In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 13, 18 April 1916, Page 5

In the Balkans

CP.'EJE'S C." LEMMA.

EXCITEMENT AMONG POPULACE.

THE ALLIES’ WAY!

rns-iTVj) pm*'*** uimiMU'i'. London, April 17

The Daily Chronicle' says ilia. Mr Alar tin Donohoo, from Athens, reports that excitement runs high. As a condition of the transport of the Serbians it was originally proposed shipping them at Corfu, and three days later to disembark at Salonika, but the voyage was'full of peril to troopships, and the .Allies determined on the sea journey of twelve hours to Patras, and thence by the Peloponnesian railway, via Athens. The Greek Government offered strong opposition, whereupon the Allies informed M. Skouloudis that Greece’s official sanction was immaterial, as the Allies would not permit the Greeks to interfere with their plan of operations. Learning of the scheme, Austro-Gev-many emphatically intervened and told Greece that it would be regarded as an unfriendly act if she remained passive and permitted the Serbians to ieaci the firing line. The Allies then indicated that they also would recourse to strong measures if the Greeks thwarted their designs. M. Skouloudis is now seeking a able escape from his dilemma.

ALLIED NAVAL BASE AT CRETE. Athens, April 17. Allied battleships have arrived at Suda Bay, apparently for the of creating a naval bass similar to t . t at Argostoli. THE TRANSPORT OF SERVIANS. GREECE FORMALLY PROTESTS. (Received 8.55 a.m.) Salonika, April 1". OVeecc has decided not' to oppose the transportation, of the Servians, but has formally protested. | I t :,ri ’'(lf | r: FRENCH AEROPLANE RAID- ’ . i. 3(. . "(Received 8.55 a.ni.) ~» Salonika, April 17. French aeroplanes bombed the railway station at Strumitza and some positions .northward of Ghovgeli. ITAI.O-CREECE DISSENSION _ MENDING. _ j .*• ■ % r rIIMTIONS IMPROVING DAILY. ''•(Received 8.55 a.m.) • Rome, April 17. * In the Chamber of Deputies, Baron Sonninb (Minister of Foreign Affairs), stated that the Italo-Greece, dissensions were nearing satisfactory solutions. Greece, ? understand the strategic necessity which led to the occupation of Salonika,, and the relations of the two count'rihf} are improving daily.