Neutral Nations

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 233, 11 March 1915, Page 5

Neutral Nations

CRISIS IN THE BALKANS. BULGARIA AND GREECE DISTURBED. London, March 0. The Echo do Paris reports that ther.; is a crisis in Sofia similar to that in Greece. The King and the Stamboulists overthrew M. Radoslavoff, because he urged action against Turkey and the occupation of Adrianople. flic Stamboulists fear to risk opposing Germany and Austria. The' Daily Mail's Sofia correspondent states that the Bulgarian Premier has promised to make a definite statement of Government policy to a secret parliamentary session. London, March !). The news of the resignation of the Greek Cabinet was received with considerable surprise since M. Venizclos dominated Greek polities and displayed pronounced leanings to the Entente. The Greek press urges intervention, pointing out that Greek interests will suffer from persistence in neutrality. t NEW GREEK CABINET. Received March 10, 9 p.m. Athens, March 10. M. Gournais has formed a Cabinet, with leanings to the Triple Entente. The Times' correspondent savs tho new Premier is one of the most" distinguished of the younger Greeks. Hi 9 ! foreign policy will be neutrality, marked by a favorable disposition to Servia. SWEDEN. "FOR HOUSEHOLD. USE." Received March 10, 9 p.m. Stockholm, March 10. The customs at Trellebon seized a case consigned to Germany, containing four thousand bayonets, labelled: ''Knives for household use." . _/ AMERICA. GERMANS' PREPARATIONS FOR SAILING. Received March 10, 9 p.m. New York, March 10. Although Customs investigations have not revealed preparations for sailing, precautions have been taken against interned German steamers shooing the harbor. Four destroyers are lying in th ( . bay. Private inquiries allege that a.new pattern deck tospedo-gun was found in the American-Hamburg and the North German Lloyd companies' warehouses. Vessels are ready coaled and able to sail in a few hours. ITALY. HER NEIGHBOR EXPECTS AVAR. Received 11, 12.55 a.m. Rome, March 10. There are indication that Austria, assuming that Italy's neutrality will be of short duration, is preparing for the alternative. GREECE. AN ANTI-GERMAN CABINET. Received 11, 12.55 a.m. Athens, March 10. M. Gounaris combines the Premiership with the -portfolio of war. His leading colleagues are pronounced Entente partisans.