GREEKS TO LEAVE THRACE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 9 October 1922, Page 7

GREEKS TO LEAVE THRACE.

BRITAIN AND THE NEUTRAL

ZONE.

Received Oct. 9, 1.15 p.m. ATHENS, Oct. 8. i Cabinet, after a lengthy discussion of the position, instructed the delegates to assume a conciliatory attitude. France severely warned the Greek' Government against the despatch of reinforcements to Thrace. :-

■■.■■ PARIS, Oct. 3. i Advices from Athens state that Cabinet has agreed to tie evacuation of Thrace, provided the decisions of the Powers thereon are unanimous. Receipt of a telegram from M. Venizelos, advising, as a result of his interview with' M. Poincare ; that Greece should abandon the attitude of absolute intransigence, influenced the Government in reaching its decision agreeing to the evacuation of Thrace. The decision caused a sensation xq Athens.—Reutef. Oct. 8. ! It is s^g#f|y*fly emphasised at Downing Stflhlipfnat, despite the Paris agreement, the British attitude towards the neutral zones is unchanged, because it is to guarantee the freedom of the^ Straits that Britain continues to consolidate her position at Chanak. Sir Worthington Evans states that the military advisers now consider the positions at Chanak and Gallipoli safe. "We are prepared to defend our positions at the Dardanelles, but, as Mr.

- Bonar Law said, there is a limit to^ what Britain can do. We cannot acf |f alone as policeman of Europe!— United Service.