2 DECEMBER 1922, Page 33

The Court Martial delivered judgment in the early hours of

Tuesday morning, and within a few hours the condemned men were all shot. M. Gounaris, who was extremely ill with para-typhoid, was carried from his bed in a hospital and was propped imp against the wall . . to be shot. The horror with which this brutal and " dark ages" method of removing those who have failed is held in this country is true to the instincts of our people. The British Government were only interpreting those instincts when they instructed Mr. Lindley, the British Minister at Athens, to protest in advance against the death penalty. When the Greek Government, which is probably dominated by the revolutionary Committee, refused to give way, Mr. Lindley left Athens.