M. VenAllos has announced hie intention of retiring from public
life, and has already left Athens. In a letter he appealed to the King to remove the imputation which he felt had been put on his honour by the King's denial of his statements. It will be remembered that M. Venezelos, with what seems to us true statesmanship, had proposed the cession of a small amount of Greek territory in order to placate Bul- garia. He stated that King Constantine had approved of this proposal, but the King denied that he had done so. The King seems to have left to his Ministers the task of answering the appeal of M. Venezeloa. M. Venezelos has behaved hie a statesman even in adversity. He decided that, as he could not remain in public life without opposing the present Greek policy, he could render only "one slight service more" to his country, which was to retire. Thus for the present, at all events, Greece loses the inspiration of the man who since 1910 has wrought political wonders. It was he who created the Balkan League, and raised Greece to a position of much higher esteem than she had ever enjoyed before.
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