General v. King

Newly restored King George II continued to show himself last week a monarch of resource and boldness. When he first exhibited himself on a balcony of the Royal Palace to be cheered by the multitude, the multitude failed to cheer, seemed sulky. At this His Majesty, with an air of feeling perfectly at ease, extracted the royal handkerchief and blew the royal nose, a homely sound which drew first grins, then cheers. Two weeks ago the King, having forced erstwhile Dictator General George Kondylis to resign as Premier, was challenged. Newsorgans controlled by Panayoti Tsaldaris, whose henchmen hold a majority of seats in Parliament, demanded that Parliament be convened by the King to confirm or reject his restoration.

The new civilian Premier, nervous Mr. Constantine Demerdjis, grew more alarmed than ever as he read in General Kondylis' newsorgan: "The new Government rests on a basis from which premiers have fallen and kings been overthrown!" Nonetheless George II set his big jawbone. Instead of convening Parliament and challenging it to boot him off the Throne, His Majesty dissolved Parliament without permitting it to meet last week, ordered for Jan. 26 an election. Elections in Greece usually return the government that runs them.

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