THE SITUATION IN GREECE AGAIN ACUTE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2648, 20 December 1915, Page 5

THE SITUATION IN GREECE AGAIN ACUTE

: ALLIES' DEFENSIVE MEASURES V . > ' :' - CONFINED TO THE PRESENT UNDERSTANDING By Telegrspli—Press. AesoolatloiiTOopyTight (Eeo.. December- 18, 7.5 p.m.) s I ■ London,, December 17. Router's Athens correspondent states that situation in Greece ia afial Tlie C nature of the reply which. Greece will give Germany is naturally being kept secret, but there is reason to belie "e that Greece mil adopt a firm attitude towards the Central Powers, while insisting on the Allies confining their defensive measures to the limits of, the present understanding. GREEK STATESMEN VISIT THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR. . (Rec. December 18, 7.5 p.m.) ' Athens, December 17. M. Skouloudis, Prime Minister, and M. Gounaris visited- the German Minister to Greece and explained that the entry of German and - ' Bulgarian troops into Greece would raise .questions which might place Greece in a position. of diffieulty. . ' BULGARIANS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER GREECE. . (Rec. December 19, 11.80 p.m.) London, December 19. M. Scouloudis states that Bulgarian troops will not be allowed to enter Greece, and "The Times" adds that the Austro-German forces alone are inI sufficient to do so.. ; Owing to the abstention of the Venezelists at to-morrow's elections there are only 450 candidates, and the majority favour neutrality. GREECE MAKES A FORMAL PROTEST TO THE ALLIES. .(Rec. December. 19, 11.30 p.m.) ' Athens, December 19. Greece has addressed to the Entente Powers a formal protest against the fortifications of Salonika. The terms are Eomewhat similar to the protest against the Allies'landing. GERMANY: WILL BE COMPELLED TO INVADE GREECE, (Reo. December 18, 8.10 p.m.) Athens, December 18. The German Minister states that owing to the Allies' fortifications at Salonika Germany will be'cpmpslled to invade Greece. FRENCH BLOW UP. PART OF A' RAILWAY, fßec. December 19, 11.30 p.m.) ' i Athens, December 19. The French have occupied the heights of Sarigeul, near Kilkis, and' blew up part of the Karasuli-Ghev'geli railway. _ . _ ■ Portions of the German army are arriving daily at Strumnitza, and it is expected that the Austrian corps will reinforce them. BRITISH TRANSPORTS STILE LANDING TROOPS. (Rec. December 19, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 18. A Salonika message states that British transports are still landing troops, material, armoured motors, and heavy guns. The installation of tli o Allies' heavy artillery has commenced and trenches aTe being constructed similar to those on the Western front. The enemy is hurriedly repairing the railway and other works, and is concentrating on tho frontier, hut heavy guns have not arrived. The AlistroGermans arrived first, the Bulgarians following as reinforcements. It is reported that the Turks will replace the Bulgarians, NO ENEMY MOVEMENT AGAINST' SALONIKA' FOR TEN DAYS. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) , London, December 17. 'A telegraph'message to the Paris "Journal" from Salonika ' predicts no serious enemy movement against Salonika for ten days. Tho Austro-German forces will pass through Doiran. A flanking movement from Monastirto Vodena, attempting the envelopment of the Allies m the Vardar Valley, is to be oxpected, but the Gorman agents' statements that the Allies will bo thrown back into the sea aro mere moonshine. The Allies Tequiro six hundred thousand men to do anything useful in tho Balkans. SERBIAN DENIAL OF AUSTRO-BULGARIAN CLAIMS. (Rec. December 18, 8.40 p.m.) Rome, December 17. A Serbian communique says: "The Austro-Bulgarian claims of captures of prisoners of war and booty are greatly exaggerated, and the improbability passes all bounds. The Serbs did not leave a. single intact gun, and everything not saved was destroyed. The guns resembled rera&.s of irou and tlie motor-cars Kera .wtsp.kesl and .tariedi .—