The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1916. THE GREEK PANTALOON.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 14, 11 December 1916, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1916. THE GREEK PANTALOON.

Hie falsity ol Greece towards those who delivered her from the horrors of subjection by Turkey is not a pleasing spectacle, and to-day at the instigation, of Constantine she is attempting to stab in the hack those to whom as a nation she is most beholden. The situation becomes the more astounding when it is remembered that tiiis traitorous conduct towards good and

honourable friends is for no other purpose than to aid assassins and des* poilers as the Huns have ever proved themselves. Further in her present perfidy Greece is falsifying her solemn promises to the Balkan countries she was pledged to help. “King Constantine,” says the London Star, “has modelled himself on his melodramatic brother-in-law. ft would be. difficult to find in the list of Royal failures from Belshazzar to James 11.

a more pitiful pataloon than the King of Greece. At last his perfidy is coming to light and wc hope the Aides will soon put an end to the posturing of this monarch.” That was will ten two ihonths ago and the marvel is that the Allies’ patience has lasted so long. Latest messages state that the situation at Athens is critical, and that there is practically a state of open war on the part of Constantine and his followers against the Allies. German congratulations pour in on the puppet King—and the Allies, fettered and bound hy the dictates of diplomacy, merely mark time. If Athens got twenty-four hours of the bombardment it fears, there would undoubtedly be more respect for tin 1 arms of the Allies. The steps taken to blockade Greece may be all right, but forecasts on some events have proved so utterly unreliable that we prefer to wait and see what happens before accepting too fully the statements regarding its efficacy. Drastic action is the only possible cure for a very bad case.