Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-11-17
Demand That Greece Dfm9biiZe
The Alternative Is to fulfill Treaty 0bIiga
tions to Serbia, II Neither Fight.

+. tlons to Serbia, II Neither Fight.
Q Nov 21.-Field Marshal Lore
Kitchener has left Athens for 9th
Q er fields of diplomatic or military
Q action In the Near East.
The future policy of Greece i,
}. still underlined Mcislly but dis
t patches from the Greek Capita
r quote the Government organ EN-
r bros as affirming that Lord Kitoh.
ener received formal assurance
t from King Constantine and his
t Ministers that Greece in no case
= would take steps hostile to the En.
, tents Powers and that . solution
. of the differences would be found.
A commercial blockade of
Greece has been declared by the
Entente Powers, according to q
news agency dispatch which
quotes a note issued by the Brit
uh Legation in Athens saying
that the step was taken because OF
the attitude Of the Hellenic Gf "
eminent Sin regard to certalL
questions touching closely the Sc
curity aud liberty Of action to
which the Allied troops have the
right under the oouditions of their
disc mbarkment on Greek terri.
tory"
It is added that while it is not
the intention of the Allied Powers
to conssrain Greece to abandon
her neutrality, the Allied Govern.
ments shave been somewhat dis
turbed by certain allusions to
eventual measures, which If taken
by the Hellenic Government would
appear to them to be contradlo-
tory to assurances they have re-
ceived :"
When doubts on the subject are
dispeIled, the note says the AL
lied Powers will remove the oh.
ssscles.
Whatever may be the inten-
tions of the Greek! Government
there, see mingly has been 10 a..
basement in the feeling of former
Premier Venizelos and his follow
ers that the duty of Greece lies
with the Serbs and the Entente
Allies. At a meeting in Athens
shey decided to urge non-parsioi-
patton by their party IN the com.
lug general election on the grouud d
shat in the event of another VIC
tory at the polls they would not
DO able to put she policy of Veni.
zelos into effect.
| Meanwhile the Teutonio Allies
continue their absorption of Ser
bian territory, The only devia.
tim from the customary daily re-
port of Austro German and Bull
I Egarian successes Is contained in a
sHeport issued by the Serbian Le-
fgation at Rome which announces
an importans Serbian victory at
l. L,skova5s IN the Nish district at.
ter battle lasting several days.
. According to the Legation the
i, Bulgarian losses were enormous.
The operations in southern Ser
r bia are still somewhat beclouded :.
. On the French flont in the ex-
) 5seme southeast quiet prevails.
, Of the situation around Monastir,
however. nothing official has come
: through but unofficial advices say
that the British have arrived there
, and are being reinforced, A
, Bucharest dispatch 10 authority
8 for the statement that the first
Q contingent of German troops has
u. arrived at Constantinople.
Gorizia. the key to Triest. ia
still under heavy bombardment
. oy the Italian guns aud Rome
claims further SUCCESSES here and
: also on the Carso plateau and III
the Zagors sector.
Vienna admits that at Oslavis
the Italians succeeded in penetra'
ting the Austrian lines, but de-
b clares that most of the position
{ was recaptured and that extreme
ly violent attacks against Podgors
also were repulsed.
g Along the western front IL
t France and Belgium and on the
. eastern line in Russia there have
been mining and artillery opera
= tions which have resulted in nc
important changes of positions.
London, Nov. 2l.-The Entente
Allies have demanded that Greece