The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-22
Big GREEK ARMY ON
WATCH AT KAYALA
Hellenic Forces Face Bulgar
Flank On Eastern
Frontier.
ALLIES GET MORE MEN

By mall 70 Messina. whence Il was teis.
sraphed here. the Athens correspondent
Of the Dolly xoN cites among the causss
for the change In the situation In Greece
the Allies blockade Of Greece and King
C~onstantins's lessening fear Of Germany.
The correspondent adds that the news
from c~onstantinople Is unfavorabie to
h Germans and that Greek ~privateer.
Ing 10 proceeding along the coast Of Asia
Minor. He continues:
The blockade deprived orsses Of
wheat and severed her communications
with other countries. She 10 even unable
to communicate directly By cable with
the United States. German threats Of
submanne activity In Ionian waters have
not matertalissd in anything like the
degree promised.
k1ag's ODsntsn Rsvtsea.
the German declaration that four
eresh army corps would be 1t the Greek
frontier about November 20 also IL un-
fu'nlled. These v failures gave Kins
Constantine the frst insight into the
great shan.
The halt Of the German and Buisa.
riAn forces On the threshold Of Greece
to-day 10 suficient proof that enough
German troops are at present lacking.
while h Allies reenforcements are ar.
irving regularly.
Greece 10 Influenced also by reports
received In Athens from the Greek Min
ister In Berlin telling Of the bad inter.
nal situation and violent riots in front
Of the Rsichstas building.
"Qofman tP000a havA uo< 81 ap~t~>A
In Constantinople. The Turks are an
gered BY the despatch Of -FOUR TO Bsr-
lin. Tor they have moi much to spare.
Expectation Of cattle to Germany has
been resisted. Coal and petrol are
scarce and the anti-Gennan party In
Turkey 10 growing. II Is led BY Ahmed
Risa. former president Of the Chamber
OF Deputies, who opposes the German
demands to control the police and the
ministries OF War. Finance and Pebble
Works."
Tho correspondent regards the crisis
between Greece and the Allies as past,
Nj adds that Greece Is face to face
with a greater crisis In the presence
OF the Bulgars at the frontier.
The Greek Government" continues
the despatch. says the Bulgars will not
be allowed to pass the border. but II
has no plans for dealing with a mixed
BULGARIAN and German force. All sug.
gsstions regarding neutral ZONES or with
reference to the Bulgarians not enter.
ing Greece are to be disregarded.
The Germans desperately want e
capture Salonica as a submarine base
and annul the Allies prestige In the
Balkans. The Greeks feel that tho Bull.
sars are out for revenge and expec,
them to cross the frontier.
Nnyu-aa $500 M 49,
1T seems probable that II they cros,
King Constantine will put himself a,
the head Of the army. Generals com.
handing army corps throughout Greece
have informed the Government tina,
there 10 excitement among the soldiers
and that many officers hitherto under thu
influence Of the Germanised General
Stan have said hat no Bulgarian shall
enter Greece.
collisions between small par.
ties Of Greeks and Bulgars have taker
place. Fifteen ships have transported
Greek troops from the G~uevgheli lone "a
kavala, where now a large Greek army
Is facing the Bulgarian hank.
This may possibly ave some innu.
cnce on the present Gemano-Bulgaria
halt. Nevertheless they are morally
bound to push on. and IL our troops car
| epbot az otSNt Nio hIrN teu udyt
II Is perhaps o loo much to say tina,
things will go we'll and that the Balkan
and Turkish situation will be materially
improved"
The ~FrdwkfSrter ZeitNn0 reports q
clash between Greek and French forces
in Fort karaburna, which dominates
Salonica. The report Is that Greek gun.
ners In the fort opened nre on a French
detachment because It failed to halt ii
the sentry's call and that the French
were put to Night.
While most Of the Greek troops have
been Withdrawn from Salonica, Con,
s%tantine's forces still occupy Kara burma
fort. .Advices to 4erman newspa peri
say the French have failed In repeated
requests that the Greeks abandon thi,
fort to them.
The number Of Austro-German troops
arriving from the north at the Greek
frontier increases steadily. One detach.
men OF 10000 passed through Brusnik
near Krivolak. yesterday. The Bulgari.
ans are !ntrenching themselves along
the border.
King Peter Of Serbia arrived to-day a
Caserta. Italy. about twenty miles north
OF Naples, lie was accompanied b,
Premier Pachitch and several officers,
The King was received by Princess
Natal Of Montenegro. lie looked n
and leaned heavily on his walking stick
As he proceeded to the royal palace h,
was respectfully greeted by the people.