RECALCITRANT GREECE

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 291, 6 December 1920, Page 5

RECALCITRANT GREECE

THE FINANCIAL LEVER

ALLIES MAY APPLY IT. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received in.:!o a.m.) LONDON, December ■"». The newspapers point out regarding Greece that if the recent warning be ignored, linancial reprisals and the absence of adequate guarantees will prove serious to Greece.

According to the loan arrangement of 1018 France and Britain each undertook to advance £10,000,000. Britain adcanved £6,000,000 and France nothing so far. 'Hie plebiscite regarding ex-King Uonstantine may imperil the granting of the outstanding" balance of £14,000,000.— (A. and X.Z. Cable.)

TOO LATE TO WITHDRAW.

LONDON, December o, .Mr. Uartiri Donohue, the correspondent of tlio "Duily Chronicle," in a meseagu from Athens received to-day, stated that (ireece was pleased with Britain's attitude toward the recall of (.'onstantine. The country expected far more exacting terms. There was little doubt that the Greek Government would agree to the regulations of the Kntente ['owere regarding loans and treaties. The dismissal of (iermiuiophile officers would lie more difficult, as 1,500 whom M. Veni/.elos dismissed had Ix'eii reinstated. The Government had even undertaken to reimburse tlieir salaries.

Mr. Doiiohoe added that Constantine was expected to board a Greek warahip at lirindisi and to land at Phaleron Bay. He would make a triumphant military entry into Athens, where he would stay a fortnight before taking command of the Greek troops in Asia Minor.

The message was evidently baaed ou an incorrect account of the Allies' intentions published in Athens. Mr. Donohoe telegraphed later that the Allied Note had caused consternation, because something less exacting had been expected. The Greek Cabinet met to decide whether it was too late to withdraw the promised plebiscite.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)

D'ANNUNZIO AND FIUME.

POPULATION OPPOSED TO POLL (Ttccelved 1.30 p.m.) RO>rE, December 5. The rectors of Fiume, as the representatives of the people are called, have resigned. The majority of the people in the city are against Oabriele d'Annunzio in his seizure of the port, and uphold the latest treaty between Italy and Jugoslavia, apportioning the interests of both nations on the Adriatic coast.— (A. and X.Z. Cable.)