On the eve of the elections, which are being held to-day, a number of jzelists gathered outside the ist election rooms, jeered and threw stones. Suddenly they wore fired on from a balcony, and four persons wounded, two 1 lice state that the firing officers, inelud~ ing Gene Dictator, himself.
MIN. Venizelos has onlerod an inquiry. and. punishment of the demonstrators and the persons who retaliated, The demonstrators were mostly youths. They also raided the Cafandarist offices where they did some damage.
The capital was "dry" by Government decree yesterday evening and fairly certain to hold 200 out of }250 sects in the Chamber of De-
No communists have been elected.
M. Venizelos has ordered his su9- porters to refrain from jubilant demonstrations.
There have been no disorders any: where.
Later.
The Venizelist Party is scoring all along. the ling in the elections All the Royalist leaders, except Tsaldaris, who has been elected at Corinth, have been defeated.
Aug. 21.
The election returns up to mid-lit show that the Venizelists have captured 228 seats, the Royalists 15, the Kafandarists 3, the Pang-1, the Independents 3 and the Communists nil.
It is estimated that M. Ve will have a majority of Aug. 20.
Chamber numbering 250.
The election returns at 12.30 this morning shewed that Government candidates were being elected with large majorities all over Greece.
General Pangalos was among those defeated.
With the prospects of an over whelming Venizelist majority, the lections have proved to centre round the powerful personality Venizelos, even the rival elaim= of a monarchy or republic falling into the background.
Huge crowds paraded the streets of Athens yesterday evening. The atmosphere was electric and troops had to be called out to preserve order. The polling was very heav:
An ugly incident was the mobbing of two Cafandarist candidates who were visiting the Refugee Settle ment. Later, M. Cafandaris, de-Spite warnings, himself went the Settlement, where he was et upon and received a thrashing, Aug. 20.
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