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t will be in operation. That budget pre- 



i a deficit of 17,000,000 drachmni, which 



Tricoupis proposes to cover by imposing fresh 



to tli.' amount of 10,000,(KX) drachmai, and 



diminishing the expenditure 7.150,000 drachma! 



duet ion of tin- army estimates. 

 I lie Army mid Navy. Universal liability to 

 military MT\ ice of all able-bodied men is the law. 

 Tiie total service is for nineteen years; two years 

 niv vpent in active service, eight years in the re- 

 . and the remainder in the militia. The to- 

 tal Mrcngth of the Greek army in 1891 was 28,- 

 _',' 1 men : i:!ti employed in the Ministry of War, 

 I, I v "> engineers, 3,837 chasseurs, 3,382 artillery, 

 l.iin* cavalry, 1:2,544 infantry, 3,759 in general 

 service, 1.178 in military schools, 295 gendar- 

 merie. On the war footing 100,000 men could 

 be mobilized. The reserve forces number 104,- 

 600 men, while 146,000 men belong to the terri- 

 torial army. 



The navy consisted at the beginning of 1891 

 of 2 small armor-clad line-of-battle ships, 1 steel 

 armor-clad, 2 corvettes, 2 cruisers, 12 gun ves- 

 *els. 4 gunboats, 3 revenue vessels, 1 steel yacht. 

 and 10 smaller craft. There are 27 torpedo 

 boats and launches, and 2 Nordenfeldt sub- 

 marine torpedo boats. In 1891 the navy was 

 manned by 3,957 officers and seamen. 



Commerce. The total value of the general 

 commerce in 1889 was 162,122,869 drachmai for 

 imports and 115,974,249 drachmai for exports. 

 The special commerce with Great Britain in 

 1890 amounted to 33.237,000 drachmai for im- 

 ports and 33,021,000 drachmai for exports; with 

 Russia, 21,408.000 drachmai for imports and 911,- 

 000 drachmai for exports; with France, 10,255,- 

 000 drachmai for imports and 21,440,000 drach- 

 mai for exports; with Austria-Hungary, 16,691,- 

 000 drachmai for imports and 8.598,000 drachmai 

 for exports; with Turkey and Egypt, 19,712,000 

 drachmai for imports and 12,682,000 drachmai 

 for exports; with Belgium, 4.009.000 drachmai 

 for imports and 6,008.000 drachmai for exports; 

 with Italy, 5,109,000 drachmai for imports and 

 l,.")is,(ioo drachma! for exports; with Germany, 

 fi.lifil.iKX) drachmai for imports and 2,372.000 

 drachma! for exports; with Holland, 1,861,000 

 drachmai for imports and 1,518,000 drachma! 

 for exports; with the United States, 1,667,000 

 drachma! for imports and 5,702,000 drachmai 

 for exports; with all other countries, 1,186,000 

 drachmai for imports and 356,000 drachmai for 

 exports. The principal classes of special imports 

 are grain, yarns, metal goods, minerals, timber, 

 fish, chemicals, animals, hides, sugar, coffee, and 

 rice. The exports consisted of: Currants, 48,- 

 1!."..()00 drachmai; ores, 17,040,000 drachmai; 

 tobacco. :!,976,000 drachmai; wine, 3,770,000 

 drachmai; olive oil, 2,299,000 drachmai; figs, 

 vVJ l\<)00 drachma! ; sponges, 1.959,000 drachmai. 

 Navigation. The mercantile marine in Janu- 

 ary, 1891, was composed of 5,794 sailing vessels, 

 of :.",",'.:;:; 1 tons, and 86 steamers, of 43,131 tons. 

 In 1890, 6.117 ships, of 2,476,862 tons, entered 

 the ports of Greece, of which 2,486, with a ton- 

 nage of 329,781 tons, were Greek vessels; r..::i'J 

 Is, of 2,410,081 tons, cleared, of which 1,888, 

 of :t24.002 tons, were Greek. The number of 

 sailors employed was 22.445. 



Communications. In 1891 the length of the 

 railroads open for traffic was 374 miles, while 



420 miles were under construction, and 226 miles 

 were projected. The telegraphic lines at the end 

 of 1890 had a total length of 4,058 miles, and the 

 length of the wire was 5.538 miles. There were 

 976,318 messages dispatched. The receipts of 

 the service in 1888 were 1,130,160 drachmai ; the 

 expenses, 992,320 drachmai. The receipts of the 

 post office were 2,603,614 drachmai in 18M>; the 

 expenses, 2, 882,240 drachmai. There were han- 

 dled 7,664,000 letters, 236,000 postal mid-, and 

 6,779,000 samples, journals, ami printed matter. 

 Political Crisis. When, in 1890, Delyannis 

 became Prime Minister, he was met with the 

 same financial difficulties that had caused the 

 fall of his predecessor. He showed, however, by 

 his weak indecision and inability to devise any 

 plan for meeting the obligations of the Govern- 

 ment, that he was not the proper person for a 

 matter so grave and important. King George, 

 recognizing his Prime Minister's ineptitude, and 

 fearing national bankruptcy, requested him, on 

 March 1, 1892, to tender his resignation. In- 

 stead of complying with the King's request, 

 Delyannis immediately called a meeting of the 

 Cabinet, and sent the following letter to the 

 King, signed by all the members of the Cabinet : 



Your Majesty's secretary came to-day to the house 

 of the Prime Minister and requested him, by order of 

 your Majesty, to send in hw resignation. Article 

 XXXI of the Constitution confers on the King the 

 right to appoint and dismiss ministers consequently 

 it Is for your Majesty to exercise the right of dismissal 

 with regard to us, because the Cabinet has no reason, 

 and has not the right, to resign, so long as it enjoys 

 the full confidence of the Chamber. 



The King's efforts to induce the Cabinet to 

 resign were thus frustrated, and, he adopted the 

 alternative of summary dismissal. He charged 

 M. Constantopoulos, a member of the so-called 

 Third party, composed of a little group only 

 about half a dozen Deputies to form a new 

 Cabinet, which was composed of the following 

 men : Constantopoulos, Prime Minister, Minister 

 of the Interior, and Minister of Finance ; Phi- 

 laretos, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister 

 of Justice ; Papamichalopoulos, Minister of 

 Worship and Public Instruction : Sakhtouris, 

 Minister of Marine ; and Col. Mastrapas, Min- 

 ister of War. 



As the decree of dismissal could not issue 

 without the countersignature of the new Prime 

 Minister, the old ministers considered themselves 

 still in office until the new Cabinet had been 

 formally constituted. Delyannis therefore met 

 the Chamber, and explained to his adherent* how 

 the King had attempted to dismiss a ministry 

 enjoying the full confidence of the constitutional 

 representatives of the nation. In response to his 

 appeal a unanimous vote of confidence was hur- 

 riedly passed, no members of the other party 

 being present, and the meeting adjourned. 

 From the Chamber he went to his house, and 

 there made a speech to the noisy crowd that 

 had escorted him, representing himself and his 

 adherents as the valiant, patriotic defenders of 

 the Constitution and of the national interests. 

 The speech evoked enthusiastic shouts and 

 cheers, and the crowd marched off toward tho 

 palace for the purpose of creating a disturbance 

 The police, being still under the orders of the 

 old ministry, had instructions not to prevent the 



