New Britain herald., 1916-01-20


 King Constantine to the Associated Press to define the principles accord ing to which Frnce has acted to- wards Greece and to give certain facts concerning Greece's course toward the allies
 "The interview given by King Con- stantine to the Associated Press," said this parsonage, recalls, point by point, observations which, both in matter and manner, show the ground Iessness of his accusation against the allies He reprOaches the allies with hypocrisy in talking of Germany's vio lation of Belgium and Luxemberg after what they have done in Greece. 1 But the allies talked of the violation before their own action and for the excellent reason that Germany vio- lated the neutrality of Belgium and Luxumberg without excuse or provo cation and in the midst of peace, whereas what passed in Greece, in dependently of other considerations mentioned further on, is the conse- quence of a long war characterized by the ruin of small peoples by Ger many.
 No Question of Occupation.
 "The king declares that the allies have occupied Greek territories with out his permission. There Is no ques- ton of an occupation, properly speak ing, but of a temporary use of certain portions. As regards the islands re- ferred to, the entente powers made use of them provisionally because Turkey had always refused to recog- nize Greek possession of them, a use made with the tacit consent of Greece which only protested for forms sake; which negotiated on the subject with the allies, making certain stipulations as to methods for the utilization of the islands and receiving in exchange formal promises as to their purely temporary use, uncOnnected with Greek foreign policy. The allies were everywhere received by the population with the greatest cordiality and were found by them to be a source of profit, besides being provisioned by them.
 "As to Saloniki, the case is still far otherwise than King Constantine ayers. The allies only went to Sa- loniki in order to succOr Serbia, Greece's ally, and as an answer to the mobilization by Serbia's traditional enemy, Bulgara. Serbia, attacked on WdS obtain from the Greeks the 150,OOO men stipulated for in the treaty of alliance It was to replace these men that the allies went to Saloniki, at the request of the Greek government, which otherwise refused to mobilize.
 Purely Formal Protest.
 The arrival of the Franco-British forces at Saloniki has drawn forth only a purely formal protest and the Greek military authorities have re- ccived orders to give them every facility.
 ''The analogy between the military necessities which called the allies to Saloniki to help Greece's ally, Serbia and those claimed by Germany for the violation of Belgium simply does not exist. The Greek people had re- ceived the allies cordially. The Greek 1 government, even before the arrival l Of the allies, had already shown favor to the Serbians by granting the considerable facilities for the trans | port of their armament as well as pro- l visions. The Germans crushed the Belgians, who were defending theil country, in order to reach a peaceable people beyond them.
 1 Benevolent Neutrality. "Greece's neutrality has from the l beginning been benevolent one toward the allies. This has been de- clared to them officially not only by M. Venizelos but also by his successors several times; yet during recen months the Greek government ha. permitted Germans and Austrians tc violate it's neutrality by using the | Greek coasts and islands as base fol provisioning their submarines. The fact that no one has been able tt locate this base exactly proves tht 1 cleverness of the Germans, but thei fury at the presence of the allies a | Castellerizo, Corfu, and other wei known submarine nests shows tn reality of their organization.
 Tt will one day be interesting tt learn the revelations made on thi subject by the papers seized on con suit and agents of the Germani uuadruplice at Saloniki, Mytilene ant ! Corfu.
 Rendezvous for Pirates.
 It was from the coasts of thes l islands or peninsulCs that the pirate
 who sank the AncOna and the Persi; set out How, then, since that tim can one invoke even the neutrality O
 Corfu, where on the very eve of tn
 French disembarkation there was complete German staff? How can on
 invoke this neutrality, which was es
 tablished as the condition of a gif
 made by England to Greece and no in the interest of Greece but in that o England?
 "Is the presence of the Serbs il
 Greece and the allies at Corfu reall,
 a violation of a neutrality already s
 openly violated by the Germans
 Since Greece is unable to succor he
 ally, notwithstanding a formal en
 gagement to that effort how can sh | refuse her an aSVlum?