SERVIA'S APPEAL FOR AID

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 93, 18 October 1915, Page 7

SERVIA'S APPEAL FOR AID

GREECE WILL NOT MAKE A SACRIFICE, ALLIES AWAITING MORE SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION (By Telegraph. — Press Association. — Copyright.) (Timjs and Sydney Sun Services.) (Received October 18, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 16th October. The Times correspondent at Athens states : The negative reply from Greece to the Servian appeal for aid is based on the Serbo-Grecian treaty, which ie purely Balkan, while the Bulgarian attack on Servia is an incident of the European war. Servia, by implication, recognised the limit of the scope of the alliance by breaking off relations with Bulgaria and requesting the help of the Entente without any previous agreement with her ally, Greece. It was thus evident that Greece was under no obligation to lend military aid to Servia. It was to the interest of both countries that Greece should continue neutral, since intervention would be a sacrifice without the least hope of saving Servia, yet she gives an assurance that she will give all help compatible with the international situation. The Times comments : "This interpretation of the obligations of Greece does not commend itself to the Allied Governments, who await a more satisfactory explanation of Greece's policy." The Corriere della Sera publishes an interview with M. Venizelos, granted on 29th September, which affords a crushing reply, to the German attempts to parallel the landing at Salonika with the invasion of Belgium. M. Venizelos said : "We asked the Powers of the Entente whether they would be disposed to send us troops in case Bulgaria, by attacking Servia, obliges us to help our ally. The Entente replied in the affirmative." The statement shows that the Allies' troops landed at Salonika at the formal request of Greece.