The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-02-17
GEN. sARRAIL DROVE OUT ALL
THE ENEMY DIPLOMATS AZ
TER. GERMAN eIRDmEN MADE
A RAID. =.
AMERICAN CONSUL IN CHARGE
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
(united Press Staff correspondentl

To make II so has been tough and
a long Job. Gen. Serial settled il al
today in one grand cleanup that was
full OF exciting incidents.
Ever since the allies came to Salo-
Mica spies have been here. The Ger
man. Austro- Hungarian. Bulgarian and
Ottoman consulates have been open.
as usual: the salonica residents. req
resented by these consulates have
gone about their business: and TO see
German officers. clad in civilian cloth
es. dining at table next to British
or French officers has been no un-
common siEht
Many German and Austrian strau-
gers also resided in the hotels. The
allies had no control over their corr
Ing or going. This situation was not
so dangerous TO the ally forces so long
as they were hghiing in Serbia. but
when the troops fell back into Greece
and Salonie= became headquarters for
the field forces II WAS necessary at
once ;e remove from Sslonsca all ~.
emy citizens and consular represeE-
taiiyes.
Saionica. as military pe-caution,
had TO be made an ali.sliy city. How
TO do It was the question. The con
suis would not go: their governments
would not recall them; and so long
as they remained their nationals would
not depart
The beginning OF the end came this
morning when a flock OF three German
aeropianes SCARED over saloniCa and
dropped forty bombs on the surround
Ing camps. Al noon the visit was re-
peated- The warships in the harbor
fred shralnei but missed the iiers. A
lonely Bulgarian shepherd. three miles
out OF town on hillside with his
aock OF sheep. was hit by a German
shell and he and Eve OF his sheep
were killed
While The second lot of German aero
planes was in the air. Gen. Ssrrail do
cided to rct all enemy citizens out OF
the town as quickly as possible. II
required eight automobiles. Two cars
each went TO the German. Austriass.
bulgarian and Turkish consulstes and
detaehmen,s of soldiers were placed
at all the entrances A French ofn-
Ger who entered the German consulate
was met 10y Consul General Walters
with the remark:
"Yon have no rIsht to invade Ger
man promises on Greek SOIL
THE Germans invaded Greek soil
with their aeropianes this morning.
monsieur" said the Frenchman. The
consulate Was oecurisd by French sol
diers and Walters WAS taken to French
headquarters with all his staf. At the
Bulgarian consulate the consul gen's
raj was not In. When he arrived half
an hour after the occupation. he was
stopped by sentry.
hut am the Bulgarian consul gen
erai." he said. ''and this is my con
sulate."
"Ah. In that case will take in your
card" Within a few mohents the
Bulgarian consul general received
word from sentry that he would be
welcomed within his own consulate,
Entering. he found French officer
sitting Mt his desk.
What does monsieur desire?- ask
ed the Frenchman.
Il am the Bulgarian consul general
replied the official.
THAT is very Fortunate said the of.
ncer. for | am under orders to place
the Bulgarian consul general under
arrest The Bulgarlan's protest was
formal. He rode TO the French head
quarters In an automobile.
Thessaloninn crowds followed the
operations OF the military men with
the greatest interest. There was some
thing of T. rash of the crowd toward
the Austrian consulate, for word had
gone abroad among the saionica folk
that the Austrians might put up al
nght. A few French soldiers with
rifles were about the place but the
crowd saw an officer 80 into the con.
sulate and shortly return with the con-
sui general OF Austro-H Hungary. who
climbed into an automobile and sped
TO French headquarters.
General sarrnil then sent an auto
mobile to the American consulate ana
begged that John B. Kehl, the Amcrl.
can consul--tall the other government.
tai representatives ip sslcnia were con