GREEK GOVERNMENT IN A DILEMMA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2749, 18 April 1916, Page 5

GREEK GOVERNMENT IN A DILEMMA

BAITED BY THE CENTRAL POWERS AND THE ALLIES,

(Rec. Apri 17, 9.5 p.m.)

..... ~ London, April 17. Communicating with the "Daily Ghronicle," Mr. Martin Donohoe, from Athens, reports that excitement runs high on the condition of the. N transpor.t of Serbians. . ».

Originally it was proposed that the y should be shipped from Corfu m three' days, and later disembark at Salonika, but the voyage was full of peril • to, troopships. The Allies then determined on a. sea journey of twelve hours.'frotn' Patras, thence to Pclopomicsia by rail way via Athens. ' The Greek Government offered 6tronjr opposition, whereupon the Allies informed M. Skouloudis that official sn notion was immaterial, and that tho Allies would not permit the Greeks to iutorfere with the plan of operations. Learning the details of the scheme, tho Ministers of Austro-Germanv emphatically intervened, and told Greece that they regarded it as an unfriendly act if she remained passive and permit ted the Serbians to reach the firing line,• The Allies thon indicated that they also would have recourse to strong measures if the Greeks thwarted their designs. M. Skouloudis is now seeking a peaceable escape from a dilemma.

ALLIED NAVAL BASE AT SUDA 'BAY.

(Rec. April 17, 9.15 p.m.)

, - , . Athens, Annl 17. Allied battleships have arrived at Bnda Bay, apparently with the'object of creating a naval base similar to that at Argostoli.