llow up our work, if need be by arms, on the
remainder of Greek territory." If he had not given an anti-dynastic
character to his enterprise, that, he naively explained, was "because the
Entente had been good enough to promise me their indispensable aid under
the express stipulation that the movement should _not_ be anti-dynastic."
However, the error was not irreparable: "After victory, grave internal
questions will have to be solved," he said. "King Constantine, who has
stepped down from the throne of a constitutional king to become a mere
party chief, must accept the consequences of the defeat of his policy,
just as every other defeated party chief." [30]

In other words, the Salonica sedition, though not solely revolutionary,
involved a revolution within certain limits. M. Venizelos was far too
astute to countenance the republican chimeras cherished by some of his
followers. Republicanism, he knew well, found no favour in Greece and
could expect no support from England. Therefore, with the monarchical
principle he had no quarrel: his hostility was directed wholly against
the person of the reigning monarch. A prince pliant to his hand would
suit M. Venizelos. If he got the best of it, his avowed intention was to
treat King Constantine precisely as he had treated King Constantine's
brother in days gone by.

We now understand Prince George's earnestness in urging his brother, as
long ago as May, 1915, to run before {138} the gale: he spoke from bitter
experience of the Protecting Powers and their protege.

It is seldom that history repeats itself so accurately; and it is more
seldom still that the historian has the means of tracing so surely a
rebel's progress. In most cases it is hard to decide whether the hero
was guided by events which he could not have foreseen, or whether he had
from the first a clear and definite goal in view. In the case of M.
Venizelos this difficulty does not exist. Each of his actions, as
illuminated by his past, was a step to an end; and he has himself defined
that end.

[1] _The Times_, 18 Sept., 1916.

[2] Carapanos to Greek Legations, Paris, London, Rome, Petrograd, 3/16
Sept., 1916.

[3] _The Times, loc. cit._

[4] Exchange Tel., Athens, 17 Sept., 1916. Cp. Romanos, Paris, 5/18 Sept.

[5] See leading articles in _The Times_, 19 Sept., and the _Morning
Post_, 20 Sept., 1916.

[6] Carapanos to Greek Legations, Paris and London, 6/19 Sept., 1916.

[7] Panas, Petrog