GREECE AND THE ALLIES.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15465, 18 December 1915, Page 11

GREECE AND THE ALLIES.

DECISION MUST BE MADE. MENACE OF THE CENTRAL POWERS. ' THE BULGARIAN FACTOR ("Times'' and "Sydney Sun" Services.) (Received December 17th, ."5.5 p.m.) LONDON. December 16A corrosiwudent who interviewed King Constantino, telegraphing from Athens on Tuesday, says: —"The moment lias arrived when Greece must make grave decisions. The circumstances make it probable that the Centra] Powers will request facilities to march through Greece similar to those granted to the Allies. But are the Aus-tro-Germans numerically sufficient, and if insufficient, will they invite the Bulgarians to accompany them I' "Will the Bulgarians, in any case, consent to remain where they are ? The. whole question turns on this. "It is most doubtful whether Greece would 6it still if she sow the Bulgarians in territory lately won by Greek lives and blood. Even if the Government were content to do so, public opinion would probably piovo unrestraiiiable. The Government can be trusted to run no risks. Neutrality is Greece's aim, but the Government consists of Greeks, and every Greek is a patriot, and Greece would abandon her neutrality if events united her Sovereign, her Government, and her people.*' LONDON. December U>. The Vienna newspa-*-; "Noiie Fsvie Prc.<v>r" says: —"The Central Powers cannot suffer the Entente to create a second Calais at Salonica. The war .nust logicajly extend to Greek territory. If Greece is too weak to defend herself, she will find her true friends arc the Central Powers.'" ATHENS, December lb*. The newspaper "Neon Asty" says that Bulgaria has promised to cede IXiiran and Ghevgeli to Greece. THE ALLIES' OBJECT. SATISFACTOR V SETTLEMENT EXPECTED. LONDON, December 16. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil said that the immediate object of the Allies was to regularise the military position and to deny to

Bulgaria and the Central Powers any direct or indirect control over This, ho believed was m accordance with Greece's wishes- He honed that negotiation-- would won be satisfactorily concluded. TUE GREEK FRONTIER. REPORTED STATEMENT BY BULGARIAN MINISTER. (Received December 17th. 5.30 p.m.) LONDON. December ](5. Mr Martin Donoho--. telegraphing from Athens, says it is reported that the Bulgarian Mini.-te r declared that the Bulgarians would respect Greek neuand neither now nor in the future would she cross the frontier. Bulgaria is rni-ing a new army, estimated at 1.30,000 men.