GREECE.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1917, Page 5

GREECE.

ATTSTRO-GERMANY.

DISQUIETING NEWS. MORE GRECIAN DECEIT. Received Feb. 19, 10 p.m. United Service. Athens, Feb. 18. Mr. Jeffries says the position in Greece is disquieting. Eighty thousand rifles have been received from the army, but none from the civilians, despite the Government decree. The civilians' weapons are incalculable. During November arms were delivered in the streets like handbills. The want- of information regarding arms prevents the formulation of definite demands and their fulfilment, which will lead to the raising of the blockade. He adds that the general staff are apparently trying to mine the Corinth Canal and are indulging in obvious military deceits. PROVISIONING QUESTION UNDER CONSIDERATION. Reufer Service. Received Feb. 19, 8.30 p.m. Athens, Feb. 18. Information from official sources is to the effect that Sir Francis Elliott (British Minister) informed the Foreign Minister that the Entente was considering the question of provisioning Greece.

POLES STILL PERSECUTED. A DEPUTY COMPLAINS. Received Feb. 19, 5.5 p.m. Zurich, Feb. 18. Herr Trant Czinski complained that the German authorities were still persecuting the Poles in regard to the language and religious questions, and imprisoning workmen lor evading forced labor. ENTENTE'S ECONOMIC WAR. AFTER PEACE DECLARED. Received Feb 19, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, Feb. 18, A message quotes, a Russian newspaper statement that the Entente representatives will hold a conference in Rome on the 12th June to discusß measures for an economic warfare after peace. FAILURE OF ZEPPELINS ADMITTED. London, Feb. 18. The Central News Geneva correspondent reports that a lady who dined with Count Zeppelin says that the Count admitted that Zeppelins were no longer useful, because the British had discovered an effective means of combating them.

ACCEPTING THE INEVITABLE, Rome, Feb. ' 18. The German newspaper Grazerpost sayg that perhaps war with the United States would be a blessing, because after the war she would be the only country able to pay a large indemnity to the Central Powers. The only result of the entry of the United States into the war will be to pay us money, while the Allies pay territory.

ADMIRAL KILLED IN A REVOLT.

Rome, Feb. 18. Austrian deserters says Admiral Hans, commander of the Austrian fleet, was killed in a military revolt at Pola. NEW WAR CREDIT. Amsterdam, Feb. 18. It is expected that the new German war credit .will be 700 million sterling. JANUARY CASUALTY LIST. London, Feb. 18. The Press Bureau states tbat the official list of German casualties for January, not necessarily incurred in January, contains 77,533 names, of whom 14,192 were killed. A LARGE DEFICIT. Eeceived Feb. 19, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Feb. 18. An explanatory note regarding the Imperial Budget of 1917 lias been issued. Berlin announces tbat new war taxes will bo necessary to cover the deficit in the ordinary_budget of sixty-two and a half millions sterling. It is intended to impose an ad valorem tax on coal, and tax passengers' goods, railways and domestic shipping, and also increaso tke wcmu profits tut ' '■