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2021
Though sharing some of the characteristic features of Greek politics, Venizelos was opposed to corruption and personally incorruptible. Descriptions of his parliamentary 'surgery' show how he dealt warmly with all manner of people. Stefanos Stefanou, his private secretary for some years, gave account of his working methods. A tireless worker, punctual,
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Though sharing some of the characteristic features of Greek politics, Venizelos was opposed to corruption and personally incorruptible. Descriptions of his parliamentary 'surgery' show how he dealt warmly with all manner of people. Stefanos Stefanou, his private secretary for some years, gave account of his working methods. A tireless worker, punctual,
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2021
The author presents in this chapter an episode unique in Venizelos's career, when through his exile in Athens he was separated for months from his young fiancée Maria Eleftheriou. Their mutual love and thoughts about the Cretan situation and the prospects of his return to Crete were dealt with in correspondence sent through the mail boats between ...
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The author presents in this chapter an episode unique in Venizelos's career, when through his exile in Athens he was separated for months from his young fiancée Maria Eleftheriou. Their mutual love and thoughts about the Cretan situation and the prospects of his return to Crete were dealt with in correspondence sent through the mail boats between ...
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2021
This chapter looks at Venizelos's first steps as head of government in Athens. They showed that he was determined to secure a solid majority, enabling him to implement his program, starting with constitutional revision. Rebutting the hostility of the Ottomans, for whom as the architect of enosis he was deeply suspect, he appointed a government of five ...
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This chapter looks at Venizelos's first steps as head of government in Athens. They showed that he was determined to secure a solid majority, enabling him to implement his program, starting with constitutional revision. Rebutting the hostility of the Ottomans, for whom as the architect of enosis he was deeply suspect, he appointed a government of five ...
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Lloyd George, Churchill and Venizelos
2021British government and public views were important to Venizelos in promoting Greek aims and exploiting the sympathy of liberal quarters in Britain. The Anglo-Hellenic League, founded in 1913 by Professor Ronald Burrows and other sympathizers with the aim of promoting the 'just claims and honor of Greece' was a useful means of propaganda.
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