GREECE: Notes, Jun. 13, 1927

¶ Aged Paul Koundouriotis, Provisional President of Greece, '72, suddenly ordered out a Greek naval plane, at Phaleron (Athenian naval base) last week, stepped into the ship as passenger and flew for the first time in his life. Destination: the Island of Hydra, 50 miles distant, where His Excellency was born.

¶At Sakonika 200 Communist tobacco workers staged a demonstration before the Governor's palace. Police chased them to the Communist Club, where they barricaded themselves, produced arms and defended the Club for two hours until it was finally taken by assault, gutted....

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