GREEK CABINET CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2404, 9 March 1915, Page 5

GREEK CABINET CRISIS

PREMIERSHIP OFFERED TO A PRO-NEUTRAL.

' (R'ec. March 8, 8.5 p.m.) ■ Athens, March 7. In connection with the resignation ofi the Greek Cabinet and its difference! with the King, it is stated that M. Venezelos (the Premier) • advised inter vention on the side of the Allies.'' _ ; The King has offered the Premier-) — ship to M. Zaimis, a pro-neutral.

VENIZELOS A POPULAR IDOB. (Rec. March 8, 11.15 p.m.)'

Athens, March 8.

The King presided at a meeting oj the Grand Council, when M; Venizelos. the Premier, emphasised the dangar oS an Austro-German descent on the BaU kans. Neither Austria, nor Germany,, he said, had offered to respect Greek im terests, while the Allies had.' " ; j The King nevertheless favoured neu< trality. _

Later, M. Venizelos explained the' position to the Chamber of Deputies, and four-fifths of the members of alt parties assured him of their confidences in him. . . ( M. Venizelos was accorded popular? ovations in the streets, and nuga crowds made demonstrations in favour of war.

A correspondent reports that thflf British, Russian, and Belgian Ministers on leaving the Frenoh Legation, were .awarded an ovation. The British Am* bassador was carried shoulder high in front of the. German Legation. !• ParlSi March; 8. •' The "Petit Parisienne" says that Greece aspires to Smyrna, which would probably be given her if 6he joins; the Entente. , ! •

A majority of the newspapers conf sider that the crisis merely delay? Greece's entry into the war. ......

THE SUBTLE BULCAR. REPORTED SECRET MOBILISATION. (Rec. March 9. 1.35 a.m.) •

Paris, March 8. The Havas Agency reports that BuU garia has secretly mobilised three divisions, one of which was sent to an unknown destination in Adrjanople. It is suggested that a Bill providing a credit of eight million sterling for military purposes is before the Chamber of Deputies.