READY TO FIRE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 7

READY TO FIRE.

AN INCIDENT OF THE GREEK ffiOTlfflH BRITIBH SHIPS OfF ATHENS, | PREFECT'S REPLY. (By Tclcgmph-PrcES AMOctaUoft-GopyrltfiM (Ilec, Novomber 3, 0,5 a-m.) London, November 2. Keuter's. Athens correspondent r&ports that Captain W. C Pokenham, comnioiiding tho British battleship Triumph (11,985 tons, belonging to the Mediterranean Squadron), anchored with othoi British worships at Phalernn Bay, Greece, and inquired, during the fight between the loyal ships nnd tho mutinous ones, whether the mutineers should be treated as pirates if they approached tho British warships,

Tho prefect of Piraons, tho seaport of Athens, replied in the affirmative, authorising Captain Pnkenham to fire In ench nn event.

ATTITUDE Or GREEK SAILOBS. ' Athens, November 1.. Lieutenant Typaldos, who headed tho recent naval revolt, informed tho younger naval officers that the army viould participate in' establishing a Government capable of carrying radical reforms. Until tho crews eaw the Sfendoni fire at tho flagship Psora (4808 tons, three 10.6-inch guns), and the Psara roplymg, blowing up tho Sfeadom's boilers, tho majority of the sailors did not reahso that an attack upon tho fleet was contemplated. They immediately refused to obey the rohols.