The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
GREEKS TURN on
ALLIES At ATHENS
.Royalists Attack French Sailors
BIT and Hiss Admiral. Gr4
DRASTIC NOTE TO. THE KING
Rlotinu in Streets FoIIows--More Bat
tIeships seized--U. S. Consulate
Appealed to for Protection
Against invaders.

LONDON. Oct. lS.-A Reuters MS
patch from Athens says:
1.-THE situation appears. to he dam
gerous. There have been royaliSt dem
0nstrationS in the streets. vice Az
nliral du FOurnet, commander OF me
entente allied fleet in IN" Me'dt"r-
rmnean, was Kissed and a dctachment
of French sailors was driven back ny
hostile crowd. So.
A procession of some 1000 malcoh-
tents. headed by the Greek and Amer
lean flags. stopped outside the Amer-
can legation, protested against the
landing of foreign marines AMI de-
manded the protection of The American
minister. who was absent.
"The demonstrators then paraded
the streets. singing the Greek national
anthem" g.
New Note to Greece.
vice Admiral du FourneL has hand:
ed the Greek government new note
of an extremely grave character. says
dispatch 10 the Exchange Telegraph
company from Athens. Following the
presentation of the note King Ton
stantine. it is added. came To the ctpl7
tai in haste from the royal residence
at Tatoi.
I Rioting in the streets Of Athens FOL
lowed the presentation Of the latest
entente demands upon Greece.
The railway stations Of Athens ana
Piracus. the city hall al the capital
and The Castalla barracks have, been
occupied by 1000 French and Italian
sailors, while 100 hluejackets with rw"
machine guns have been, stationed III
the municipal theater. according I" Il
Reuter- dispatch from Athens.
An urgent cabinet couhct has been
summoned. '"'
It is officially explained, adds the
dispatch, THAT the detachments land
ed viii assist the police in stopping
demonstrations which threaten trout
bic. - E-
King lnflames People.
Ii was the words Of the king him
self. addressed f5 tire sailors dis
charged from the Greek warships Kil-
| kfs Lemnos and Averol, which hive
been seized by the allies, which'So in
| famed The Athens popuIacc rs to lead
10 I'M attack on the French marineS.
The king pictured Greece prostrate
under tile heel of stronger powers.
J "Thi~ day your lips are moiStenroi
with 1t bitter poison" hc told his sail
orS. Your souls, looking for united,
victorious Greece. sec her bleeding
from fresh wounds.
MY government was compelled tu
give YOU ogders 10 quit your ships, he
cried, and. faithful Ia your vow "I
loyalty Ia your king, you obcyed.'
Greece is believed 10 be on The brink
of revolution.
More Warships Seized.
The entente allies have taken over
the Greek battIeshlps Kinks CORNER
~ the L. s. battlcship Idahol, thc
Lemuos (formerly The Mississippi
and the .AverOff. says Reuters Athens
correspondent. Allied crews We're put
On board the bartle$hipS, the CORE
Spnndent says, and the Greek crews
were landed and sent to Athens.
on October il the allies took over
the entire Greek feet except the Xii
ks, LemnOS and Avcr0n,. This meas
urc, it was explained unofIicialIy, wa'
intended to Insure the safety of tho
allied feet as fears had been aroused
Of disturbance at points whore The
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ch0rcd.