TRIPLE ENTENTE'S OFFER TO GREECE.
PROVINCE OF SMYRNA IF 50,000 TROOPS BE SENT.
CROWN COUNCIL BEUXTVES THAT XT COTTUk MOT BS HELD,
PARIS, March 17. 31. Venizelos, ex-Premier of Greece, in an interview, said that twice since the outbreak of war the Triple Entente bad asked Greece to send men to help Servia, but the attitude of Bulgaria prevented this. When -operations in the Dardanelles commenced, the Entente semiofficially inquired whether Greece was disposed to intervene. Thereupon M. Venizelos proposed to send 50,000 troops, and, in exchange, Greece was to receive the Vilayet of Smyrna. The Crown Council rejected this proposal, believing that it would be impossible to defend Smyrna.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 5
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