The elections to the Greek Assembly have not given the
united Rallists and Theotokists the clear advantage for which they hoped. They have won one hundred and ninety-eight seats out of three hundred and fifty-eight. This gives them a majority, but not a large enough one for security. M. Mavromichalis, who still directs the Government of the country, has a following of less than forty. The most important party next to the Rallists and Theotokists is the group of eighty Independents, who have taken over the principles of the late Military League. Then there are forty- five Thessalian Deputies, who are returned with the single aim of advancing the policy of expropriation in Thessaly. This is a very dangerous subject, as the rights of the numerous Turkish landowners in Thessaly are protected by Treaty. Finally, we must mention the appearance for the first time of ten Socialists as a definite political party. Some attempt is being made to turn the Assembly, which has been summoned nominally as a revisionist body to deal with certain specified points in the Constitution, into a constituent Assembly. It seems pretty certain that M. Venezelo will take a leading part, and he may become Prime Minister. As he is a Greek subject, the Porte, it is to be hoped, will not press the objec- tion to his return. The three Cretans returned, who are not Greek subjects, have refused to sit in the Assembly.
