GREEK PREMIER

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9115, 6 August 1915, Page 5

GREEK PREMIER

VISITED BY MINISTERS OF ENTENTE POWERS By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyright .ATHENS, August 4. Ministers of the Quadruple Entente paid a collective visit to M. Gounaris, the Greek Premier, and made joint representations on the. questions of the clay. M. VENIZELOS^M^TRETURN TO POWER 13/ Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received August o, 3,25 p.m.) LONDON, August 5. Athens reports that the Government Journals aro not hostile to M. Venizelos’s return to power. They are facing the eventuality tranquilly. Ths, King, wiK. has been restored to health, will immediately offer the president of the chamber the choice of seeking a way out comfortably to a constitutional charter, or charging M. Venizelos with the duty of forming a Cabinet. GRECIANTiTM SERViA By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyrigh I LONDON, August 4. Reuter’s agent at Athens reports that the Greek newspapers, without distinction of party, are commenting upon tho Turco-Bulgarian entente.' They say that in the event of Bulgaria attacking Servia, Greece would prove that the treaty between Greece and Servia was not a vain word. Greece would consider it an obligation and honour to aid Servia immediately. A wireless from Berlin, states that tho German Bank Coalition has secured an option of 230,000,000 francs of tho Bulgarian State loan. The Coalition is also assured the_ right of an option, until August, 1917, of a further 230,000,000 francs, and the right of railway and harbour construction works in Bulgaria.

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY PARDONED

By Telf^rfvph—PrtDs Association —Copyricbl PETROGRAD, August 4. Vladimir Bourtzeff, the Russian revolutionary, has been pardoned.

[Hie following message was published on September 24th, 1914:—1t is reported from Stockholm that Vladimir Bourtzeff, the famous Russian revolutionary, who in 1912 took a prominent part in unmasking Azeff, the former secret police agent, has offered his services to Russia. Bourtzeff bore a letter from Prince Kropotkin, the Russian traveller and revolutionist, now in London, which stated that tho German menace to Sweden was far greater than the Russian menace to Europe. LABOUR PARTIES By TeloKrapb*—Prftns Aa'KicJa.i.ioTi—'■Copyright SYDNEY, August 5. The “Daily Telegraph,” commenting on the New- Zealand National Ministry, says:—“Usually in a thickly-popu-lated country personal difterences form an insurmountable obstacle. The Labour party in numerically negligible in New- Zealand; that is a reason no difficulty has arisen, which tact and patriotism and some self-sacrifice has been unable to overcome.” Tho papercontrasts this with the Australian Labour party, “ruled by a caucus which forces Cabinet to introduce contentious legislation.” •‘MISERABLE SHIRKERS” .1 y Telegraph—Preas An.nrinMn-i Copj-riclo LONDON, August 4The Archbishop of Y T ork (Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang), preaching at Hull, said tho Government ought to take courage and test tho people’s real strength and capacity for sacrificeThere were still thousands miserably shirking, and ready to sell their birthright for a mess of pottage. COTTON AS CONTRABAND

By Telegraph—Press Aeporintion—CopyrfifM LONDON*, August 4. The Manchester City Council has passed a resolution calling- upon the Government to. declare cotton contraband. FRENCH WOMEN SPIES B y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrlffii • PARIS, August 4A French woman of forty-two years was sentenced to fifteen years* imprisonment, and her daughter, aged nineteen, was sentenced, to death for coni' nmnicating information to the Gormans at Souchez in October last- They were arrested after months spent in Germany as prisoners. SHOOTING_INC!DENT By Telegraph—Preas Association—Copyrielu (Received August 5, 10 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 5. At the inquest on Max Arndt, vyho was shot in the German concentration camp on the 23tb of July, the evidence showed that owing to the news of . the progress of the German army Poland being brought by recent prisoners, the camp became mutinous. On the 26th, the whole camp rcfiiggj to work, and the discontent grew-. Mass meetings were held, and the officers were defied. On tho afternoon of the 28th the position became threatening, and precautions were taken.

Sentry Cox stated that Arndt refused to obey orders, and mimicked and insulted him. Witness informed his officers, who told him that if the trouble recurred to load his rifle, cab out the guard, and have the offenders arrested. As soon as the officers left, tne trouble restarted, and a crowd gathered. He obeyed his instructions, and then warned Arndt to stand still, but he made a dive for the barracks. Witness fired a shot, intending only to wound Arndt. A verdict was returned that Cox shot Arndt in the legal exercise of his duty.

[lt was reported yesterday that an inquiry had been opened into a shooting incident at the German concentration camp. The only evidence of identification was that the victim was named Max Arndt-]