The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-07
Declares That Nation tho
Hereditary Enemy Of
the Greeks.
"AID TO SERBIA
WOULD MEAN RUM
States Entente Has Treated
Him as if He Were an
African Ruler.
Special Cable Despatch 10 Tus Sux.

| Special Cable Despatch 10 THs SUx.
LONDON. Dec. 6.-The Athens oess
respondent of the Times was received tn
audience by King Constantine OF Greece
yesterday. He quotes the Greek ruler
as saying that he was deeply grieved
and hurt at the attacks on himself and
the suspicious regarding his intentions
and sentiments.
King Constantine said" continues the
correspondent. that he was more nearly
| tied to England by relationship. afteo-
tion and preference than to any othsr
! foreign country. but that the English
| seemed to have forgotten that he is tho
King of Greece. born IN Greece and that
| he was charged with great duties anA
responsibilities toward Greece.
The monarch emphasized that his one
endeavor was necessarily to save Greece
from disaster, and that this necessitatsd
neutrality. He added that the pitiahlo
condition Of Belgium was always before
his eyes. that Greece was only recover.
ing from two wars and that his desire
was at all costs to preserve Greece
from sharing In the perils OF war. He
said the only circumstances in which he
could consent 10 war were II the ex-
istence Of Greece were threatened. og
the certainty OF victory were so great
that the rewards would justify the saost.
ncss.
Voices Frtendliness for Allies,
From the beginning. King Constan-
tine explained, he had given the most
solemn assurance that Greece did not
cherish and never could cherish any de-
signs against the Allies. but that the
nation always was friendly toward Eng
land and France He said the suggas-
ton that Greece or he himself could b>
capable OF treachery was ALI insult to
both of them
The Intervention party in Greece ho
said. had never really grasped the sit.
uation or realized the dangers Of in.
tcrvention, The attack on the Darda-
nelles the King styled as gamble
which might and might not succeed
but Greece could not afford such a risk
The Allies Balkan policy was never
very definite said King Constantine.
SUPPOSE Greece had joined the Allies
and they had subsequently reduced their
activity or retired altogether! Greece
would have become . second Belgium and
would have been az the mercy of her
enemies. Could her refusal to Join be
considered mfriendly in these circum-
stances"
"'Grcece's friendship surely was suf-
hcien;ly demonstrated when she put her
railways and telegraphs AT the disposal
uf the Allies at SaloniCsI Did she
not thus ov5rstep her neutrality and
rcnder herself liable To similar demands
from Germany. Austria and Bulgarian
"Greece Victim OF Vrxation."
Now the KNg said II seemed tha&
Greece was being mHde the victim ~
veNation over the Allies unsuccessful
policy toward Bulgaria,
The King insisted that the Greco
Serbian treaty deals solely with "A Ball
kan war. II Greece had gon" to help
Serbia IN the recent circumstances. he
pointed ont. it would only have meant
tn" ruin of the two countries instead
oi one.
The King emphaticdlly denied the sx-
lstenc- Of the lumoyrd Greco Bulgarian
treaty. Greece and bulgaria, he said
with emphasis. were hereditary onctuies
lie continued:
"'Th" present situation may be
NJ in this way: The Allies have
made certain demands on Greece regard
ing the Greek forces Ia Macedonia md
one or two other points. We roph,d.
giving the most solemn Assurances that
nothing detrimental To the Allies need
he feared but before We can ab>olutclS
bind ourselves In fixed and ifrcy pcabl.
programme we are desirous Of knowing
the programme In" Allies hdV" drawn
up for themselves.
"'ln reply We are told that the Allies
A. this moment are de!ib.,atlng, but tina.
At present No fixed programme has he.u
decided upon.
"cen Greece in justice be pressed 10
undertake measures Of the deepest polti-
'aI and strategic importance under these
conditions? can she ~ justice be in
'ted to remove her troops 10 other dis
'ricts as long as the Allies have arrived
At no decision as 10 what they Will oc-
,upy and hold In the evacuated region"
"'Greece must know tho definite plans
II the Allies, though whatever these plans
may be, she will not abandon her ncu-
rality.'"