GREECE.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1916, Page 5

GREECE.

SENSATIONAL DEVELOP- < MENTS. l i i ! THE PERFIDIOUS GREEKS. i I CONSTANTINE PREPARING TO ' •» , IIELP THE KAISER. J j.i . ' Received Nov. 0, 9.5 p.m. < Salonika, Nov. 0. I ■II. Coundonriotis lias made sensational s < revelations regarding the secret dealings of M. Skouloudis, the late Premier, v.'itli i tlio Germans and Bulgars. i JL Coundonriotis say; (hat his pro- i Ally colleagues learnt of tlie surrender 1 of Fort Supcl eight days after the ae- i | complement of the crime against the 1 nation. Coundouriotis jumped up from i the council table and shouted: "Nobody i lia3 a right to dispose of territory which i Greece won by the blood of her sojis! It t is not private property. Not an inch < can be smuggled away without the ' people's consent!'' i In the alarmed scene that ensued, M. Skouloudis mumbled an apology. lie then produced a document, signed by the German Minister, declaring that Fort Supc-1 would be returned to Greece later. , M. Coundouriotis concluded by stating ' that all M. Skouloudi's explanations nnrl ' the Entnnt statements he communicated to the Chamber, were- deliberate lies. The general opinion in Veni;:elist circles is that Venizelos expected fuller recognition from the Allies than that the , Government was u mere de facto concern. This lays the movement under the stigma of being a temporary recruiting agency for the Allied Balkan army. < Vonizclo? desires full recognition, en- I abling hiin to have representatives at the Allied capitals . \ Some of the Venizelists consider there is a 'Utopian scheme among the: illies to secure the co-operation of King Constantino and M. Venizelos. Thi.j is impossible, since King Constantine is permeated with Germanism, and moani to , impose Prussian absolutism upon demo- , cratic Greece. ' Constantine still has 3.".,f100 tioops and much artillery in Thessaly. tinder the excuse of marching against the Veni- , zelists. be is eoneentratin ■■ ■■■■;inl» of j the Third Army Corps within twenty , miles of the flank of the Allied anny. MORE PRESSURE NEEDED. , Athens, Nov. 5. A council of Ministers, the King presiding, rejected Admiral Du Fournet's request for the utilisation of the Greek ( light fleet, manned by the Allies, to en- j jsure the security of the coast. . j ' VENIZELOs'sATISFIIp. London, Nov. S. The Times' correspondent nt Athens ( states that 51. Venizelos says he is sstis- j ficd with the decisions of the Boulogne | conference. He is indifferent about '«■ cognition of the Provisional C'owmnont, f since the Allies arc affording him priieti- ! cal supporf. ' j | The Vraizohst newspaper Hestia says the attitude of the Allies satisfies the . j Provisional Government and no signific- ( ancc is attached to the postponement , !of its recognition. The National leaders j have the moral and material support of j the Powers. A TURN OF THE SCREW. \ I ' Athens, Nov. 5. f Admiral Dn Rournet has sent the Government a fresh severe note, ft, is be- ] lieved lie refers to the arrest of Gentian s and Greek spies implicated in submitrinc \ outrages. , » ALLIES INTERVENE 1 (Reuter Service). Athens, Nov. !5. j The Allied forces have occupied Ek.i- 1 terini with the view of avoiding blood- 1 shed between the Royalist anj Nation- i uliM t.-ooDi, " " j