GREECE.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1916, Page 5

GREECE.

EVENTS MOVING SATISFACTORILY. CONSTANTINE APPARENTLY CONVERTED. RESIGNED TO JOINING ALLIES. NO DEFINITE DECISION MADE. Received Sept. 4, 5.35 p.m. ■ London, Sept. 3. The Daily Chronicle's Athens correspondent states: "Kinjj Constantine has_ expressed hi 8 belief of the expediency of Greece abandoning her neutrality. Saturday was an eventful day and the political situation is moving to'tt;ds a satisfactory solution. Both sides have tacitly agreed to give their support to the Z&luiii Cabinet, which will thus cease to b« fterely an interregum Cabinet and become a political Cabinet, enjoying the full confidence of the Crown, and tha complete support of the Venizelist party. M. Venizelos, equally with King Constantine, approved the abandonment of neutrality. M. Venizelos, desiring the welfare of the country before place or power, is prepared to sink self, to achieve the realisation of a policj wherefor wc have long been striving. Wo may look before long to see tho last of the Balkan States fighting on the side of the Allies." Moved by the prevailing spirit of unrest the convicts at the Citidel at Salonina mutinied, and attacked the warders, but a few rifle shots restored order. King Constantine gave an audience to the British Minister on Saturday. King Constantino is very ill, and asked to be taken aboard the Royal vaclit. It it understood that the Entente's note is mainly directed at the removal of Baron Schenk, the German propagandist, and those aissociated with him. Many have already departed. Tho German Minister. Count Mirbach, departed by motor-car. The Allied fleet has not blockaded the Piraeus Sea, and trade is not molested.

BRINGING GREECE TO BOOK. &NGLO-FRENCH JOINT NOTE. 'Athena, Sept. 3. I The Entente Ministers are banding M. Zaimis a note this afternoon, which is expected to clear up the situation without delay. Athens, Sept. 3. The Anglo-French joint note, which has been presented to the Greek Government, demands Allied control of posts and telegraphs, including wireless, on the ground that they are used to convey information to the enemy; also the expulsion of enemy agents on the grounds of bribery and espionage, and that the necessary measures be taken -.gainst their Greek accomplices. It is understood that Greece has no objection to the aceptance of the demands. M. VENIZELOS' VIEWS. NEUTRALITY IMPOSSIBLE ■ INSTANT ACTION URGED.London, Sept. 3. M. Yenizelos, in a message to the Sunday Times, says that although deeply grieved that Greece has so much delayed in paying her due contribution to the struggle against Prussian militarism and for the independence of smaller States, he trusts that the influence following the Roumanian intervention renders further persistence in the policy of neutrality absolutely impossible, and that Greece at the earliest moment will join the camp of her traditional friends in order to accomplish 'her own national ideals. Mr. Jeffries states that the Germans have fled from Athens. M. Venizelos, in l:is statement, urges instant action, and says: "Who can doubt that Bulgaria may now seek a separate peace? Who does not understand that it this happens before we join the Allies it will mean tha permanent extinction of Greece J,"- _ , PLAYING THE FOOL GERMAN PROPAGANDIST'S ESCAPADE. Received Sept. 4. 5.35 p.m. London, Sept. 4. The Daily To legraph's Athens correspondent states that Baron Schenk is ipparently determined to play the fool, and has not yet left Athens. • He barricaded his house and bus with him twenty bravos, who are provided with a liberal supply of band grenades. SIGNIFICANT ACTION OF GERMAN PRESS. Received Sept. 4, 5.35 p.m. Copenhagen, Sept. 3. German newspapers are preparing the public for Greece's entry declaring that King Constantine, in order to prevent civil war, must join the Entente. RIVAL GREEK FACTIONS. The Hague, Sept. 3. The Salonika Committee of National Defence is exerting its authority in a determined manner, and has forbidden Greeks between 19 and 45 to leave Macedonia. The committee is mobilising the class of 1015, men of 21, including Maliommedans and Jews, whom the Government exempted. Only a few presented themselves, and the gendarmes are arresting the absentees. The revolutionary commandant at Salonika has authorised the soldiers and officers to wear a blue and white armlet, the badge of the revolution. Those not wearing it will be considered reactionaries and arrested. Any soldier not sympathising with the revolution may apply for a permit to remain in residence, otherwise he will be arrested. Revolutionaries have been sent in detachments to Vodena and other towns to encourage the enrolment of volunteers. Many are •joining, eve® from Old Qrwo / ~