ALLIES TAKING STRONG MEASURES.
LONDON, Oct. 12. The "Morning Post's" Athens correspondent states that the Entente lowers are taking strong measures against the Huiienic Government. Admiral _Ou Pournet proceeded to Athens, and, :n the name of the Allies, demanded the surrender of the torpedo flotilla, the disarmament of the large ships and the shore butteries, also the transfer pf the Piraeus-Larissa railway, the policing of Piraeus harbour, and the Salamis areenal. . The Greek Government handed formal acquiescence to the British Legation. ■ .■'■■ Other Athens messages state that toe ultima cum wae due to the necessity of securing the safety of the Allied fleet, in view of the activity of pro-German ■societies'in Greece. The forts of which the surrender is required, commanded the moorings of the Franoe-British fleets.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16751, 14 October 1916, Page 5
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