SENSATIONAL ROYALIST PLOT IN GREECE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2903, 16 October 1916, Page 5

SENSATIONAL ROYALIST PLOT IN GREECE

MOVE TO ATTACK THE ALLIES ELABORATE SCHEME DETECTED IN TIME .:>•-.■■. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright). , ■ •' ■' ' •. ■ Australi4n-New Zealand Cable Association. (Reo. October 14, 8.35 p.m.) ; - [.. '.'.-;'•' London, October 14. The "Morning Post's" Athens correspondent gives details of a sensational Royalist plot. Several Greek army divisions' were concentrated at Tsojtia and Corinth. .These were intended to cover King Conptantine's flight to Trikals, in Thessaly, where he was to entrench, await the arrival of a Btrong Germapj force, and jointly attack the Allies. Large supplies of arms, ammunition, and military equipment were railed to Trikals during tho past fortnight, while the Government was commandeering tho grain reserve in. Thessaly for the plotters. Admiral du Fournet's seizure of the PiraeusLarissa railway, frustrated, the.plot. Athens station-was seized just in time to prevent tho dispatchof a long train of arms, munitions, and field/batteries to Larissa. King Constantino's palace at Tatoi, near Athens, is strongly fortified with breastworks and wire entanglements. GREAT NAVAL COUP PLANNED AGAINST THE ALLIES (Rec. October 15, 5.5 p.m.) :■.., London, October 14. The "Evening.-.'.-News" Athens.correspondent states:—"lt is rumoured that the Germauophile navy planned a_ great coup against the Allies' fleet, with the assistance of German submarines, but thoy reckoned without tho 'Allies' sympathisers, who warned Allied officers, and the coup was frustrated by the Allies' drastic measures. (Roc. October 14, 8.30 p.m.) ■'. .. ..'■. .' Romo, October 13. .. :■■ Tho "Tribuna" assorts that tho disarmament of tho Greek fleet was due to information that the ships proposed to go through the Dardanelles and join the Turks. .The Ita.lians took possession of the torpedo boats, the ■Frenoh took the destroyers, while the British hold the submarines. '''■' — ' ' , : NEW CABINET RECOGNISED BY THE ENTENTE WHAT THE: NAVAL AMOUNTED TO. fßeuter'e \ (Reo. October 15, 5.5 p.m.) _ ' "■'• Athens, October 14. The Entente Powers have recognised the new Greek Cabinet. Sir F. E. H. Elliott, British Minister at Athens, has visfted the Foreign Minister. The Crown. Council accepted Admiral du Fournet's Notoj in which he demanded the control of the Greek police, a~ prohibition against citizens' carrying arms, a. prohibition against the dispatch of war material to Thessaly, and* the lifting of.the embargo.on exportation of wheat in Thessaly. M. VENIZELOS AT SALONIKA -■'■ .-./•. . ■ ' '"■."■ - r ".'■"■ : . TREMENDOUS OVATION TO THE GREEK PATRIOT. (Reo. October 15, 5.5 p.m.) ' _ . . "',-,- Salonika, October 14. _ M. Venizelos was.accorded a tremendous ovation at the banquet held m honour of tha_ Provisional Government.; .In the course of a speech, M. Venizelos emphasised his opinion that the Bulgarians must be expelled from Greece. A reference to the latter's duty, to Serbia evoked great enthusiasm It was announced that a convocation would bo held after the war, which would constitute a National Assembly with the object of establishing new safeguards against the violation of the 1 Constitution by the monarchical chief