18 SEPTEMBER 1926, Page 3

On Thursday, September 9th, there was renewed fighting in Athens.

The Government of General Kondylis decided to suppress the Republican Guard. This body, which had an independent existence, not being connected in any way with the Regular Army, had been created by General Pangalos for the support of his dictatorship. When, however, the Guard was called upon to disband itself it refused, and there was a good deal of fighting, with the loss of several lives, before it surrendered. This fighting led in a mysterious way to further outbreaks, which seem to have been unpremeditated but had a much deeper political meaning than the desire of the Republican Guard to survive as a unit.