Second Edition. In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 24, 4 January 1916, Page 6

Second Edition. In the Balkans

FURTHER ARRE&TS FOR ESPIONAGE. United Press Association. (Received 1.25 p.m.) Salonika, January 3. The Allies arrested a neutral Consul bearing a German name, as it was reported that the documents found at the Austrian and German Consulates implicate him in a charge of espionage, and as the upshot there were five hundred other arrests. PROTECTING SALONIKA FROM AIR ATTACK. REPRISALS FOR ARREST OF CONSULS.

** * (Received 1 p.m.) Paris, January 3. The Allies are taking action to prevent air attacks on Salonika, and the utilisation of the Serb army there is being considered. 7 It is reported in Sofia that as a ieprisal for the arrest of the Consuls at Salonika, the Government has decided to arrest the officials in the British, French and Serbian Legations who remained in Sofia when theii chiefs left. The Hellenic Government has protested at the arrests of its subjects on suspicion of espionage.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Athens, January 2. The air raid and arrests of the Consuls at Salonika has caused a commotion. It is regarded as a comment t ment of hostilities in Greek territory. It is expected that General Macken--sen will succeed in persuading the Bulgars ,to enter Greece. Salonika, January 2. King Peter has arrived at Salonika on board a French destroyer.

Enemy consuls and their •suites, numbering 51, were sent on a steamer to an unknown destination. . General . Sarrail declares that he acted after full consideration and carried out an act of jvar. ’ ■ ' Greece, in addition to a protest, has asked for the return of the Consular archives, ~, Some newspapers denounce General ' Sarrail’s action a s a violation of Greece’s sovereign rights. ' The Entente press justify it a| a,reply to aeroplanes bombarding’ neutral unfortified towns. The Allies continue to guard the nnsulates. Paris, January 2. A French medical mission has re- : turned from Serbia. The leader, M. Jauhert, states that ho found the situation frightful. Fifty thousand were stricken with typhus, and there were-150 deaths daily at Belgrade, Out of 350 doctors. 125 had died. A state of terror prevailed. The mission succeeded in mastering the epidemic before the invasion. - Vienna, January 2. A bridge was opened over the Save, near Belgrade, on Friday, re-estab-lishing railway communication with Turkey and Bulgaria. It is claimed that Belgrade is in a normal condition and that most of the inhabitants have returned.