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THRILLING NARRATIVE OF THE

THE SALONIKA CRISIS,

A MESSAGE NOT CENSORED BY ATHENS,

DOW THE SITUATION DEVELOPED.

asserted that it was the intention of the Government to enforce the disarmamení of tho Allies in case of retreat.

It must also here be said that the re- porta concerning negotiations between Ger- many and Greece and of the preparation of a coup by the latter country on our troops in Macedonia is confirmed by the fnet of the visit to Athens of Prince you G. J. Stevens sends to the Manchester Hohenlohe, about which complete scoregy Guardian the folowing extremely in-has been kept. The Prince accompanied teresting article which, although dated by Colonel you Marbach, arrived here worth reading-

immediately left in a Greek destroyer for Athens,

CONTROLLED TAVERNS.

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT BY THE CENTRAL BOARD.

The Daily New, has pablished details of . one of the most important social experi- mente that have been undertaken as the result of the war.

EARLY DAYS OF WAR.

Madame Marion Kemp, a celebrated Australias sentralto, gives the Indica Daily Telegraph the following thrilling narrative of her experiences near Liege.

In August, 2014, I went to Pepinston Salonika on November 26. is well from. Dedcagatch on the 26th ult, and the Ministry of Munitions the Central

GUNS POINTED AT ALLIED' 'CAMPB,

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In two of the largest newly-developed. unition areas which have been scheduled under the Defence of the Realm Act by Board of Liquor Control has purchased the whole of the licensed premises; which are to be run under the supervision of been decided that in specified parts of the strong local committees, while it has also

areas every retail trader must obtain a his business. These stops have been taken permit from the Ministry to carry on in order to safeguard the interests of the

periment in State Socialiam

The

intending to stay there will September. To try to send you by the Greek tele- Popinster is right up in the mountains on

graph service the facts which aroused the the German frontier, half-an-hour's ride and influencext our military and naval of the Bay of Salonika has been secretly suspicions of the Entente against Greece

The Karaburun Fort, at the entrance from Liege. I saw the whole mobilisation Authorities to consider the position of the strengthened, defence works constracted, Franco-British troops in Salonika and of the Belgian Army, a sight over to be Macedonia as unsatisfactory and even and heavy guns sunted. The presence of Hongkong & Neuzhou-toids, forgotten, but even at that time, up to precarious would be to submit my to-submarine mines was discovered, stored as gram to such mutilation and even to such ready to be launched, at the mouth of within the day of the declaration of war.porversion of its text as to render it, to the Vardar river. Trenches and barbed workers, and constitute a far-reaching ex- the Belgian people would not believe that say the least, incomprehensible.

wire, defences were constructed on The

Both of the scheduled areas are in the Germany would break the treaty, especia) { adding to or perverting the text of tele the direction of our camps. Even artillery instance. It will therefore surface to give North, and the scheme is the same in each Greek consorship has no scruples about heights above Salónika turned towards ly as they had given out on paper that grams, and this has especially been the is mounted on thego heights with the particulars only of one. they would respect it. Their confidenes case since the appointment at the head of tion. Instead of concentrating the mobi- muzzles of the guns turned in our direc was amazing. It was on Sunday, August dividual who until recently was in the pay frontier, from where the Bulgarian danger the censorship service in Athens of an in-lised Greek army along their castern 3rd, that we first realised that danger was and employ of Baron Schenk, the Ger-threatens, it has been concentrated round imminent. They said that the mobilisation man propagandist.

I have followed very closely for the last be followed should the Franco-British and. Salenika and along the routes that would was only to protect the frontier. When tho

three years events and developments in midday paper came we learnt that Bogian this country, and without any boast on Serbian troops have to retreat frum and German troops were lined up on their my part I believe I can lay claim to ex-

Ghergheli and Monastir,

ALLIED FLKET CLEARED FOR ACTION. rospective frontiers, and shots had actually ceptional knowledge of Greck affairs, On the 19th inst. the British Legation and especially of all those events and been fired by the Geringus. Then it was developments that have taken place in Press, announced the decision of the four

in Athens, iu a communication to the foc everyone for himself.

I received wires Greece since the beginning of the Euro-Entente Powers to apply coercive mea- from London, saying: Get out of the peas war-ovent, which changed the at place at once of else you will never get titude of this country from one entirely received dust ate turmece until they the out of it at all.' The station inster said friendly at the berinzing of the war into adequate guarantees from

one almost oponly hostile to-day. A large army in Macedonia that it was quite true, and if I wanted to

The situation in Salonika last Sunday get out I would have to leave by the first minority of the Greek people, by the had become so critical owing to certain Train, because all lines were commandeared, meaas, introduced by our enemies of military movements made during the day bribery and corruption, have been cajoled, by the Greeks, that it was suspected that That night (Sunday) the whole place was influenced, bought, and won over to the the Greeks were preparing to attack us in panio. There was a great German bal Germans, and as this minority includes that same night. Our fleet in port cleared icon hovering over our hotel and aer the King his entourage, and the military for action; all steamers along the quays planes from Germany came all over Bel-officials, Greece must for the present at and docks were ordered to leave; and a gium. Although war was not declared till least he considered by us as unfriendly. the following day shop were actually fired To do otherwise and to persist in the belief constant watch was kept up throughout

in this country from German influence cause the steps taken by the fleet became tinue to retain, more or less, their rural that we can detach the ruling oligarchy the night from various points in the city.

Township Committee, and the other Fortunately nothing happened, either be

in the surrounding areas, which will con- would be to expose ourselves to the same disappoinment no we met in Turkey and known to the Urecks or because in reality character. The reason for acquiring the Bulgaria.

no harm was intended.

Prince Andrew, of Greece, in an inter-desire to make the control system as water- licenery in these surrounding areas was a view with a journalist of a neutral coun

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MONEY-BQUEEZING ON THE RAILWAY. I will now give you, quoting irrefutable facts, how the situation developed to the present crisis.

about 25 miles long and varying in beadth area consists of a strip of country

establishment of great munition works from a few to several miles. Before the

there it was almost entirely rural in character, the part which forms an excops of fully-licensed premises was 36, of which tion being a country town. The number some 15 might be described as urban public-houses or hotels, and the rest as inns or village taverns. There are also a number of off-licences and spirit licences.

PURCHASED OUTRIGHT The whole of these businesses for the sale of liquor have been purchased outright, the freehold having been bought when tinue, the Daily News understands, to be necessary and the great majority will con-

Two or three have hoen turned, or are carried on, though upon ceform ines about to be burnel, into model lodging.

houses of the workers.. provided for under the scheme of manage Two classes of fully-licensed hours are

Township Arca," under the control of ment, one being in what is called the

the

"It was then that the Belgians believed that Germany had warlike designs. They thought Germany would enter Francs through Luxemburg and would leave Bel- gium alune, On August 4th I left by the first train for Ostend, and we passed right through Liege, hostilities were in progress,

try, raid that his brother the King would In the Township Arce the principal It was only by the guarded railway line

never agree to demobilise, because that munition factories are situated, and most that we got out at all. It was an awful

would strengthen the party of M. Veniof the workers numbering in all about sight to see Three days after I left, Since the first landing of troops in zelos, and on no account wili ho tolerate 20.000-live. Here a great feature of the Pepinster itself was invaded and ransack Salonika the local Greek authorities, civil a return of M. Venizelos to power pre-public-house management will be the pre- ed. Verviers, a town only a shore distance and military, in that town took up an ferring to go, as the Prince added, to the vision of canteens on the most approved away, and Visa were also bombarded and attitude of veiled hostility. The inhabit extent of abdicating. As to a possible burnt down. All these places are around ants and the business community of the bombardment of Athens. Prince Andrews, with, in some cases, means of recrea Liege. The very day after I left every town, at the prospect of a flow of British told the journalist that so long as 80,000 ton, such as billiards, or even cinemato

graph entertainments. railway line in the vicinity was blown up and French money, gave us an interested French soldiers in Macedonia were boste by the Belgians. It was strategy to do welcome. No sooner hat the first continges of the Greek army the Allies would that. Pepinster was a great junction for gent landed than the prices of all com.never dare to fire a shot at any Greek all overland express trains, Friends who modities were promptly doubled

und town, could not pack ap at a moment's notice trebled. To this exploitation of our pocket in by many of our officers. I. however, The threat of Prince Androw is believed we quietly submitted, but the example set are there to-day. They are being fed by the Americau Embassy. Fortunately, they by the people was followed by the State dissent from this opinions and feel more are rich people, but what money they in the exploitation of the mood we were

than confident that if it is necessity to had they have had to give away to the pea-

in to use the State-controlled railways, resort to a regrettable bombardment of

The highest tariff is applied for the Athens, it would cause such an upheaval foul and other necessaries applies only to The scheme for dealing with the sale of sant population on a verbal promise that it will be given back after the war. All transportation of munitions, supplies, etc., and revulsion of feeling that the people the township area, and is not being ad- the Belgian papers stopped on August 8th. augmented by a supertax, exclusively would rise and sweep away all those on ministered by the Central Board, whose

whom the responsibility for such a catas They know nothing of war except from applied to us, of 5 per cent. This is even

powers cover only the sale and consump the German standpoint. Another day and the case when supplies in special trains trophe would rest

tion of alcohol. Permits for the sale of In my considered opinion the newly-broad, maat.

local

Acting under.

The idea of the Township Committee is to make the houses centres of social life and sans amusement. The part of the pre-

building, so that a visit to the public mises where liquor is sold will be as far. - as possible separate from the rest of the

house need not entail the sight of, or con- tact with, alcohol.

I should have been there still. I had my entirely hired by us, which in ordinar acquired Friendship for the Germans ofed by groceries, etc., will be grant purse and my little child with me. Crops circumstances would enjoy a substantial that large minority of the Greek people the Ministry ofmmittee and no goods

matter

THE ANCIENT TORTURERS could have devised nothing more cruel than the frightful twinging pains of

Suiation

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GERMAN FINANCES.

A Swiss banker who has arrived from

Manheim has furnished the Idea Nanzo- note with some details of a meeting of German financiers which took place at the residence and under the presidency of the director of the Diskonte Gesellschaft. The meeting was connected with the loan prepaganda. The chairman in a state- ment on the financial condition of the German Empire said the position of mat ters no longer permitted the situation to be considered with optimism, They must accustom people to the idea that they most renounce all hope of a war indemnity. They must convince them that even though. Germany is victorious her financial posi- tion will be miserable, and it will again be the task of the German people to rebuild Germany as was necessary after the Thirty Years' war,

to M. Skouloudis, The document als contained the request that for reasons of extreme urgency an immediate reply was asked. M. Skoaloudis asked the Minis bers whether the aide-mémoire contained requests of demands.

in the country wore magnificent, and at that time all old women and girls were the full passenger fare is exacted, aug which to-day professes it is but skin" deep. ringing them in. It was going across the mented by 7 por ceat, super-tarif I am not speaking of the Germanophile of the kind will be sold in the district ex- cept by licencees. In this way it is Continent that I first realised what it especially created to apply exclusively clique, bus of the people who for ons re-believed that prices and quality can be was to be a British subject. Everywhere, to us.

son or another have been induced to follow controlled, No objection was raised to this exploits the lead of the clique. This section of although the Belgians were distracted, they tooked to England for help. In spite tion of our needs, but these exactions were people is composed either of people who of all that was happening they seemed followed by a humiliating demand to pay hate M. Venizelos (after the spirit of their to say: England will come England in advance in gold the cost of each train ancestors who ostracised Aristides because will save us. "It was the one cry, that before it left Salonika station. This was he was called "the Just ") or are interest England would help them out of the dif rather an affront to the solvency of Enged in shipping and commerce, to which culty. It is seldom brought home to us to land and France. The State director of interests the European war he brought realise what it is to be a British subject, the railway, however insisted on com- unusual prosperity and large profits and We passed - right through beautiful Lonpliance, and, to avoid further discussion which they would lose if the country vain up through Bruges to Osteud.. We and friction, a compromise was reached by should go to war. Their patriotism is expected to catch a channel boat to Lon-making a deposit in cash at the Greek contented with the rich spoil that the

on that night, but found it had left over National Bank.

easy victories over Turks and Bulgarians- The veiled hostility of the authorities have brought to the country, and as, on loaded. I had to stop at night at Ostend. S HUMIDITY, in parentage of maturation, ku pumidity of air saturated with maisture being 100.

By that time war was in full swing. towards us gradually developed into an the other hand they are told that Ger- There again the same feelings for Britain open one. If we find a house to rent at many wild befriend, Greece and guarantee 4 DINMOTION OF Wam, to two południ

arose. By the time we got to Ostend, a double and treble its ordinary rent the her present possessions, they have no ob- FOROS OF WAarn, woourcing to Bosort Bonis

of three hours, Germany had of military authorities step in annulling thejection to appear the friends of Germany; STATE OF WRITER, 3 bhua sky, o debacked cially declared war on Belgium, although contract and claiming the use of the house but at the same time they are certainly plood, a dricaling rain, I for, gloomy, hashots had been fired on Sunday, the 3rd.

in question for the needs of the State, far from being prepared to fight the Lighting, wensenal, y pasting thomsen, a aqual- z rain, a mow, t thandar, w wisibility, w daw (wel). We were the last to get on board on the

The same is done for any borse, cart or Allies. Even among these that compose 7 Bars in bobes, † senihajandi hundredths, 5th. In the whole of my experience I did carriage that we hire. With the visit of the clique real friendship for Germany not loss a single thing. Other people, how the Greek Crown Prince who came here is not what animates them. A pro-Ger accompanied by the Germanophile officers man policy is the one that at present serves ever, were not so fortunate,"

of the General Staff, officers of the garrison their principal aim, which is the intro- adopted an overbearing attitude, and I duction into the country of absolutism and heard many of them hold conversation militarism and the abolition of constitu- openly in the cafés discussing the aptional government at denst in substance. proach of the Germans and the time when if not in form. they will have to help them to sweep us As to the majority of the Greek nation, out to the sea.

it remains faithful to the traditions of the A Frenchman who passed an innocent recountry that impose gratitude and friend- mark, sitting at a café with friends, about ship to the Powers that protected Creece the German appearance of certain officers. in the past. They look with apprehension Ou Sunday last the four Ministers went accompanying the Crown Prince was and dismay at the prospect of an open to Bee M. Skonlondis and told him that, falsely accused as having expressed him rupture with the Allies, and would mani-since he insisted on knowing whether the self irreverently about the Crown Prince fest their sentiment openly if the right auc-memoire contained requests of de himself, and wa thrown into prison. A of holding meetings and demonstrations mands, he was to understand that it was Greek division quartered in Salonika, had not been abolished by the present the latter, M. Skouloudis then handed whose commander gavo utterance to his Government.

the Ministers the reply of the Greek Goy. indignation at the thought of Greek arms

ernment. It is a lengthy document, in being directed against the benefactors of

which the demands of the Entente are Greece, was immediately deprived of his

neither accepted nor rejected. After Bet command, and two of the regiments com-

ting out all the difficulties that beset, prina and the other to Kavalla,

the division were removed, ong to

according to the opinion of the Greek Florina

Government, an evacuation of Salonika At the critical moment during the recent complications,

by the Greek army, it refers the study attacks by the Bulgarians, when rein- In my despatch from Balonike I have of these difficulties to the Greek and forcements from Salonika were urgently explained the events that aroused the Anglo-French Military staffs. needed to be sent to the front, this neces suspicions of France and England and

A SAFE EMBARKATION." sure train was refused on the excuse that provoked their first pointed question to The adherents of the Government de the line was then occupied a statement the Skouloudin Cabinet as to whether, in not conceal that the main object of the which was afterwards found to be untrue, view of the assurances of benevolent neu-reply is to gain time. The belief has THE ALLIES FIRST DEMARCHE !! trality they had repeatedly received from gained ground among the oligarchy which it, the Greek Government was prepared to | now rules this country that the Allies do All these facts gave food for thought, give the guarantees required by England not intend to prosecute their campaign and with the intention of dissipating the and France for the safety of their army in Macedonia. They kase their belief on suspicion they raised, the French, Minister in Macedonia, The Skouloudis Cabinet cer

certain expressions of personal made by the French Minister. M. Denya Cochin, to King Constantine and to M. expressions were used by Lord Kitchener Skouloudis They also allege that similay These expressions were duly brought to the knowledge of the German Government, which promptly gave assurances to the Greek Government that if the Allies would be persuaded to withdraw from Balonika the Bulgarian and German armies would not interfere with the operations and would remain inactive on the Greek frontier.

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Athens, November 30th, The negotiations with the Greek Gov. ernment concerning the safety of the Allied army in Macedonia have entered & new phase that is pregnant with further

in Athens asked M. Skouloudis, the Pre- replied that Greece was mier, what Greece intended to do if the every guarantee that was patenter to give troeps of the Allies bad to retreat from The categorical considered quite satis made without any Serbia into Greek territory. The reply reservation, was

any

M. Skouloudis gave was that, as to the factory and in consequence the Entente French and British troops, they would be readily acceded to the request of M. disarmed by the Greek army, and as to Skouloudis to raise the embargo placed the Serbian troops they would be disarmed on wheat cargos, destined for Greece. and interned.

It was a disconcerting reply and The Batente then banded to M. Skou- and when loudis Ba aide-mémoire in which were set Skouloudis saw the bad effect it pro out the guarantees the Entente required, duced he tried to palliate it by explain. As I wired you from Salonika, the Eu ing that such would have been the duty tente asked for the evacuation of Salonika of Greece as a neutral Stato: but that in by the Greek army and the right of reality he had no intention of doing so policing Greek ports and territorial This explanation was naturally not waters against German submarines These nccepted ag sincere, especially as the demands were set down in the aide mémoire Athens Press favourable to the Skouloudia which the Ministers of France Britain, Cabinet openly discussed the question and Tussia, and Italy handed in collectively

Hence the explanation of the loudly pro claimed protestations of the Skouloudis Cabinet that should the Allies decide to re-embark their troops, the Greek army would protect and defend them until the lost soldier had loft the soil of Greece.