GREECE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CV, Issue 16082, 2 October 1916, Page 7

GREECE.

GREEK FIGHTS GREEK. (Australian and N.Z. Cabtlo Assn.) Received 5.5 p.m., Oct. Ist. HOME, Sept. 30. A wireless mossago states that Greek volunteers liavo already arrived .it Salonika. During conflicts in Crete between Venizelists and anti-Venizolists several Germanophilo agents were killed. ROYAL GUARDIANS. Gounnrist Deputies constituted themselves a corps ol : guardians to the Royal family. i King Constantino has asked to- bo put in telegraphic communication with tho Kaiser. FLYING CORPS JOINS ALLIES. ATHENS, Sept. 30. Tho entiro Greek flying corps, with army officers, has joined the Allies' fleet at Canea. The Island of Tenedos has joined tho new Government. Order lias been: restored. . ■. Tho new administration has been established in all the provinces of Crete, cxcopt Heraklion, whero some unrest still prevails. THE KING'S BAD COUNSELLORS. At a religious service in Canea Cathedral in honour of the new Government, tho Bishop in his prayer invoked the Almighty to rid the King of ail bad j counsellors and inspire him to follow the path of duty, which was iiho only I way of national salvation. :■.<<.

RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN OPINION:. Petrograd newspapers are impatient at the apparent slackness of the Allies' diplomacy in Greece. The "Vidcinostii" demands tho immediate removal of King Constantino, who with his ad- ■ visers are merely agents of Germany. Italian newspapers echo this demand. IMPORTANT CONVERTS. Received 5.5 p.m., Oct. Ist. LONDON, Sept. 30. Tlio "Morning Post's" Athens correspondent states that General Danglis, who was Minister of War in M. Venezelos's Ministry, and Chief of tho General Staff in tho Balkan war, has joined M. Vonizelos at Canea (capitalof Crete) and will bo a member of the provisional Government. General Paraskevopoulo, commanding the Tenth Division at Larissa, lias reached Salonika to join tho revolution. He tc-legraphed to King Constantine urging him to placo himself at the head of the national movement. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT] AT CRETE. M. Venizelos and Admiial Condourotis have assumed the reins vernment at Canea. M. Michelidakis, formerly a Ministry under M. Skouloudis, has be< n anoitod at Crete for organising aimed opposi-'* tion to the revolution. KING STILL NEUTRAL". (United Se-vico.) ■ LONDON, Sept. 30. Tlio "Daily Mail's" correspondent at Athens states that a Cabinet Council was held at the Palace. King Constantino presided. No Government changes are contemplated. It .is stated that the King persists in maintain g neutrality, and provious reports to the contrary aro authoritatively declared to bo premature, due to further vaccillation in high quarters. AN ABSURD OFFER. The Allies did not rely on tho Greek Government's original offer, because of its farcical conditions. Tho Government asked for two months' grace before intervention, reserving the right 4° a^g r its mind in the meantime. "WARNING TO THE KING. ("Times" Sen-ice.) ATHENS, Sept. 30. It is reported that General Moscopen las warned the King that every officer and non-commissioned officer would depart for Salonika within a foitniglit. Then it would be impos- 1 sible to mobilise them. Twelve hundred officers havo .now," joined the Revolutionaries. !; VENIZELIST PROCLAMATION. • STRAIGHT TALK.

(Router's Service.) A Canea telegram states that a Proclamation of the Provisional Government lias been signed by Venizelos and Admiral Condourotis. It states that it will bo a liappy event if at the eleventh hour the King will change his, policy, or decide to tako the lead of the national forces alongside tho Allies and Serbians, and drive out the Bulgaiian invaders. In the contrary event it will bo tho Provisional Government's duty to do what is needful to save the country from threatening ruin. In its application of a personal policy the Crown has been the victim of bad counsels, which havo resulted in tho rapproacliement of Greece's liereditory enemies, tho violation of tho Constitution, and internal anarchy. The Proclamation dwells on the refusal of facilities to the Serbians, tho abandonment of territory and flight of , tho population before flio Bulgarians; and tho sending of Greek soldiers under a German guard. Patriots considered it essential to re-establish national unity by immediate return to tho policy which was dictated by tlio national conscience. 1 itaman" NEW SPAPER. SAYS GREECE GOES "TO WAR. Received 11.5 p.m., Oct. Ist. R.031E, Sept. 30. According to the "Roma," Greece, with King Constantino in agreement, has declared war on Bulgaria,