The prolonged crisis in Greece has been relieved. On Wednesday
King George read in the Chamber a Royal Proclamation announcing the convocation of a National Assembly to determine what clauses of the Constitution are to be revised. No date is fixed for the convocation of this "revisionist Chamber," but a general pledge is given that it will be summoned in due time. After the King had read his Proclamation M. Dragonmis addressed the Deputies, stating that the work of reconciliation had been accomplished, thanks to the unanimous support which the Chamber bad rendered to the Government, and after a sitting lasting only a quarter of an hour the Parliament came to a peaceful end. Simultaneously the Military League issued a manifesto signed by twenty-five members, including General Zorbas, stating that their work was ended, entrusting the Government with paramount authority until the meeting of the Assembly, and releasing the members of the League from the oath taken last August. The manifesto invades the Royal prerogative, but, as the Times correspondent observes, "this final usurpation may be par- doned,"—especially as it makes for the maintenance of order.
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