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...their planes landed in Greece were now released; and to carry them through the streets like heroes. It was stirring to crowd into Constitution Square before the Hôtel de la Grande-Bretagne to cheer King George emerging from the palace opposite. It was moving to learn that Venizelist officers disgraced in the revolt of 1935 had now pleaded to be sent to the front; and to learn that foreigners, especially Greek-Americans, were signing up: men like 36-year-old John Theotocki, a hash king from Kansas City, who said: "We cleaned up the gangsters in the United...
...slow, chuffing train from Athens U. S. Minister Lincoln MacVeagh and a quorum of the Greek Cabinet traveled up last week to the northern seaport of Salonika. Base of Allied operations during the War, Salonika was shelled again during the abortive Venizelist revolt last March. This time, however, diplomats and statesmen were going north on a more peaceful mission-to honor one of the most permanent institutions in the Balkans, bearded little old John Henry House of the American Farm School in Salonika...
...post-rebellion clean-up work, Greece's Premier Tsaldaris was caught in the dilemma that Greece is still largely Venizelist and that Venizelist-haters demand the sternest action against the late rebels. Dozens had been sentenced to long prison terms; nine generals had been cashiered for "unsatisfactory conduct" (doing nothing one way or another); scores of officials had been fired. But until last week Tsaldaris had executed no Venizelist officers...
Soon afterward, however, supple Eleutherios Venizelos slewed his Liberals around to support, for the time being, General John Metaxas, who promptly became Prime Minister, although he and his Royalist supporters are the antithesis of Venizelist republicanism, and seek the restoration of banished King George II of Greece (son-in-law of Marie of Rumania...
Previous to M. Venizelos' installation, General Danglis, Chairman of the Venizelist Party, accepted the task of forming a Cabinet, but failed in the attempt...