STRONG MEASURES AGAINST THE HELLENIC GOVERNMENT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2902, 14 October 1916, Page 9

STRONG MEASURES AGAINST THE HELLENIC GOVERNMENT

—j an ultimatum ■ DISARMAMENT OF GREEK FLEET AND OTHER DEMANDS Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. . London, October 12. The "Morning Post's" correspondent at Athens states that the Eutento Powers have taken strong measures against the Hellenic Government. . Admiral Du Fournet-(Commander-in-Chief _of the French Navy) proceeded to Athens, and in the name of the Allies demanded the surrender of the torpedo flotilla, the disarmament of the large ships and shore batteries; and.also the transfer of the Piraeus-Larissa railway, and the policing of the Piraeus Harbour and the Salamis Arsenal. .. .The Greek Government handed in a formal acquicscence, .to the demands to tbo British Legation. . . • _ Other messages from Athens state that the ultimatum was due to t-ho necessity for securing the safety of tlio Allied fleet,- in view of the activity of pro-German societies in. Greece. The forts, the surrender of which was lequired, commanded the moorings of the French and British fleets.

... VESSELS OF THE' GREEK NAVY. The Greek Fleet consists of the following vessels:— Five Battleships. —Kilkis and' Lemnos, each 13,000 lons, 17 knots, completed 1908; armed with four 12-inch, eight 8-inch, eight 7-inch, twelve 3-inch, and some smaller guns. "Hydra, Psara," and Spetsni,.each 4808 tons, 17 knots, armed with three 10.6-inch, five 5.9-inch, one 3.0-inch, eight 2.5-inch, and sixteen smaller guns. The two first-named ships were recently purchased from the United States. ... . One Armoured Cruiser.—Giorgios Averoff, 9956 tons, 24 knots, completed 1911, armed with four 9.2-inch, eight 7.5-inch, sixteen 3-inch, and eight small guns! Three Unarmoured Cruisers. —Heili, 2GOO tons, 22 knot's, completed 1914 ; armed with tiro.6-inch,, four 4-inch,, two 12-pounder, and six 3-pounder guns. Conduriotis and .Lambros :Katsonis,' cach of 5500 tons, arnied with.oight 6-inch and four 3-pounders. •Fourteen destroyers, from 300 to 980 tons, and 30 to 321 knots - speed; two -submarines, of 460 tons submerged displacement and 15 knots, surfaco speed; and a few old gunboats and non-combatant vessels.