Greece

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 50, 26 September 1916, Page 5

Greece

CONSTANTINE'S GUARD. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.20 a.m.) Amsterdam, September 25. Some six thousand soldiers are guarding the palace at'Tatoi, where Constantino remains. CRETANS SEIZE THE ISLAND. THE ROYAL BODYGUARD'S PLIGHT. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.20 a.m.) London, September 25. On Sunday, 17,000 Cretans entered Canea without opposition, took possession of the public buildings, and displaced authorities. The Daily Chronicle's Athens correspondent says that there are now thirty thousand Cretans under arms in the island( which is in their complete possession. Only eleven men remain in the Royal Cretan bodyguard. GENERAL ITEMS. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable. Association. London, September 25. A correspondent at Athens states that the Government appears optimisI tic and willing to sacrifice two notorious anti-Entente members of- the I Cabinet, namely, MM. Roufos and Vocotopulos, in order to satisfy the i Allies. Germany has not replied to the protest re the kidnapped army corps. It is stated that the Creek note also demanded the evacuation of Kavalla, Drama and Seres. «■ The mutiny on the cruiser Averoff ' is officially denied, but the commander has been relieved. Mr Jeffries wires from Athens that the Cretan revolutionary movement has spread to the districts of Sphautia, Selliorf, Kishamon and Kidonia. Revolutionaries have occupied Candia, meeting with feeble resistance from the regulars. The gendarmerie joined the revolutionaries. The Prefect has telegraphed the Government: "What shall 1 da? Armed peasantry are everywhere approaching the town."