Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-16
GREEK ATTITUDE
CAUSES ANXIETY
Ministers of Allies Demand That
Government Unequivocally
Define Position.
ASSURANCES FROM GERMANY
Fight for Serbia Goes On, but
Progress of Invaders
Is Slow.

LONDON. November l5.--The intima-
ton Of the Greek government that any
allied troops seeking refuge in Greek
territory will he disarmed has been
! the cause of considerable anxiety TO the
entente powers. and. consequently. Earl
kitchener's visit to the Near East is
| gaining increased prominence
According to belated dispatches from
! Athens. Greece bases her decision on
international law, while the entente
powers contend that the right accorded
TO troops to enter the country through
Shioniki permits them TO retire by the
same rote. should it become necessary
for them TO do SO. The minister's are
demanding that Greece unequivocally
define the attitude she will observe
should such an cventuality present
! itself.
Besides the claim TO the hospitality
which the cntchte allies declare they
nave On Greece, in view of the then
Premier Nenizelos's invitation to them
10 send force TO Saloniki to enable
Greece to fulnll her treaty obligations
TO Serbia. which. however, Greece re-
pudiated. Earl Kitchener or the en-
tente ministers arc likely 10 draw tho
attention of King Constantine and his
government to the fact that the con-
! stitutionalism of Greece was ruaran-
tced by France Russia and Great
Britain. and that il was only obtained
after Great Britain had ceded the
lonian lands To that country and three
powers had agreed TO contribute sec, 900
yearly for the personal use OF the King.
GREEK IsG.op, 7, v,nIiSp
TO ENTENTE ALLIES
This. il is contendcd. binds the Greek
people TO the entente allies and should
King Constantine ovcrrule the Consti
tuition. which the followers of NJ. Eeni
zelos said he did when he dissolved tho
cabinet. II is thought in some quarters
| that King Constantine would be re-.
/ minded that his retention Of the throne
oil greece depends on continuance of
| friendly neutrality towards the en-
tente allies.
| The Germans, on the other hand. are
declared to be assuring the Greek gov
ernment that Greece will be protected
against the entente allies should that
country prefer the central powers and
'hat. as evidence OF the ability OF Aus
| tr'a and Germany 10 do this. are dis
patching more submarines to the Mcdi-
tefranean which could he used against
any Meet threa tening Greek ports
Meantime. the fight for Serbia pro-
cecds without abatement
The Austrians and Germans claim
| complete success. but il is apparen,
their progress is slow, the Serbians
! having reached their mountain rorcs,
! fortrcsses in Serbia. and soft roads
| making II difficult for the invaders 10
| bring up their heavy artillery wt,h
which they always back up their in
| fantry.
! In the south there is little ar no
! change. In the district northwest ar
| uskup the Serbians still hold tho Eut
chanik dciilc. barring the Bulgarians
from the great plain of koSoyo while
TO the south OF that country. in tho
/ region or tskup. struggle has taken
PEice Tor Inc possession Of Tctcovo,
WHICH mas changed hands several times.
J The Bulgarians captured Tetcoyo yes
terday. but a report received at the
serbian legation tonight SAYS that tho
Serbians have rcoccupicd the town
REVIVAL. OF FIGHTING
on WESTERN FRONT
| ihcrc mas been revival OF hard
. hghtIng on the western front. The
nefnians claim 10 have captured 200
! ''N'N'' W ' 'itHtn near f.curlG. whila
the French rcpor, the repuise OF Ger
man attacks against the labyrinth i'm
Artois and also aGains, Tahurc. i'm
Champagne.
The Russians continue their ofrcnse
west of Riga. and are making an effor,
I" secure control of the railway which
| connects Mtau with Winduu. Farther
south they have attacked the GcrInana
near Smorgon, on tho railway running
eastward from Wilma This ott,cl,
probably was undertaken to prevent
the Germans from sending rc-enf force
nsnts 10 the Riga sector The Ger
| mans claim TO have driven, the Russians
! back across t''c Styr River
Ihe italians continue their offensive
/ against the Austrians Vicnnu's re-
, port IKE preceding ones says the Of
fcnsive has failed.
t'ritish forces i'm Mcsopotamiu ,re
reported to have arrived two wcc,tS
ago at Azizeah. forty miles by railroad
from Bagdad.