THE BULBAR INVASION.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5445, 31 May 1916, Page 5

THE BULBAR INVASION.

ANGRY DEMONSTRATION. ABANDONMENT OF FORTS. •BUILT WITH BLOOD OF MARTYRS. Salonika, Last Night. A huge gathering at St. Sophia Salonika, demonstrated against Bulgaria. Strong speeches denounced the Premier, and the crowd cheered M. Venizelos and the Allies, and telegraphed to the King protesting against the abandonment of forts built with the blood of martyrs. The crowd tiled to wreck a cafe, where a number of Greek soldiers cheered the Germans. French gendarmes assisted in keeping off the crowd. BULGARS TAKE UP POSITIONS. UHLANS OCCUPY RAILWAY. Salonika, Last Night. The Bulgarian Xanthi division is rapidly approaching the Nestos bridge and a brigade is advancing up the Struma valley from Patrich. Uhlans have occupied the Demirhisaar railway station. It is believed that the Greek garrison has evacuated. Domirhissar. The presence of Bui gar and German patrols in the Demirhisaar region compelled the French to discontinue the motor service supplying the Greeks in Eastern Macedonia. The Greek* in North-eastern Macedonia are falling back on Virria. The Servians are claiming the privilege of fighting in the Allies' front ranks.

GREECE WILL NOT ACT. •A NATIONAL INSULT." Athens, Last Night. Mr Martin Donohue says that apart from protesting to the Central Powers it is unlikely that Greece will a/et. King Constantine was absent from Athens at the time of the Bulgar invasion but returned immediately and summoned the Premier and the War VI mister to a long consultation. The Government is experiencing difficulty in allaying the newspapers’ and the public’s grave concern. The Greeks regard the Bulgarian invasion as a national insult.