The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-23

stead dqi advance he made through
Thrace.
This suggestion was not accepted. so
II should In justice b. remembered that
the position to-day liz different, with Ger
man and Bulgarian troops entering
Monastir. The King has meanwhile
implicit belief in German power. They
Csrnot beat Germany. They can never
beat her King he said the other day.
and quite recently he expressed his sem
timents In a significant sep.ence.
""They tell me he said. Il am between
the devil and the deep sea and may as
well throw In my lot with the Allies. whose
pressure can be Immediate That is all
very well, but France and England.
whatever happens. will never be too
severe with my country and Germany
will be imrlacable. and my duty is to
save my country the horrors OF Bel
GUM.
The King. furthermore. Is reported
20 have said that the spectre OF Belgium
was continue lily before his eyes. and that
20 sum up the situation. he thinks IT ID
safer to be the enemy OF gentlemen than
Of brigands. He leans therefore tempo.
rarily to our side against his persona
convictions. He Is not SO much afraid
of land guns as OF being blockaded by
sea. Greece has only a fortnights re-
serve Of food and In consequence OF this
the King lives constantly In sight OF
famine.
Food Needed at SRlOnica.
AT Salonica particularly the people
are living from hand to mouth. The
supply boats bring In only enough Hour
TO last two days. So great Is the need
that a cargo OF grain condemned at the
pireus ten days ago was baked into
bread. Much Illness has followed from
eating dark, brown bread. The Ger
mans n Bulgarians are attempting 10
relieve the situation by sending lb.Ooo
tons of wheat by rail from Sofia. but
this gift can hardly be repeated. as the
line over which 1t passed trough
Drama Is now commanded by the Allies,
and from sea our ops'at!ons against
bulgaria must ~infallfbly destroy II
sooner or later between Nanthi and
Gumuljina.'
The correspondent afirms that this
pressure Is responsible for the present
attitude of the King and the Govern
ment. against which must be placed the
unceasing German This
propaganda is largely supported now by
the activities of German submarines In
the Mediterranean. 1t w commended that
these submarines can prevent the allied
battleships from lying OF the bay OF
phaleron. The German submarines
manage TO find bases from which TO
work In many parts of Greece and Greek
Islands. The writer says that Crete has
been used BY the Germans for this pur-
pose and attributes to this fact an oner
OF 1000 C$5,000) to any one causing
the destruction or capture Of a SUBJ
marine.
The correspondent asserts that three
submarines are out of action and that
probably eight remain.
He declares that Nenizelos is the only
man In Greece with "A policy. He re-
tains the ~sympathies of the people, but
the king does likewise. These leaders
thu neutralize one another, the people
generally leaving everything to the King
and Venizelos.
The correspondent declares tina,
elections nov would be a farce. as all
the Venixel!sts are under arms and thus
without votes. The meeting of the
Chamber could be postponed until Feb
ruafy, but events WI not wait. Neni-
Zelos is confident that the Allies will
win.
The respondent says hat tins
army is undecided. as the peop.e and Of
Ulcers are generally prp-German. bu,
many Macedonian soldiers declare the,
will never he willing to fight the Allies
Much Friction at sal0nica.
He adds that affairs at Salonica car
not continue on the present footing
During the first battles at Strumitzl
station, on tie Nardar, the French Gen
cral BADLY required a division In sup
port of his forces. but the Greek Of.
ficer at Salonica refused to supply rail.
way wagons, saying they were needed
for the movements OF Greek troops.
The French did not get the necessary
support. the correspondent says. "Orders
had undoubtedly been given BY the Min
istry % Communication to put the
trains as freely as possible at our dis
position. but local officers interpret the
order as a wish.
"A c~onjoint note by England and
France was to have been presented 10
The Greek Government on November 10
The concessions announced to me by NJ
Rails are probably "a reply In part to
the demands, but are not a complete re-
ply.
The future action in Greece will be
entirely decided by which Power brings
the strongest continuous pressure. There
is no question of sentiment of right or
wrong remaining. We need only vic
tory in the Balkan campaign to bring in
Greece as a cooperating ally"