GREECE AND THE ALLIES.
| THE PLEADING OF A PRINCE: :;: STORY ABOUT KING'S TELEPHONE '^ !■■.'• VANCOUVER, Aprils, ?-' Accordhig to a message to London!',?, from Athens, Prince Nicholas of Greecehas written to Lord Burnham, the pro- .n> prietor of the London Daily Telegraph; pleading for better treatment of Greece---by the Allies. - ■■'<■■' <■•'-"• The Prince points out that 'the ; Greeks' great grievance is that ; tiWir'.'ltr ' maritime communications were so para- • lysed that the country waa repeatetily^^' on the verge of starvation. , L Since the German submarines first : ap-^ V..-. peared m the Levant rumors had been - persisted m that their bases were m " v Greek waters. Such rumors might be '' ". | applicable if the Germans needed ..>"*",", base close to the. radius of submarine J^ 1 activity. < The Prince adds that it is now Ibe-"-^ lieyed that the Arabs m Egjfpt ;and ..:-v Tripoli were supplied with arms by aub^" marines direct from Pola, and he cite(T "" an aggravated instance of the Ayie^"'"" 1 rigorous control of the seas. A ▼esiiel, rrT '" Carrying telephone material .fioijnV,-' America for King Constantirie's pakoe, • with General Mosciupolos, commanding*!., the Salonika army corps, his staff, arid ~~ the passengers of the boat were tik'erk"' j into > Miidros, despite their status, nnti*""' detained there for hours. •■ •" —
Alluding to the close ties Between'! 1 Great Britain and Greece, Prfnxje..;, Nicholas says there is a painful impres- •"•'•'- sion amongst the Greeks that full Jus- V tice is not being donfe to them, and they 1 " resent the constant, accusations that Greece has, not kept the Graeco-Serbian treaty, together with the fostering ot • hostile intentions towards the Entente,' " particularly the Allied- army m Mace- ' donia. - /
In conclusion, the Prince asserts thai '. Greece felt- justified with its own interpretation of the Graeco-Serhian treaty, and points out that on several occasions " Greece placed itself at the disposal'of:the Entente, but such offers were sacrificed m the chimeria'ai desire to befriend other PdWers. '" : '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13973, 20 April 1916, Page 3
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