FRONTIER INCIDENT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 29 October 1925, Page 5

FRONTIER INCIDENT

LEAGUE COUNCIL INSISTENT ON IMMt.IMA H: WITHDRAWAL OI : TROOPS (Hy Kloetrle Tolegrupli.—Copyrights (Au*tr*liae A N./' Cable Autoninaon I PARIS, Oil. 27 M. Mriaud ii l< rnii-il the League Conn,il that hr was still awaiting definite t trarco Mulgarini' replies'. The (Reck delegate read ;i telegram (hat i Milt i\ "Hi's were bring math* in tcarli tin agreement in conformity with tin' League' osjiinion. .M. Mriaud declared the explanation was unsitisl'actni \ and lh.it instant wit lullawal war essential. Mi t’lunnherlain uliestiuttril the Greek delegate. win. admitted that while Mu! gars peiiet rat ril tireek territory five hundred ti< -is hunilrril yards the Greekn penetratril live miles info Mill itaiia. LONDON. Ort. 27 ll v learrril that in armrilanre with the decision ul the League (‘•■iiut-il the Miitish military attarhe is going from Athens to the srrne of the (Ircacolhil - gariau rmilliit. 'I he l‘'renrh and Italian attaches tire also going. ALLFGKI) CONTINT.’AXCE OF HOSTILITIES SOFIA. October 27. Greek lifle and machine gun lire was reported in tho direction of Petritch on Tuesday afternnun. Simultaneously Greek artillery allegedly shelled the village of Petrevo. GREEKS KVACOATING ATHENS, Oct. 28. The Greek reply to the Council of the i.eagu e of Nations states that the tireek evaeuatiun of Mulgariti will commence to-morrow. I he incident may now he regarded as dosed. All that remains is for the League to impure into the responsihilitv and claims of the two parties. TIME LIMIT EXPIRES ATHENS, Oct, 28. An official statement, this afternoon announces that Mulgarians this morning rd.tacked Greek force■> near Ranina. SOFIA. Oct. 28. An official announcement this after- : oon states that Greeks this morning fired on a Mulgarian frontier post . PARIS, Oct, 28. Though an Athens telegram claims Mint. Greece despatched a message to the Leagtip Council announcing that troops had been ordered to withdraw mior to receipt- of the Council’s ultimatum. the Council had not received tho note when the time limit expired.