Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-13
Surfeit of Happenings Have
Kept Inhabitants in
Hot Water.
ARREST OF CoNsULs
All Diplomats Arrested at
Same Time; Aeroplanes
Gave Signal.

GORE pondeuco Of The Associated PressD
SAyONIKT, Jan, THE inhabi-
tants Of Salonik. have had almost
surfeit Of sensational happenings in
the past few days. The retreat of the
allied army into Greek territory; the
crestrallen abandonment of the sec
ond city of Greece by the Greek
army, the bombardment Of the allied
camps at Zettenlik by German aero
planes: the arrest of the German,
Austro- Hungarian, Bulgarian, Turkish
and Norwegian consuls; the arrival OF
King Peter of Serbia and his refusal
to accept an escort of Greek troops:
the wholesale cleaning of the city or
all suspected persons have been items
in the exciting program.
Consuls' Arrest Climax.
The arrest of the consuls has, so
far been the climax of the drama
being played out in Macedonia. That
they would be forced to leave Salon
Xxi sooner or later, no one doubted
least of all the COnsuls themselves.
Long since, the AustrO- Hungarian
consul had arranged with the Ameri-
can state department and with the
Greek government, that John Il. hehI,
the American consul should take
tlltl2t
ests when the moment of departure
arrived Mr.. Thompson, the vice
consul, was even offered the use OF
the Austrian consulate as a residence
rent free and servants pald-li he
would consent to protect the contents
of the building by his official pres
euce i'm it. Fearing complications
with the allied military authorities
he refused.
The Bulgarian consul, also, had
made his arrangements with Wash
ington and others. The Germans had
shipped most of their archives out of
the country before the blow fell.
The enthusiasm and dispatch with
which the seizure was made aston
shed even those accustomed to the
thoruughness of the French. At
1890 in the morning three German
aoroplanes flew over the city and har-
Dor of SaloniId, dropping bombs.
They followed a very precise and well
marked course and dropped their
bombs exactly where they should ac-
compUsh the Maximum Of damage.
At noon a fourth aeroplane appeared,
minuteIy following the Identical
course pursued by its predecessors.
on considering this phenomenon even
the uniuiuated guessed that signals
of some sort must have directed the
course of the hostile aircraft.
d General Sarrail came to the same
conclusion and before nightfall every
consul was safely aboard the French
flagship "Patrie" and tho consulates
themselves in the hands of the
French. A machine gun. a squad of
ZouaVcs i'm baggy trousers and feZ-
like caps. with bayOnets fixed, did the
trick i'm each instance. The entire
movement was simultaneous. Even
the Bulgarian consul, who was in the
principal club of Saloniki at the time,
was arrested at the same moment
that his consulate was seized.
Arrested Suspects.
After the arrest of the four consuIs,
came the beginning of the clearing Of
the city of all SUSPECTS, which con-
tinues still. No one in SaloniH has
been ignorant that the place has been
filled with Austrian German, Bull
garian and Turkish spies since the
landing of the first allied soldier
and even before. Especially have
women of a certain class lent them
selves to this sort of work. Notwith-
standing stringent restrictions, wom-
en- of this sort have continued to ar
rive almost daily-generally Aus
trians. one Of the first moves of the
French authorities, therefore, was di-
It'l'u dEdlISl THESE women. ASA
tiau or other speaking
Frenchmen of the intelligence serv-
ice were employed in testing not only
the women, but all suspects. The
French soldier would tell the suspect
that he wished TO desert and ask as
sistance to carry out his purpose. If
the suspect acceded his or her name
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