THE TANGLE IN GREECE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2868, 5 September 1916, Page 5

THE TANGLE IN GREECE

SITUATION BEING UNRAVELLED ( HINTED. ADVENT OF GREECE AS OUR ALLY Salonika, September 3. The Committee of National Defence is exerting its authority in a determined manner. It has forbidden Greeks between the ages of' nineteen and forty-five to leave Macedonia, and is mobilising the class of 1015 men, of twenty-one years of age, Including Mahom'medans and Jews, whom the Government exempted. Few presented themselves, and tho gendarmes are arresting absentees. The revolutionary commandant at Salonika has authorised soldiers and officers to wear tho blue and white armlet badge of the revolution. Those not wearing this armlet will be considered reaotionarios, and will be arrested. Any soldier not sympathising with the revolution may apply for a permit to remain at hi 3 residence, otherwise he will be arrested l . The revolutionists have sent detach ments to Vodena and other towns to encourage enrolment of volunteers. Many are joining, even from Old Greece. "PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF MACEDONIA." Paris, Soptember 3. The correspondent of the "Parisiene" at Salonika says that the National Committee for'Dcfence has been proclaimed as the Provisional Government of Macedonia. All the troops, gendarmerie, cavalry, and! artillery have adhered to the national movement. SPECIFIC DEMANDS BY THE ALLIES A'JOINT NOTE TO GREECE. Athens, September 3. A joint Note from Britain and France, presented to the Greek Government, demands Allied control of the posts and telegraphs, including wireless, on tho ground that they are used to convey information to tho enemy, also the expulsion of enemy agents on tho grounds of bribery and espionage, and that necessav measures be taken against their Groek accomplices. It is understood that Greece has no objection to the acceptance of the demands. . •

A DEAD SET ON "BARON SOHENOK. (Res September 4, 5.35 p.m.) ' London, September 3. It is understood that the Entente's Note was mainly directed at the removal of Baron Schenck, the German propagandist, and those associated with him. Many Germans have already departed: The German Minister, Count Slirbßcli, left by motor-car. The Allies' fleet has not blockaded tho Piraeus, and sea trade is not molested. The French flag has been lioistcd. on oight Austro-German interned vessels. BARON SCHENCK DEFIES THE TOWERS. (Rcc. September 4, 8.5 p.m.) London, September 4. The "Daily Telegraph's" Athens correspondent states: "Baron Scehck is apparently determined to play tlio fool. He 'has not yet loft Athens, but has barricaded his house, with twenty bravoos and a liberal supply of hand gren-, ados." A MESSAGE FROM VENIZELOS / ' FRESH APPEAL FOR ACTION. London, September 3. M. Venizelos, in a message to tho "Sunday Times," 6ays that, although ho is deeply grieved 1 that Greece has so tmioh dolayod paying her just contribution to the struggle against "Prussian militarism and for the independence of tho smaller States, ho trusts the influence following upon Rumania's intervention will render further persistence in tho policy of neutrality absolutely impossible and that Greece at the earliest moment will join tho camp of her traditional'friends, in order to accomplish her own national ideals. In a message from Athens, Mr. W. Jeffries says: "M. Venizelos, _in a statement, urges instant action. Ho says: "Who can doubt that Bulgaria may now seek a separate peace? Who does not understand that if this happens before we join the Allies, it will mean the permanent extinction of Greece?'" GERMANS HAVE FLED FROM ATHENS. London, September 3. Mr. W. Jeffries, in a messago to tho "Daily Mail," states that the Germans have fled from Athens. UNREST SPREADS TO THE GAOL. I (Rcc. Septembor 4. 5.35 p.m.) London, September 3.Moved by the prevailing spirit of unrest, tho convicts in tho Citadel of Salonika mutinied and attacked the warders. A few rifle shots restored ordcri .' '■'