M. Venezelo, the Cretan politician who was acting as dews
ez machina a few days ago in the critical affairs of Greece, returned from Crete to Athens on Monday, and once more began to inspire the Military League with new and strange ideas. The Athens correspondent of the Times says that on Tuesday morning only three newspapers appeared. The Military League had forbidden the issue of any newspapers opposed to the idea of a National Assembly. In consequence several editors asked the Prime Minister to plead with the League to leave to the Press some email remnant of independ- ence. The League rejected the advice of the Prime Minister, who is, after all, only the creature of the League: The next step was for the troops of the League to take possession of the newspaper offices, and the editors thereupon agreed unanimously to advocate a National Assembly. Their unanimity will no doubt be very impressive in the eyes of all who have not heard of the Military League. We fancy that the League has by this time not only lost all its popu- larity, but is generally and ardently detested.
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