Greece Gives Required Assurances

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 100, 3 December 1915, Page 5

Greece Gives Required Assurances

Italian Minister's Important Announcement ITo Servia's Aid through Albania lAustro-German Influence in Roumania Russian Campaign Opened in Bukowina ■Allied Artillery Active in West Ilinglo - Japanese Alliance Strengthening ■German Ambition for Near East Trade [Total British Casualties, 510,230

■ Since the last of thtfse notes, tbo ■3reek Government lias sent its reply ■tjkthe Entente. Greece will main- i ■tiim a benevolent neutrality'as long Bjkji her sovereign rights are not in■fringed, but no restrictions" of I 'a mili-' ■tary character are to 1 he ifnposed. The ■reply contends' that*' with Salonika Hind its railways in the hands of the HUlies, the Greek fortes are deprived lot . their only provisioning basie. The ■reply is a direct refusal to demobo■Km the army. That army is at Sa-. Ilonika or thereabouts, 'and* they, are lilt the "mercy of the Allies, ’ because, lie flatter hold ail’communications'. ■Unless other way is‘‘found out dK ■difficulty, the Greeks will have ■to light and starve or demobilise. They Hertainly cannot he left there as mat■Ws are at the acutest stage in the ■wkole trouble. If they, attack the ■ Allies, then war is at once open with ■ the; Entente. That being so, the ■question is, Have the Allies sufficient ■ troops to hold the enemy on both ■ aides? Discussion bp "the number of ■troops \is useless 1 , as despite all np- ■ ports the strength of lhe forces mim- | ■ possible to estimate on first-hand mI formation. The probability , isthat ■Greece willv have to' yield "now ‘ that ■ bef army is so efficiently and drama-_ I tUlly placed in a-position that must ■rtitnW any operations short-lived, and ■fatal. Their army, ,a§ wejl ps any ■‘other, fights on its . stomach, and if ■ the troops are not fed they. will not Eight. As this is written, Borne sends | a message that Greece has given the Kreqiifred assurances, and that Italy Iprill render immediate assistance to ■ garbia. The reason for Greece’s givI jug (he assurances is perhaps theimI' possible position of her army and the ■(threat of blockade. This must not |hc| regarded as final or with undue ■ optimism, but still Greece being slow|‘|y beaten down. r |s;,The money market is, perhaps, with ■•. the Underwriters’ Association, the ■ ■ most reliable, gauge of tue internat tional outlook. Yesterday there came the-news that the German exchange’ | in America had undergone a femarkKible drop. . The cause thereof was to be the result of the campaign r in Serbia. If that is so, the Result ■fla hot been very favourable* to the i’Semy if their credit dropped from IdghVfour to' seventy-eight and three-eigths from the beginning of - the campaign. There seems abundant •••deuce that the German campaign R ended, and that the finishing up the work is to he, left to Bulgaria r that Austro-Gcrmany has caped “the remains of -the, Serbian £ army.” Then the Governor of Queens- ' land reported that he had receiv cd a cable message from Mr Bonar Law 'lio the effect that Germany was not ligbing to continue the war against Coming from Mr Bonar Law, ?,;who is Secretary of Strate fori the this statement must be very nearly correct. £t any rate, it sis m I keeping with the general tone of the pcnemy’s doings and appearance of his it money matters. There .remains an[ri. other point in confirmation of this, Ehhd it is the withdrawal of .German ptroops from Serbia and their concenlltration near Iloumania, with the m- | , tention of driving back the oncomI Vfng Jvanoff and the. concentration of pfßussian troops in Roumania. W" the result of the : operations in Ser|.l)ia>have been similar to '.the Russian if - failure in the north. The Serbian army has lost considerably, but yet rMtheir army is intact and in safe reHfgM' awaiting the time when they can feciioe again return to the fray and as|,|Ut in driving out the invader. Ihey Pi We 250,000 men yet whose only deWm is in arms. The fact- that they been able to look after the large

numbers of Austrian prisoners is very strong evidence of their strength in men and the orderliness of their retreat. The railroute to Turkey is useless, while., Russia is threatening Bulgaria. . »L • U- ' 1 "j I .;■ / .;, 1 ; ::: t ..■;<ii; Tj 'Th'e .purpose "of! the-''Kaiser’s 11 Visit'to'Vienna whs hinted at yektettay 'in' the ’ babies,. |),ut; tb-dky i there -'Comes ; the news of a Crisis in Vienna, -Whereseveral members of the Cabinet have resigned. A moderate View of the s|tuatidn is. th^t /Gbftnhny is' gradhalfy, taking the same- coiltrOl of the Austrian internal, affap J s ah she has done in, thb : arrn ’ ( , ! aud more the 4upe and tool is Austria 1 coming, and perhaps before long she will be left to the fate which seems to hang ovsr Bulgaria, whp'hrtk been left to bear the fruits of tlie campaign, viz., the full force of the Allies who have sworn reyenge and the restitution of ‘Serbia., When things get bad for # Gprinajiy will treat Austria the, same , and lea vp bet to her. fate r . ; That is., probably Alie reason the present; fcrisis_' l ili_ Austria. Readers mqst, understand that Austria is not permitted to say what she’ thinks officially or jOtHeiVjse. Coti^in Willie sees to that! ‘ •- ! j!■’ ; ■ nl! ' ■ I d; tR K'< 'e-' ' j,. j;i ; v ~.p' <((> jjj ' From the Dardanelles comes a Bean* message that a considerable amount of the Xmas mails were lost on account of the foundering of a barge. There is nothing in the message of military value, .but there is the pathetic loss'of so many things so lovingly prepared by the “Dear ones at Home.” In addition, it throws some light on the non-delivery of mails.