Turned White

Who has forgotten Dictator Theodore Pangalos? Less than two years ago he was master of Greece. Hard, cynical and perpetually sneering, he domineered. Then a coup d'etat similar to that by which he had seized power upset him and he was clapped into jail (TIME, Aug. 30, 1926).

Last week, when General Theodore Pangalos was at last brought to trial at Athens, awed spectators saw that his sleek dark hair has turned a tousled white. Wearing an old civilian suit and keeping his head bent, General Pangalos asked for a few days more in which to prepare his case. The days were granted, but his chances seem slim to escape death for High Treason.

Meanwhile the do-nothing clique of politico-militarists who ousted Dictator Pangalos got together, last week, another Cabinet. It is the old one of Prime Minister Alexander Zaimis, re-formed to exclude Alexander Papanastasiou--which means nothing. The Cabinet has merely been reshuffled to allay strife over whether certain projected roads shall be built in Greece by Samkros Bros., Ltd. of London or by Fox Bros. of Berlin. Presumably Fox Bros. have lost, since their proponent was the ousted M. Papanastasiou.