King George II of Greece submitted to generous terms of abdication, granted him by the Republican Government of M. Papanastasion, and tendered by Royalist deputies. Last week a straw showed that the wind had set definitely against monarchy; prayers for the King were omitted in all church services throughout Greece, and the official title of Greece was changed from the "Kingdom of Greece" to the "Hellenic State."
This ends a three months' struggle to retain the monarchy on the part of the Greek royalists, which became desperate when the first terms of abdication...
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