The Greek elections on Sunday resulted in the utter defeat
of M. Venizelos and his party. M. Venizelos and all but two of his fellow Ministers lost their seats. Only 118 Venizelists were returned, against 250 members of the Opposition. Even in Macedonia, which might have been lost to Greece but for the efforts of M. Venizelos, his candidates were rejected. M. Venizelos resigned on Tuesday, and M. Rallis, a veteran politician of the old school, undertook to form a Ministry. All the members of the Greek diplomatic service abroad resigned their posts by way of protest. The ex-King Constantine regards the result as a declaration in favour of his return to the throne, but it is by no means certain that he will be invited or permitted to reign once more in Athens. We discuss else- where this surprising exhibition of Greek ingratitude and folly.
