THE GRECIAN CRISIS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11696, 16 October 1916, Page 5

THE GRECIAN CRISIS.

SENSATIONAL ROYALIST PLOT. FRUSTRATED IN TIME. KING’S PALACE FORTIFIED. London, Oct. 14. The'Morning Post’s Athens correspondent gives details of a sensational Roaylist plot. He states that several army divisions were concentrated at Tsojtia, iuCorinth, intended to cover King Constantine’s flight from Trikals, in Thessaly, entrench there and await strong German forces, when they would jointly attack the Allies. Large supplies of arms, ammunition and military equipment has been railed to Trikals in the past fortnight, the Government commandeering the grain reserves in Thessaly for the plotters. Admiral Du Fournet’s seizure of the Piraeus -- Larissa railway frustrated the plot. Athens station was seized, just in time to prevent the despatch of a long train of arms, munitions', and field batteries_to Larissa., King Constantine’s palace at Tatoi, near Athens, has been strongly fortified with breastworks and wire entanglements. A PLOT THAT FAILED. DEFEATED BY DRASTIC MEASURES. London, Oct. 14, The Evening .News Athena’ correspondent says it is rumoured that the Germanopfaile navy planned a great coup against the Allies’ fleet, with the assistance of German submarines, but recKoned without the Allies’ sympathisers, who warned the Allied officers and the coup was frustrated' by the Allies’ drastic measures. YENIZELOS HONOURED. Salonika, Oct. 15. M. Veuizelos had a tremendous ovation at a bnaquet in honour of the Provisional Government. In the course of his sp?och he emphasised that tbe Bulgarians must he expelled from Greece. His reference to the latter’s duty to Servia evoked great enthusiasm. He announced the convocation after the war ol a National Assembly, with the object of establishing new safeguards against the violation of the constitution by a monarchical chief. NEW CABINET RECOGNISED BY ENTENTE. Athens. Oct. 18. The Entente has recognsied the new Cabinet. Sir Francis Elliott, British Ambassador, visited the Foreign Minister. The Crown and Council have accepted Admiral Du Fournet’s note, wherein he demanded control of the Greek police, the prohibition of citizens carrying arms, the prohibition of despatch of war. material to Thessaly, the lifting of the embargo on the exportation -'cf wheat to Thessaly. DISARMAMENT OF GREEK FLEET. Koine, Oct. 14. The Tribuna asserts that the disarmament of the Greek fleet was due to information that a ship proposed to go through the Dardanelles and join tbe Turks. The Italians took possession Jof fthe tbrpedoers. The French took the destroyers and the [British hold the submarines.