Arizona republican., 1915-11-23
WANT PEACE BUT BEING FORCED
 ID MAKE WAR
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lHepuptiCan "A r. LSdscu NfFcl LONDON, Nov 23.-"The only thing we want is peace and you are trying to force us to make war" said D. G. Rhallis, the Greek minister of justice and guiding spirit in the cabinet of M. Skouloudis, in an interview last Thurs day with the Daily Mails correspon- dent at Athens.
 "The British government and the British presss continued M. Rhallis. "are taking disgraceful and infamous attitude toward us. You are starving us, only today two more wheat vessels have been stopped by you. | Your government. having piled fault on fault, and delay on delay, with only a few thousand troops to help us, ] wants to force us to step in and die. You want us to succor you when no | English soldiers have shed their blood | in Serbia-when scarcely an English | rifle has been fired.
 | ''yVe don't wish to be another Belgi- um or Serbia We love Serbia, but be- fore attempting to rescue a drowning I friend one should be sure his effort is not merely a useless one"
 I Regarding the attitude of Greece in II the case the allies should be forced over the fronties, M. Rhallis said:
 Certainly no attempt will be made to iisarm them. They can dig trench es and defend themselves if they must. We will even go to the extent of estab- fishing a cordon to safeguard their re- treat"
 The Daily Mails correspondent says he believes the attitude of M Rhallis reflects that of a majority of the Greek people who are unanimous in their de- sire for peace.
 From the most ragged boatman to the king himself' the correspondent re- marks. the whole of the Greek people get up in the morning with the prayer on their lips let there be no war to-
 day The correspondent discusses length fly the attitude of the Greek king, who
 declares he is not pro-German al- though decidedly under the influence Of the queen. "The king does not love Germany says the correspondent. He offered to join the allies last April on condi- tion that the Dardanelles project bs 1 abandoned and an advance be made 1 through InraCe. since that Qate InIt king has gained implicit belief in Ger 1 man prowess. He said a few days ago
 They cannot beat Germany. they vii
 never conquer her. They tell me that l am between the devil and the deer l sea and that I may as well throw ir my lot with the allies. whose pressure l can be immediate. But France and England, whatever happens, will never be severe with my country, while Ger
 many will be implacable. It is my duty to save my country from the hor- TOTS of Belgium
 Discussing Monastir, NJ. Rhallis told | the correspondent that the Germans according to his information. would ac- 1 cupy Monastir rather than the Bull garians and that the Germans would
 present themselves first at the Greek ] frontier for obvious reasons.
 ''The entente powers need to take strong measures to cope with the mora effect of the loss of Monastir,'' the cor 1 respondent adds. The future action oI
 Greece will be decided by the power which brings the strongest continu- ance pressure to bear. The Greek king 1 is not as much afraid of the guns ot
 the fleet as of it's blockading power 1 Greece has only food supply for g
 fortnight. It lives with famine 1T
 sight.
 ''The chief card of the Germans is
 the presence of the submarines in the
 Mediterranean. The British, however are zea1ously hunting them and three have been sunk, leaving eight probably
 still at. large