THE NATIONS: Not So Stupid

Greek Premier Constantin Tsaldaris has been called (with some justification) a stupid reactionary. Even stupid reactionaries sometimes make sense. Last week, fat Dino Tsaldaris made sense.

In an Athens interview with Cleveland Plain Dealer Correspondent John Leacacos, Tsaldaris offered a solution to Greece's civil war. He asked Joseph Stalin to tell all Communists that the Communist Party prefers victory by democratic means to victory by violent revolution. Then a neutral zone in northern Greece should be created where Greek guerrillas could surrender their arms without fear of recrimination (they would be free to leave Greece or stay under police protection). New...