GREEK REVOLT.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1923, Page 3

GREEK REVOLT.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAIILE ASSOCIATION. REVOLUTION COLLAPSING. ATHENS, Oct. 21. A prnornl colhipso of the* I'oiintor rovohuiun seems imminent. Numerous arrests and surrenders are reported. Colonel Blast iras has issued a statement in which he considers the movement in Macedonia has ended and expresses the opinion that the same will lie the case in Poloponcsstis within n day or two. SCITATION IN HAND. ["The Times” Service.! .’Received this dav at 11. to am.) I.ON DON, Oct. 21. The "Times” Athens correspondent savs nil indications point to tin* Government ha vino the situation well in hand. It is generally believed that the movement was planned bv Royalist officers on the retired lists and others havin'-! a grudge against the revolutionaries in conjunction with Mctata who welcomed the opportunity to dispose of the revolutionaries and become Hie master of the situation. Blastiras gave information of the intended coup hut no importance was attached, and as a result .Mela Las and his lieutenants escaped before the news of the insurrection reached Athens. Ihe movement found a most unfavourable atmosphere in Athens where the people, are tired of revolutions and are looking forward to the elections and a long period ol peace and public order. The city was not disturbed, the banks, shops and offices dning business normally and the cafes and cinemas are crowded as usual.