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...return of Metaxas will give the Conservatives the vigorous leader whom they now lack. With Venizelos back in France, cordially hated by both Royalists and Republicans, the able Metaxas is free to work for a later return of the Glücksburg or some other monarchy. His return will hearten the Royalists to intense activity, as he is looked upon as the cleverest man in Greece. As a military leader he is regarded very highly, both in Greece and in Germany, where he was called the "Little Moltke." Kaiser Wilhelm used to say of him: "If I had five...
Next day a bill presented by another ardent Republican, M. Papanastassouz, providing for the abolition of the Glücksburg 'dynasty, was defeated by 192 to 18 votes...
...vanguard of rumors clattered up the road of journalism. The Kafandaris Government had fallen. The Glücksburg dynasty had been ousted. The Republican extremists were in command...