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Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1916, Page 5

Hn^HlHHug i A German implicated in a plot to assassinate it. Venizelos, who was protected by a formidable bodyguard and police at every comer of the route when he drove to the French Legation, after several days' confinement to his home. A MOCK CABINET. Athens, Sept. 21. A prolonged Cabinet council agreed to shed political pretensions, oecoming purely an administrative body. FINAL CRISIS APPROACHING London, Sept. 21. Mr. Jeffries telegraphs from Athens that the situation is more serious than ever, and drifting to a final crisis. It is unlikely that France will recognise the new Cabinet, and it is understood the Russian Minister has received instructions that Russia is disinterested in the Greek kingdom. The British attitude is eagerly awaited in Government circles, because it is realised that Britain will cast the die. Meanwhile the Cabinet is desperately attempting to win the confidence of the Allies. PLAYING TO THE GALLERY. Athens, Sept. 21. At the swearing-in of the 11)1-5 recruits in the, garrison barracks, in the presence of the Queen. War Minister, and all the officers ot the garrison, the King addressed the recruits as follows: "You must show blind devotion to your superiors and to your King. You are to obey my orders; you are my soldiers, mine only; beware of the teachings of the base'exploiters of patriotism jvlio are trying to lead you to ruin."