GREECE.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1916, Page 5

GREECE.

j CRAVE ACTS OF VIOLENCE, j [ ROYALISTS IN THE SADDLE | ' AGAIN. . I j Received Dec. 7, 11 p.m» ! ' London, Dee. 7. The Foreign Office states that the Press messages from Greece are misleading, inasmuch as the Royalists have regained control of the cable and "Press censorships, and Allied Press correspondents iu Athens are threatened with personal violence, as are all other suspected of V'enizelist leanings. There is reason to believe the Royalist forces and the mob are guilty of very grave acts of violence. DISARMAMENT OF CIVILIANS. GREEK NAVIGATION STOPPED. j Received Dec. S, 1-2.20 a.m. ! London, Dec. 7. A wireless message from Rome states that advices from Athens intimate that Dusmanis, Jlatallas, and other Germanophiles have not been recalled, and that King Constantine has ordered the disarmament of civilians. Greek navigation has been stopped completely, and communications with the islands is interrupted. PERSECUTION OF VENIZELISTS BARRICADES IN 1 STREETS. Received Dec. 8, 12.30 a.®. Athens, Dec. 7. Arrests of Venizelists and domiciliary searches continue. The Liberal newspapers have ceased to be published. The Royalists have erected barricades in the streets. A CALL FOR HELP. A PERILOUS SITUATION. London, Dec. 8. Venizelos, in a message to his friends in London, urges the Allies to act immediately in the perilous situation.