POSITION IN GREECE.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15773, 14 December 1916, Page 7

POSITION IN GREECE.

A MOBILISATION ORDER ISSUED BY CONSTANTINE. (By Cable. —Prosa Association. — Copyright.) (Australian and IC.Z. Association J ROME, December 12. _ Kins Constantino lias ordered a general mobilisation. PLATING- FOR TIME. LONDON, December 12. The ""Daily Telegraph's" Piraeus correspondent states that King Constantino and the military are trying to gain time. The rest of the population is alarmed at tho pro?pect of war with the Entente. Allied subjects have left Athens and are living in requisitioned boats at tie Piraius and Ekaterini. Only the

Entente Ministers arc remaining at Athens. Six thousand Yenizelists have taken refuge at the Pirauis. ;v> arrets eontinue. The Government states that it is willing to make reparation and dismiss certain army officials, but is opposed to the re-establishment of Allied control or disarmament. It lias hurriedly transported to Athens wheat which was stored at the Piraius. THE STOLEN ARMY CORPS. ; TRAINED BY THE GERMANS. ] (Received December loth. 7.20 p.m.) i LONDON. December 12. A wireless message from Berne &t-ates that information lias been re- , ceived from an official German source that the Commander of the Greek Army corps which is nominally interned at Goerlitz. has received King Constantino's orders to hold itself in readiness to co-opcratc with the Germans and j against General Sarrail. j Preparations have been m progress for the, past -week for the transport, of the corps towards Macedonia, and it is believed that it is now en route. The troops were never treated as interned men, but received systematic training from German instructors. The indications are that from tbo outset Constantino and the Kaiser arranged to use them against ih© Allies at the first opportune moment-. A USTRALIAN 0 PINION. (Received December 13th, 10.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 13. The Greek community is cabling to M. Yenizelos, expressing entire agreemment with his policy, and protesting against the Royalist attitude, which it is predicted is bringing tho whole nation to the abyss of ruin and destruction. ENTENTE SUPINE. THE OUTRAGES CONTINUE. ("The Tim=e.") (Received December 13tli, 10.20 p.m.) LONDON, December,l3. ''The Times" correspondent in an uncensored despatch from Greece states that anarchy still prevails, and tho inquisition against tho Yenizelists continues. M. Gounaris, and judicial functionaries, are conducting daily botise-to-house searches, and imprisoning increasing numbers of Venezelists, who are reported to be shot in tho prisons at night time. A reign of terror exists surpassing tho worst record of Abdul Hamid. The Allies are still unable to protect their Greek friends. Tho Germanophile Press has published a forged political letter in M. Venizelos's namo as proof of an alleged anti-royalist plot, in order to bolster tin the abominable Royalist outrages and tho attacks on tho Allied troops The Government is complacently permitting their press organs to launch every conceivable accusation against MYenizelos and bis supporters, knowing that the Venezelist journalists are unable to reply. 'All the property of those imprisoned has been destroyed. No Yenizelist newspaper has been published since December Ist. "The Government organs are taking advantage of the absence of Allied reprisals ■ for the outrages, and now assert that Greece han no desire to fight the Allies so long as tho Allies, having learnt their lesson, abstain henceforward *Vo9i interfering with Greece's internal affairs. >•