Greece

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 39, 13 September 1916, Page 5

Greece

CREEK RESIGNATION. EX-PREMIER'S STATEMENT. INTERNAL INCIDENTS DEPLORED. Press Association—Copyright, AustraPress Association—Copyright. (Received 11.30 a.m.) Athens, September 12. M. Zaimis, in submitting the Cabinet's resignation, declared that internal incidents had interfered with the dealing with the external sittiation. RESIGNATION OF CREEK CABINET. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable -Association. London, September 12. The Greek Cabinet has resigned. Athens, September 12. M. Zaimis has tendered his resignation. King Constantino has not announced his decision. The immediate cause of the Cabinet crisis is unknown. It is understood tiiat M. Zaimis has admitted -that .the Allies were fully entitled to send a fleet to the Piraeus, in view of the German-Bulgarian advance at Kavalla. M. Zaimis takes almost as strong a view as M. Venizelos regarding the necessity for Greece co-oper-ating with the Allies. The action of rowdies outside the French Legation had no real effect. The problem had already been closed by the Government's acceptance of the Allies' demands. GREECE ACCEPTS DEMANDS. Press Association—Copyright. Reuter's Telegrams Athens, September 12. The Government has accepted all the demands of the Entente. M. Venizelos has telegraphed the Roumanian Opposition leader, M. Filipescu, congratulating Roumania on her entry into the war.

THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE. THE POSITION OF GREECE. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. London, September 12. Official: The British crossed the Struma and occupied Neosoi and several places above the Tahinos lake, after considerable opposition. We expelled the enemy from Oraroman, Gudeli and Novoljen. Strong counterattacks were repulsed. The loss and number of prisoners has not been ascertained. The Daily Chronicle's Athens correspondent stitejj that the Allies are averse to a discussion regarding conditions or terms in order Xv, secure Greece's co-operation. , The Greek Minister at Paris has been informed that if Greece seeks to co-operate she must waive the questions concerning conditions and compensations. It is understood that the Allies are willing to do their utmost to furnish military equipment in the event of Greece joining.

ENORMOUS ALLIED PRESSURE EVERYWHERE. PRONOUNCED BULGAR WSTHDRAWAL. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 12.25 p.m.) London, September 12. An Italian communique states: Reports from Athens speak of a Bulgarian retreat with the Allies pursuing and enormous enemy losses. Semi-official ne\vs at Salonika indicates that the Allies are exerting enormous pressure everywhere along the front, and the Bulgarian withdrawal is becoming pronounced. ALLIES' PROGRESS REPORT. CONTINUING THE OFFENSIVE. The High Commissioner reports: — London, September 12 (3.40 p.m.) /Salonika officially reports that the detachments mentioned yesterday as crossing the Struma at Neosort seized the trenches on the east bank. The French detachment co-operating with the British captured the village of Yenimah and secured thirty prisoners, and caused the enemy to suffer heavily. On the Doiran front our artillery systematically bombarded the enemy trenches north of Machukovo. On the west of the Vardar, a Bulgarian trench south of Najatlag, comprising a front of three kilometres and 800 metres deep, was captured, and prisoners were also taken. ITALIANS IN MACEDONIA. Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.30 a.m.) Berne, September 12. A wireless message states that tho Italians who arrived at Macedonia have taken up their allotted front. THE SALONIKA OFFENSIVEf ' BULCAR RETREAT CONTINUES. x're33 Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.30 a.m.) Rome, September 12. A wireless message states that the Ailinl offensive extends over the whole of the Salonika-front, and" the bombardment is continuous. The Buignrs continue to retreat opposite the Serbians and Italians.