SHADOW OF WAR.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 110, 15 June 1914, Page 7

SHADOW OF WAR.

THE NEAR EAST CRISIS.

FIBM DEMAND FROM OBBBCB.

By Callt.—Press Association.- —Copyright, ATHENS; June 13.

It is semi-officially stated that twenty thousand Greeks from Asia Minor, who have been despoiled of their possessions, have arrived at Chios and Mitylene. Fifty - thousand other Greek fugitives have reached the shores of Asia Minor. ... Greece demands their reinstatement wjfchout filter infestation. ,I ~

\ .'y 3se • • Government* after consulting the leading ordered ■tjie' closing of the Bourse, owing to the

uncertainty of the situation. •• Rentier's Alexandria agent reports that all Greek sailors of the 1908 class have been ordered to joint the Colours.

A CRITICAL SITUATION.

THE PORTE'S DETERMINATION.

LONDON, June 13.

Reuter has received indirect advices from Constantinople that the Porte is determined tb remove the element from all strategic points in ,th"e vicinity, of Constantinople and * the Dardanelles, also, from the Smyrna littoral. The situation at Aivali, opposite Mitylene, is. critical. Thirty thousand Greeks are surrounded by Moslem re* fugees.;who/ With Turks,! attempted to enter the city, but were repulsed.

" WAB IS INEVITABLE." THE PtJBLIC DEMAND. (Received June 15, 9.30 a.m.) ' ATHENS, June 14. ! The : newspaper "Hestia 1 ' declares that war is inevitable. The public generally demand the repatriation ,of the exiled Greeks/the stoppage of persecution nity. " ■ 1 ., •'• The cruiser Helli, which was purchased from America, has left for Greece. • DISMISSAL OF GREEKS. FOREIGN FIRMS IN SMYRNA. (Received June 15, 8.30 a.m.) ; CONSTANTINOPLE, June 14. attempts are/feeing made to obtain the "dismissal of Greeks employed by foreign firms in Smyrna. . ■ . The-.Greeks at- the Bali Akaraidin mines have already been dismissed. Owing to United States representatione, a respite has been granted regarding the ordiqr, in the case of American firms, to enable them to miake other arrangements/ -