Royalist Rout

P: The Government of the Republic of the Hellenes officially notified the Governments of the world of the establishment of a republic under the provisional presidency of Admiral Koundouriotis.* P: The result of the recent plebiscite (TIME, April 21), held to confirm the establishment by force of a republican government, was 758,742 republican votes and 352,322 for the monarchy. P: The Royalists charged that many of their voters had been coerced by Republicans, and this charge was not denied. A Royalist agitation for new elections began but had small hope of success. P: The Royalist journal Politia acknowledged that "we are beaten, and we think that for reasons of supreme national necessity we must henceforth recognize the new regime and seek every possible means to obtain political victory at the coming parliamentary elections." P: Discussion of the Constitution has been forbidden for five years in order to insure stability and peace.

-*Admiral Koundouriotis was intimately acquainted with ex-Premier Eleuthorios Venizelos both during and after the War. In exile he went with Venizelos to Crete to help organize a revolution to oust King Constantine and to bring Greece into the War on the side of the Allies. On two occasions he had acted as Regent of the country, a position which he had just exchanged for the Provisional Presidency.