GREEK ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 45, 17 November 1920, Page 7

GREEK ELECTIONS

TRIUMPH FOR ROYALIST PARTY GOVERNMENT HANDING OVER TO VICTORS (By Teleffraph-PreßS Assooiation-Oopyrifht Athens, November 13. ' The .eleotions have resulted in a tri- • umph for the. Opposition supporting the return of the cx-Klng Constantino—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. (Itec. November 16, 8 p.m.) Athens, November 10. The result of the eleotions has caused a sensation in Gieecd It is still lmpcsp'ble to state the exact constitution of ,'thu Chamber, but it is evi<lent"*that M. Venizelos is defeated in Old Greece and Macedonia, all the Ministers except M. ' Simos being defeated. M. Venizelos con: trols about sixty doputies from Thrace undo hundred from Crete, tho Aegean Islands, and western Maoedonla. The Gounarists are bewildered ut their un- " expected ■ success,' which is dtio to tho unwiso 'internal polioy of M. Kopoulis find-the aotion of tho limitary clique surrounding M. Venizelos, particularly while M. Vcmzolos was nway from Athens. The. Government has announced that in accordance with corlstituHonal procedure the Government will hand over power to the victors at the polls without awaiting tho opening of the new Chamber, and adds that it is evident' that the Government lias been mistaken in its expectations. It is hoped tliat M. Yenizr4os -will bo able to control 'the situation without his supporters having recourse to violent weasuros. M. Gounaris was a Germauriphile during the w«r, and hfs party recently proclaimed the opinion that Constantino was the rightful ruler of ,Gfe'4se.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. i