The King of the Rellenes opened the Greek National Assembly
on Wednesday, when he made a wise speech, which we are glad to learn was well received. M. Venezelo, who has more influence than any other Greek politician at the moment, declares that he will co-operate with the • Monarchy. We trust that the Greeks will remember that . King George is their moat important national possession; he acquired for them all their new territories, and he - has commanded for Greece a sympathy throughout Europe which she has never quite earned on her own merits. The controversy whether the Assembly shall be a Revisionist body, dealing only with non-fundamentals, or a Constituent body is not yet settled, but it seems probable that the letter of the law will be respected, and that the Assembly will be 4-Reviiionist. -As for the relations of Greece with Turkey, it cannot be said that they improve. Greece has made a heavy claim for losses suffered by Greek subjects through the anti-Greek boycott in Turkey. The Greek Minister at Con- stantinople has been recalled to Athens. Finally, the National Assembly of the Orthodox Church, summoned by the Greek Patriarch, has met in Constantinople in spite of the prohibi- tion by the Turkish Government. Some of the delegates have been arrested, and it is said that if necessary the Young Turks would not hesitate to abolish the Patriarchate.
