THE STRONG HAND IN GREECE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3133, 11 July 1917, Page 5

THE STRONG HAND IN GREECE

. 1 RUSSIA STRIKES DISSENTIENT 1 NOTE J DISAPPROVES OF FORCIBLE j MEASURES- - | ALLIED CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS ; 1 THE BALKANS '1 . j (Rec. July 10, G. 50 p.m.) . -\ Petrograd, July 9. ] The Government announces that a' ' special conference with the Allies' 'lias j been convoked to consider 'Balkan affairs. » This conference,, it states, is- necessary j in view of the extreme.. complexity of ■'• the political and strategical situation in -•■1 the Balkans, and the object will lie to j secure a common policy. The .Russian i Government has formally protested ';; against recent steps, which were token 5 by the other Allies in Greece. "While j not animated by. any desire to support ;j Constantine, of whoni we disapprove, and j of whose personal policy we will continue i completely to disapprove, we disapprove • ) of the means which were employed to '.;1i forcibly substitute one king for another, i X :$ We have maintained, in.pourparlers-with .-i our Allies, that the choice of the fcrin ■ ■] of Government in Greece, as well as the . < form. of its administrative' organisation, ! appertains exclusively to the Greek ' people. For these reasons the Govern- :'\ ment has refused to allow the Russian ' 'troops to participate in an expedition to / .'jj Southern Greece."—Reuter. ' • . ; :|

ALLIED TROOPS EVACUATING OCCUPIED

TERRITORY

SALONIKA NOT AFFECTED. (Rec. July 10, 9.5 p.m;) Paris, July 9. It is announced that the Allied frcop* aro about to evacuate that portion of Greek territory which was recently temporarily occupied as a precautionary measure. The evacuation does not include the Salonika region.—Router.. /