Greece

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 49, 25 September 1916, Page 5

Greece

NATIONAL CATASTROPHE.

IN THROES OF REVOLUTION.

GONSTANTINE'S LOST PRECTFCE

P'-jss Association—Copyright, Atistrn lian and N.Z. Cable Association. London, September 23.

.Mr Jeffries, writing from Athens, .states that tho kingdom of (Jrecce is now merely a name. Athens no longer' governs Salonika, Lomnos, Hamas and Mitylene. An independence I proclamation has been issued at Epi- \ rus and Larissa. Crete and thw Cyclade Isles are following suit, {while Phocis and Acarnania are wavering. Only Athens and the Pelaponessos remain. Mr Wallis says Athens is placarded with newspapers containing a last appeal: "King! 0, King! Abdicate!" The Astyr journal publishes the declaration, of a former royal courtier: "We made the revolution, and disobeyed the commands of King and Government, because of the treason at Kavalla. The magnitude of 'he catastrophe is impelling me and others, hitherto fanatical enemies to the Liberal Party, to join the ris-

ing." The placards not removed, because King Constantino's authority and prestige have practically gone. Quantities of arms have been stored unhindered in private houses. King Constantino and M. Yenizelos are holding co-equal powers, the King not daring to challenge M. Venizelos' acts. King Constantino's rash promise to the Kaiser of no intervention is responsible for the whole trouble. He appointed MM. Gounaris and Skouloudsi because they were unlikely to do anything, subsequently temporising continuously. He saw the tide turning, and stubbornly imitated King Canute by patronising the Reservists' League and the wnn, dering anti-Venzelists. M. Zannis resigned because he was over-ridden by Streit, Stratos, and other Kaiserites' programmes surrounding King Constantine. Streit actually flout, the Ministers, contemptuously and stating that there is no need to worry about the Piraeus-fleet, GERMANY'S REPLY RE KAVALLA TROOPS. Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Amsterdam, September 24. Germany, replying to Greece, states that they are willing to repatriate the Kavalla troops under a guarantee that they sh«U<-notf be punished for their neutrality or .|Xjlcd bv the Entente. « CREEK PROTEST NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY. Press Australian and N.Z; Cable Association. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Athens, September 24. Greece's demand on Germany is not regarded in well-informed circles as a serious step. It is considered a me re protest to calm the public excitement.

THE REVOLT IN CRETE.

AUTHORITIES DRIVEN OUT OF CAPITAL. ! Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received Xoon.) London, September 24. A revolt has broken out in Crete. \rmed peasants on Saturday entered Candia, and after a fight, displaced the Grec-i- authorities. (Candia is the largest town in Crete, midway on its north coast. It has a small artificial harbour (much silted; steamers f to Athens, Syra, Smyrna, Constantinople, and Trieste, irregularly), a large bazaar, and growing trade in island produce. Tht exports and imports each exceec £300,000 in value per annum. The population (23,000) is mainly Greek, with a few Moslems, Jews, etc. Caj dia was founded in 823 by. Saracens . stood a famous siege (1667-9) when tho Turks captured it from the Venetians. and was further damaged by earth quake (1856). and by bombardment (1897). The Venetian walls, port. and arsenal remain, and traces f other fine buildings. The mediaeval cathedral of St. Titus was demolish ed about 1880; a now Greek one w consecrated in 1893. Candia is also used as an alternative name for Cret itself.)

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Athens, September '■)■ Tlio King's harangue to recruits has been widely commented upon, and it is pointed out that he pass.nl over in silence the ignominious-sur-render oi' the Army Corps to the Bulgarians, while he frenssiedly denounced the revolutionaries. The newspaper Patras says King Constantino has considerably extended his constitutional powers and assumed the Kaiser's autocratic methods. The Daily Chronicle's Athens correspondent says that the Groyernpei't

suspecting that three hundred of the crow of the cruiser Averoff were preparing to join the Salonika movement, ordered the rest of the fleet to

surround the cruiser. The Allied fleet at Snlamis has been increased to eighty-five ships, prepared for a long stay. Salonika, September 2J' I A battalion of (Jrock revolutionaries paraded, preparatory to going to the front. Genera] Ziohrakakis exhorted ithcrii to expel the invaders. Women threw flowers from the windows. • I Amsterdam, September 21. ! Baron Scheldt has returned to Berlin. , interviewed, lie stated that Greece iwas conii>letely under M. Venii y.clo's' thumb.