THE SITUATION IN GREECE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16580, 2 July 1917, Page 4

THE SITUATION IN GREECE.

The rapidity of tho movements in Greece under the new regime furnishes an excellent illustration of the service which Constantine has rendered to Germany in the past two years. M. Venizelos is now taking the steps he would have taken in 1915 but for the intervention of the pro-German King, who drove him from office. Already the return of M. Venizelos to Athens has been more fruitful in the dismissal of pro-Germans from office than all the measures taken by the Protecting Powers from the time Constantine first defied Siem to the day they forced his abdication. The powers of the Throne ,are to be curtailed, and Greece is being put in a state of preparation for war. Relations with Germany have been broken, Greek Ministers have been recalled from enemy capitals, and it would seem that the day of the Greek participation in the war to win back lost territory and keep faith with Servia may not be far distant. Meantime the last element of danger to the Allied armies in the Balkans has been removed. With M. Venizelos in undisputed authority at Athens, and the Greek Army purged of pro-German leaders, the rear of General Sarrail's forces is secure against treacherous attack, and their land communications safe. The Salonika force has been long inactive, but it is not unlikely that we may hear soon that it is doing more for the Allied cause than merely holding the enemy forces in front of it.