The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-26
During Conference With King
Constantine British Minister Of
War Assures Grecians That
Central Powers Cannot Win
SPRING WILL WITNESS
AMAZING FIELD STRENGTH
Representations Made BY Field
Marshal Are Believed To Have
Placed Government At Athens
In More Friendly Attitude
(AssOciated Press By Federal wireless,

(Assoeiated Press by FEDERAL Wirelessb
DARIS, November 24.--That the
Hpowers of the Entente were caught
= unprepared to carry out a long
campaign when Germany and Austria
precipitated the war for which they, on
their part, had been long preparing, was
admitted by Lord Kitchener to King
Constantine of Greece, and advanced
by him as the reason why the opening
year Of the war had apparently gone
against the Entente and had allowed
the Central Powers TO carry ON the
greater part Of the lighting outside Of
their own boundaries. ,S S. Nh
That the Entente had now made mp
for all the lack of preparation and hal
placed itself in a position of command.
ing strength was also the contention
Of Lord Kitchener, who assured the
nrecian King that Great Britain, by
the beginning of next March, would
have a force Of 1000, 900 men In the
field in her army while her strength nj
sea would be such that the British su.
prem, .cy aadat woIld be unehallenge-
able. -E..- :atFa 4
win Army 100000 Russians
In addition, by neat spring, Great
Britain would be able TO amy and sun.
ply a Russian army Of six million men,
in addition to the force whieh the Rus
sian government would have armed and
supplied for the carrying on Of an Of.
fensive campaign on the eastern 'front.'
Not only will the Teutonic Alliance be
still closer hemmed in on every :. sea
front, but the early spring will find
the Austrians and Germans being press.
ed back upon their own borders and
obliged to fight for the very existence
of their own countries. There win be
no question OF territorial annexation by
either Germany or Austria when the
real struggle begins, but desperate ef-
fort on the part of those countries 10
hold what they had before the war be-
gan. g.. .,.rr s..4.s
The British war lord was able TO pre-
sent the facts Of the situation so fofei,
bly, before both King Constantine and
Premier Skouloudis that il il believed
certain now that there viii be no active
assistance given by Greece TO Bulgaria
or the central Powers, while the entry
Of Greece into the war on the side Of
the Entente is again n near pfob&-
bility. K" so ~
venezelos May Return
AB consequence OF tine altered STU
alton in Greece, II is reported in de-
spatches from Athens that Premier
Skouloudis, who formed his cabinet on
the basis of the preservation of neu.
trality, will be forced to resign, when
Vehezelos, as the only man able to
form cabinet which has the confidence
of the country, win have to be called
upon again by the King. NV
As another outcome Of the, altered
situation, it was announced by the Brit
ish government yesterday that the in.
tended economic and commercial block
AIDE of Greece had not been instituted
and that no Greek ships were being de-
tanned in British ports. ~ E.g
The Bulgarian minister in Athens yes
terday, according to dispatches sent by
the Havas agency there, issued state
ment on the developing situation In
which he is said that he has good rea.
sons to believe that the people OF
Greece and the Greek government, I'M
der no circumstances, woula allow their
troops to march against either the Bull
garians or the forces of Austria and
Germany. =. H.s