22 MAY 1886, Page 3

The Greek affair has ended oddly. It was known that

the Greeks, seeing no chance of success, would give way about dis- armament; but it was supposed that the Chamber would support M. Delyannis, and that the majority would either sustain him in demanding concessions from Europe, or would make a scapegoat of the King, possibly of the dynasty. The fault and merit of the Greeks. however, is that they are too quick-witted. The Chamber met on Wednesday, and it appeared at once that the Members had reconciled themselves to the situation. M. Delyannis not having succeeded, they discovered at once that he had deceived them, and pronounced for his more sensible and less "patriotic" rival, M. Tricoupis. The test vote was taken on the election of a Speaker, and M. Tricoupis seated his nominee by 139 votes to 78. M. Tricoupis will, there- fore, take power, recall the soldiers, dismiss the officers, and try to restore some kind of order to the finances, in which he will be assisted by financiers who have confidence in his judgment. That is most sensible and satisfactory, and will greatly delight Lord Rosebery ; but somehow it does not increase one's enthu- siasm for Greeks. There are crises in which a little contempt for the reasonable, such as the Bulgarians recently displayed, is an attractive quality.