THE LARISSA BRIDGE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2972, 9 January 1917, Page 5

THE LARISSA BRIDGE

SPEEDING UP THE REPAIRS London, January 7. Tho Paris journal "Malin" states:— Greece lias promised the Entente Ministers to repair the Larissa. Bridge in ] forty-oighfc hours. —Aus.-N.Z. Cablo i Assn. i [It was reported on Saturday by tho i "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Piraeus that the Reservists had blown up the railway bridge south of Larissa to prevent tho transport of troops to PeloponnosusJ ( M. VENIZELOS : London, January 7. i Mr. J. M. N. Jeffries, the "Daily Mail" correspondent, telegraphing from Athens, states that M. Venizelos, on Christmas Day, was publicly excommunicated by tho authorities of the Greek Church. The Government op- , posed the exooinmunicntion, but the Re- ; sorvists forced the Metropolitan of Athens to perform the ceremony. A gory bull's head was placed in a square mado of stones, and tho Metropolitan, with averted head, pronounced his anathema. The Reservists then marched past, • shouting the anathema, while fifty thousand men, women, and children cast stones and cursed Venizelos as a traitor. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Router. A MEMORANDUM (Ucc. January 8, 7.5 p.m.) London! January 7. Tho "Morning Post's" Athens correspondent says the Greek Government on Saturday handed a memorandum to the Entente representatives embodying its objections to. the demands of December 31, indicating the necessity for greater protection in old Greece against Venizelist ambitions. The Entente's second Note demanded that the artillery camp and the whole of the Greek army, except sufficient to maintain order, should be transferred to Peloponnesus. It also demanded an apology for the events of December 1 and 2, tie liberation of imprisoned , Venizelists, indemnity for innooent victims, degradation of the general responsible for the disturbances, and the restoration of Allied control. The Allies undertook to prevent Nationalist troops crossing the neutral zone. Tile blockade to be maintained until satisfaction, was obtained. % AIUES PREPARED (Rec. January 8, 5.15 p.m.) London, January 7. . The "Daily Chronicle's" Athens correspondent says it is expected that the Government's reply to the . Entente Note will be inconclusive, witTi a. view to gaining time. The Allies. have completed preparations to leave events and the blockade to take their course. The Royalist papers continue to urge non-acceptance of the conditions, fearing that M. Venizelos will be installed when the troops are removed.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.