The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1915. THE ATTITUDE, OF CREECE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 68, 19 November 1915, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1915. THE ATTITUDE, OF CREECE.

~——— , ! I> ■ iEven at this .far .distance /from the actual scene, of operation, s when it is rememhyrecP that we.are still dealing with German treachery .and cunning, one can well believe that the Salonika correspondent of the Paris Journal is absolutely right when h e emphatically asserts that no matter what the surface appearances may he, the situation with Greece is one that requires deeds not words. Dr. Dillon, whose knowledge of Balkan affairs is believed to he quite exceptional, giyes further ,warning from, first-hand information of the trick which German ingenuity has prepared in the syndicate of Balkan Kings, and how the Entente may be treacherously stah- , lied in the hack by Greece, in the approved German fashion, unless prompt, definite action to upset the Kaiser’s plotting with Constantine is 1 taken and taken very quickly. The pro-German attitude of the Greek King and the Government is more open than over, and there is probably real danger that, in the event of a repulse in Macedonia making .it necessary for the Anglo-French troops to temporarily fall back on Salonika, the Greeks may, in the pretence of neutrality, offer objection and even attempt resistance, under German tutelage. It lias to, be remembered that Greece was bound by treaty to aid Servia when the latter was attacked by Bulgaria, but owing to the ' domination of the pFo-German monarch, did not do so. and has done as little as possible to help the Entente. Prompt and definite action must be ( taken, and doubtless that is why Lord Kitchener is on the spot. Chivalrous kindness and delicate tact are not fhe weapons'to fight liars and assassins with, and it is time to recognise the hand of Germany and apply force to ] bring some vacillatons to reason—for • their own ultimate good.