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...George II from British exile. Actually, they were deciding whether Greece should remain the only Balkan country uncontrolled by Russia, or become a Soviet satellite, as would surely happen if leftists won. At week's end, not all the votes had been counted. But the result seemed certain: Royalist victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Crucial Plebiscite | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

First item on the agenda was Italy, where outbreaks had followed the king's ouster (see FOREIGN NEWS). Molotov demanded that the Big Four look promptly into the royalist riots to determine if Fascists were plotting a comeback. Byrnes and Bevin agreed. So far, things had gone korotko enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Out of the Storm? | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

Promptly the King's henchmen gathered at the Quirinal, where Umberto had made his last farewells and was packing. The King apparently saw a chance, decided not to go-and royalist leaders whipped up riots in Rome, Naples, Palermo. Alarmed, De Gasperi hastened up the hill and told Umberto to leave at once. In a rage, the scion of Savoy scrapped a conciliatory message to the new republic, substituting a truculent protest. Then he donned a grey suit and porkpie hat, stole away to Ciampino airport and flew to join his family in Portugal. In a few days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Pharao Superbus | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

...night, the Christian Democratic Party Congress tried to decide for or against continuation of Italy's 85-year-old monarchy. Finally, at 3 a.m., the puffy-eyed delegates of Italy's strongest party voted 3-to-1 against. Though heavily Catholic, they thus defied the present royalist policy of the Vatican (which had itself once opposed the scions of Savoy when their drive for Italy's political unification jeopardized Papal power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: End of a Line? | 5/6/1946 | See Source »

Britain's Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin beamed; his bull-necked insistence on holding the elections, he felt, was now justified. Just as beamish were the Greek election winners, the royalist Populist Party, led by Foreign Minister Constantin Tsaldaris. For the time being, the Populists, despite the presence in their ranks of some extremist reactionary elements, moved warily; thousands of Greeks who had turned against the Left because of EAM terror last year might swing back if the Right disclosed a mailed fist. As Premier of a small coalition Cabinet (Right and Center) they chose Panayotis Poulitsas, an amiable nonpartisan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Verdict on a Verdict | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

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