THE ALLIES IN GREECE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 34, 9 October 1915, Page 5

THE ALLIES IN GREECE.

• Salonika, October 7. The Allied troops which landed are. departing rapidly 'towards. Serbia. The'whole operations- are merely; an orderly 'transit< through Greece. It i, ', ! . it o- London, Otrtober 7. i Theobald Wolff, writing in the, Ber-line-r Tageblatt, believes that the landing force consists only of Dardanelles troops. The Alliesi' first objective will be to occupy the railway line ot KJul 'kub. ' ■ [ > ' The Frankfurter Zeitmig says that the : Allies, 'tired of the Dardanelles, are selecting Salonika as a new base of operations. v ,'■('• ■<■■■'■■' Athens, QctoberiT. ! The French Minister handed M.

Yeni/.clos a letter previous to. ytho lauding as follows:—By order of Imy Government I have the honor topnnounce the arrival at Salonika ofytluv first detachment of French t r oops.','and-* tq declare 'that Prance, Britain,'} and her Allies, on 'behalf of Serbia,' are sending these troops to helfli th'at ■'■ csanfcry to maintain 1 communications. We rely upon Greece as a friend not to.oppose us. ," . I Paris reports that' the Frepcli offi-, cers were given full liberty to prepare for the lauding. Paris. October 8. Le Journal states that the Allies landed just in time to prevent the Greco-Serbian railways being held up. Orders were sent frpm Berlin directing thot all rolling stock and engines of the two Austrian-owned lines must be sent to the Bulgarian track, which had already been torn up at several points by, Austrian emissaries. The Greek Government sent ?". Diamantides, Minister of Communication, to Salonika, fully empowered to deal with the situotion. He immediately ousted foreign directors and installed (J reeks. CREEK SHIPS FIRED ON BY BULCARS. London, October 7. Athens reports that Bulgarian revenue cutters pursued and fired on three tJreek saiiling ships, which were not damaged. NEW CREEK CABINET. Athens, October 7.

M.. Zaimis is Premier and Minister of foreign Affairs. M. Gournaris, .Minister for the Interior. .VI. Yanakitsas, Minister of War, M. Tbeotokis, Minister of Instruction, and M. Rallis, Minister of Justice. THE CREEK CRISIS. DIVERSE OPINIONS IN CERMANY Amsterdam, October 7. Die Politeiken says that the Greek crisis has created a pleasant surprise throughout Germany, where it is thought that the Kaiser interfered at the moment. One section of the newspapers proclaim the failure of the Allies' Balkan policy, but others regard the resignation as a manoeuvre, and hinfc that King Oonstantine may be playing a dangerous part.