THE BALKANS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 17 March 1915, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

AN APPEAL TO <GS3EECE

TO ABANDON NEUTRALITY

GERMAN SSJTRIGUE IN BULGARIA-

ATHENS, March 16

The newspaper Embrbs declares that Turkey has renewed her offer to renounce in favor of Greece her claim to all islands in the Aegean Sea occupied by the Greeks if Greece will maintain neutrality.

M. Venizelos has published a state-

xnent appealing to the new Government to abandon its neutrality. He urges that the present moment offers

Greece the chance to quadruple itself

If the Ministry embraces the oppor--rkunity, M. Venizelos guarantees the

support of a majority in Parliament.

LONDON, March 16

Fugitives at Bucharest from Constantinople report that there is much talk of a possible deposition of the Sultan.

If the Allies force the Dardanelles the Turks have resolved to >sink the Breslau and Goeben. «

Germany is trying to induce Turkey to restore to Bulgaria the territory of Thrace, in accordance wjth the Treaty of London, in return* for active sup- -,.-'■ port, with the object >of embroiling ■Ar.f t Bulgaria with the Entente. , " Bucharest states -piat several of the associates of M. Venizelos have arrived at Sofia, suggesting a reconstruction ofithe Balkans League. The Bulgarians cordially received the Greeks. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 16. The German banks sent thirty-two cases of gold to Berlin.