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Unhappily for those who had hoped to solve the problem of the old royalist army by this method, the Hungarian duel seldom ends fatally. A scratch on the arm, a blister on the heel, is considered ample satisfaction for the demands of honor. Indeed, to badly injure one's opponent is shocking bad taste, for it prevents his attending the drinking party which usually winds up these affairs. We thus have the example of a nation -- on the brink of economic and social disruption -- playing at Lords and Ladies until tea-time. They seem to have quite forgotten that when...
...Greeks have held an election and turned out Venizelos; on Sunday they will hold a plebiscite to determine who shall be their new leader. The overwhelming defeat of Venizelos makes a return-of anyone of his party inconceivable. On the other hand, the royalist party is hesitating in its plan for the triumphal entry of ex-King Constantine. There was something ominous in the report that Constantine's valets brought the royal trunks to Athens amidst great rejoicing just as the French ambassador was packing his so as to-be prepared for the arrival of the ex-King. No doubt...
...party. Its chief importance lies, of course, in the fact that the return of the Venezelists to power means the end of former King Constantine's hopes of regaining the throne from which he was forced to abdicate on account of pro-German tendencies during the war. The Royalist party, though greatly weakened by Constantine's exile, maintained its organization, and threatened to indicate itself at the elections. Having failed, however, its last chance of success is gone. Prince Paul, the second son of Constantine, and the choice of the Liberalists, will doubtless accept the throne...
...elections, in rejecting the Royalist plea for a return to the old status of things, will prove to be an important step in the settlement of Greece's internal troubles. The remainder now rests with the Venezelists themselves...
...history and the choice of candidates has been decided by the popular vote of the class. Since post-mortems are always disagreeable and futile, the relations of the class will be more pleasant, its unity more complete and its record more praiseworthy if all parties, Mountain, Gironde and Royalist, forget the petty disagreements of the past and form one party composed of the entire class...