“The right-hand man of the 'Japanese' party is Gounaris. He is the master of his voice and his hands. When he speaks, he gestures so appropriately that one might think he is molding from wax with his hands, every thing he wants to depict. And his voice is so round, so complete, and so torrential that it sweeps every listener into its whirlpool, not allowing them to think for even a second. He is the conqueror. And when he speaks, it is as if he is saying to you: 'Follow me!' And you follow him without attempting to think about whether you should do it.
He has succeeded in giving a beautiful and clear form to the depth of his words. He makes the depth appear shiny and beautiful! ... Yesterday, with his sudden attack against governmental fatalism, he emerged as a parliamentary warrior superior to an advancing Japanese against the opponents, and he is rapidly effective.
Introducing into the tactics of parliamentary struggles new principles, setting aside all parliamentary etiquette, he plunged into the blissfully dozing Government like a bomb and gave it a strong jolt, thundering in its ear that it is not a time for yawning but for work, that it is not a time for patching but for creation. Mr. Theotokis, galvanized by the sudden attack, attempted to defend himself. We regret to say, he did not succeed...” (Newspaper "Akropolis" 25.4.1907)
