In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 26, 6 January 1916, Page 5

In the Balkans

DISCOVERY OF PLOT IN SALONIKA. JUSTIFICATION FOR ARREST OF CONSULS. [United Pkess Association. 1 (Received 8.50 a.m.) Salonika, January 5. Documents seized at the Consulates show a plot to transform Salonika into a centre of rioting, with organised crime iagainst the, Allies.' j '" A complete arsenal was discovered in the celW of the Austrian Consulate, , j Th'e ; Consuls .spent great sums on espionage.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Paris, January' '5 f A great quantity d'German' 'heavy artillery is ' dairy : "arriving at the Greek frontier. rj% .{• i j rrs 'Official:' The Consuls who were arrested at Salonika have been brought to Marseilles and will be _ granted safe conducts across the Swiss frontier. As a reprisal for the arrest of the French vice-Consul who was in charge of the archives at Sofia we arrested the. similar Bulgarian official who is in Paris! ' \\ The latter is ill,; and will be permitted to remain in his apartments under supervision. ' Petrograd, January 5.

The new' Bulgarian army consists of 50,000 reservists. Macedonian volunteers are ready for' the 1 field, and are equipped with Mannlichers and ample ammunition. London, January 4.

"Rome reports that it is unlikely King Constantine and King Peter will "meet, both being seriously ill. The Gorman doctors are pessimistic regarding King Constantine, and fear he will not be further able to ideal with State matters.