GREECE.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1917, Page 5

GREECE.

GREECE FEELING THE PINCH. RESPONSIBILITY FOR MASSACRES. Received 31, 5.3 pjn ; v London, December 30. The Greek Government lias presented a Note to the Entente requesting the raising of the blockade. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber has anounced that it has received information fixing the responsibility upon King Constantino niul the Greek staff for the events on December 1, demonstrating the necessity for,energetic action. It is understood that the second Allied Note to Greece has no 1 been presented, pending King Constantine's fulfilment af his promises.

RICH CORNER FOOD SUPPLIES. London, December 20. .T. M. X Jeffries, writing from Syra, savs: "On the first day of the blockade fie richer classes bought up all the food obtainable, with the result that the poor are already foeling the, pinch and are demanding relief. \ "I visited some of the prisons. The beasts at London Zoo are more decently lodged aud treated. A horde of filtfiy criminals pushed their hands through reeking, rusty bars, clamoring for food, like caged monkeys. I cou'd see only one large decaying plank bed on which tlie inmates presumably slept. In this pla.ee there is a priest who was condemned a year ago for having said that King Constantine had not shown great bravery during the Balkan war "In thf prison I saw many wounded and battered victims of the recent riots. Ninety-four Venizelists who were imprisoned have since been shot. I was told that a party of reservists shot dead, before her mother's eyes, an innocent young girl. '•Greek officers in some parts of the provinces seized all gun ammunition which was under the control of the Allies.

"Crowds in the streets of Volo threw into the sea the furniture from the British military office During the riot reservists killed two French soldiers attached to post offices. Verizclists were murdered in villages with impunity." Received Jan, 1. 7.30 p.m. Athens, Dec. 31. Greece's Iloly Synod has appealed to the Pepe and the Archbishop of Canterbury, urging the raising of the blockade. ITALIANS DEMAND REPARATION. Received Jan. 1 7.40 p.m. Athens, Dec. 31. The Italian Minister handed the Government a Note, demanding reparation for the events of December 1 and 2. There arc otilier demands.