PLAIN TALK TO THE KING. RISKING HIS HOLD ON THE THRONE.
(Received October 7. 2.30 p.m.) ■! :■■■.:• ATHENS, October 6. M. Dralcaules, leader of tho Labour Party (who was educated at Oxford), had an audience with the King. He urged ••war' against Bulgaria, which would.re-unite the nation at home ana
abroad. He pointed out that the ICing was pursuing a . course that would ultimately le^d to his loss of the throne. The King indicated that.lie still believed in Germany's supremacy, and argued that the Greek army was not properly equipped, and that the -nation's coffers were empty. Ho added that the Entente would not afford material assistance. M. Drakaules retorted that the Entente had never played anybody false, and would not allow Greece to want for anything if she abandoned ,her neutrality. : The King said lie would consider the question. .
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19161007.2.20.6
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3575, 7 October 1916, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
139PLAIN TALK TO THE KING. RISKING HIS HOLD ON THE THRONE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3575, 7 October 1916, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in