request of King George of Greece, the Royal Princes have resigned their army commissions, in ft last effort to conciliate the revolutionary officera' Military .League.

Though the Chamber was disposed to eyni» pathise with the King and the Princes against the Government and the league, Royalty rt* quested the acceptance of the Military Mofm Bill (vhioh remove? tho Pvincea fron; the army) without amendment or discussion, this being; the, only means of atojding • conflicts, which the Lcagno threatened. The Chamber ■assonted. BlJJj' were passod jn , »n how, , ' . .',

MILITARY LEAOUE'B PROORAMME, The Military. Leafae, by an armed coup in Athens (n which 2000 to 3009 men took part, made themselves masters of the situation-and installed as Premier M,Mavromlohaolis, -The majority \in the-Chanibor' supports M.'- -Thso. : toh, bnt, in view of the Kings appeal, seems to be content to swallow the Bills of the Army, supported Government of M. Mavromichaelis. It was stated sqmo time ago that the Princes were-.willing to resign, The Military League . affirms that it is not antj-drnaitic, but is determined on reform i and Eo.yalty seems to be, .content to yield lest .the movement take a more aggressive form, . . .■>■.-.. A manifesto by the officers was published, by the newspapers on August 27< In this doou> ment the officers belonging to the Military League respootfully ask the King and the Gav. ernment to carry out radical reforms, and es. pceially to proceed with the reorganisation of the army and navy, in order that Greece might not in the future have to undergo any more hnmiliatiens ecoh as she had had to. tolerate in the past.- The commands held by the-Rojal Princes in-tho array and. navy are considered by the league to bo prejudicial to thciv Own prestige and to the accomplishments of their duties, Jtu offlcwa consequently insist that the Crown Prino*, who is Commander-in-chief of the arms , ! and the other Royal Princes should not hold any command in the army. They demand that the army shall bo controlled by a. wrany oil composed, of .tho commandern,of the three divisions under the presidency of the eldest of them, and the superintendence of, the C'rewn Prince, They further ask that the two War Ministries should be Invariably entrant*! to (h$ best officers in .the army and pavy and nol to civilians. , ... . : '

'~'Among the detailed features of their: pro r gnvmm.o .they a.sk that four classes of th« reserve should be called to the. colours annuslly ;for manoeuvres, that a .battleship of not. less than. 10,000 tons, : and eight destroyers of not less than 150 tons each, shorilq be constructed, .that the existing three truisera »honld.,be.re-.: paired; that all the useless small ships should ;be sold," including tho Eoyal yaohts, withthfl exception, of .one for: the.(King, _tb,at......a.jrnf. school should bo established, that, a . foreign general with, some officers should he oalkd.ln to organise a stall service and to look after'the .theoretical' , and'practical' training of the army nud navy, and'that a'nioro'efficient Corps of gendarmetio should be .organised. In ordor '* provide tho' necessary, funds to carry out these reforms tho.leajruc suggests that, largo reIr«nchm«nt3 should be' made ; in, tho general Budget.'-' •■ ' :, ■:■ ■ ,;, , ■''■■ •■■'■'"• '"' ■ ■■-.■.:■■.•