"Furthermore, the Greek Constitution has been disregarded, the free
exercise of universal suffrage has been impeded, the Chamber of
Deputies has been dissolved a second time within a period of less than
a year against the clearly expressed will of the people, and the
electorate has been summoned to the polls during a period of
mobilization, with the result that the present chamber only represents
an insignificant portion of the electoral college, and that the whole
country has been subjected to a system of oppression and of political
tyranny, and has been kept in leading strings without regard for the
legitimate representations of the powers.

"These powers have not only the right, but also the imperative duty,
of protesting against such violations of the liberties, of which they
are the guardians in the eyes of the Greek people.

"The hostile attitude of the Hellenic Government toward the powers,
who have emancipated Greece from an alien yoke, and have secured her
independence, and the evident collusion of the present cabinet with
the enemies of these powers, constitute for them still stronger
reasons for acting with firmness, in reliance upon the rights which
they derive from treaties, and which have been vindicated for the
preservation of the Greek people upon every occasion upon which it has
been menaced in the exercise of its rights or in the enjoyment of its
liberties.

"The Protecting Powers accordingly see themselves compelled to exact
immediate application of the following measures:

"1. Real and complete demobilization of the Greek Army, which shall
revert as speedily as possible to a peace footing.

"2. Immediate substitution for the existing ministry of a business
cabinet devoid of any political prejudice and presenting all the
necessary guarantees for the application of that benevolent neutrality
which Greece is pledged to observe toward the Allied Powers and for
the honesty of a fresh appeal to the electors.

"3. Immediate dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, followed by
fresh elections within the time limits provided by the constitution,
and as soon as general demobilization will have restored the electoral
body to its normal condition.

"4. Dismissal, in agreement with the Allied Powers, of certain police
officials whose attitude, influenced by foreign guidance, has
facilitated the perpetration of notorious assaults upon peaceable
citizens and the insults which have been leveled at the Allied