Word: royalistic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When word was flashed to Athens that the indiscreet Greek was straightway murdered and that his home was in Crete, no attention was paid by Greek Royalist Dictator Kondylis (see p. 21). The Greek island of Crete is notoriously a hotbed of Republicans...
What many a Greek "royalist" leader wanted was a monarchy with himself as Regent. Time & again the Government of Royalist Premier Panayoti Tsaldaris has named a date for a plebiscite on Monarchy v. Republic, time & again postponed it. Last week a few surviving republicans and at least two monarchist cliques were preparing coups d'état suitable to a poor, intrigue-ridden nation on the end of the Balkan peninsula, when tough, fierce-eyed, mustachioed War Minister George ("Little Corporal") Kondylis beat them to the draw...
...Army Corps. He knew that even tougher War Minister General George Kondylis would soon be after him. In the last election fierce, waxed-mustached General Kondylis had 34 of his henchmen elected Deputies on the straight Republican ticket, then abruptly informed them that henceforth they were to be ardent Royalists hot to restore Georgios II. Moving fast last week Republican General Panayotakos surrounded Athens with troops he thought he could trust, burst into a Cabinet meeting. Instantly the Royalist War Minister ordered him arrested, a Greek sentry stabbed him in the jaw, and he would have been shot down like...
Shrunken old Greek President Alexander Zaimis remained mum as the Sphinx all week while his resignation was rumored hourly and Royalist slogans appeared, "Vote For Georgios II, A Democratic King!" The Tsaldaris Cabinet announced it would hold a plebiscite Oct. 27 on a restoration of the Monarchy-provided, of course, that a settlement of the issue by the trusty and traditional Greek method of a coup d'état did not occur before then...
...back & forth on his bald head, to rest now on his neck, now on the bridge of his nose. "I had announced my retirement, but if the ex-King dares to return, I shall return to the political arena, resolved to save my country from the tyranny of a royalist dictatorship...