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 | | In addition, the government of Theodoros Deligiannis had to contend with the activities of the "National League" (known as Ethnike Etairia in Greek) - a secret military society founded in 1894 with the aim of expanding Greek territories. |
 | | In the elections of February of 1899, the party founded by Harilaos Trikoupis (the opposite political pole from the irredentist Deligiannis) won the elections on a "Reform and Progress" ticket and formed a government under Georgios Theotokis. |
 | | On May 31, 1905, Prime Minister Deligiannis was assassinated at the entrance of Parliament by Costas Gerakaris, a gambling house owner whose interests had been affected by the government measures against gambling. |
| www.greekcity.com.au /content/content.cfm?id=80 (1974 words) |