Evening star., 1916-12-08
GERMANY OFFERS
SERVICES TO GREECE
King Constantine's Govern
ment Must War on Entente,
However, Is Report.
BLOCKADE DUE TODAY

| BY Inc Associated PreSs.
LONDON. December 8. 2 p.m.-A dis
| patch from Switzerland as forwarded
from Rome to the Wireless Press says
Germany and Austria have offered their
services to Greece in opening land COM
| munications if Greece declares war on the
entente.
Blockade Begins Today.
ATHENS. Thursday, December :. via
London, December s.-The blockade of
Greece begins officially at o'clock to-
morrow (Friday) morning. The members
Of the British naval mission have been
ordered to embark on the Greek trans
| atlantic liner King Constantine.
In response to the demand Of the entente
yesterday for an explanation of the move
m ,nts of Greek troops the government
has explained that these movements have
ceased.
The Russian, Italian. French and Brit
| ish ministers called in body at the for
eign Office and demanded an explanation
of the Greek military activity.
The French commander, Gen. Sarrail.
is quoted as saying that he prefers Greece
openly hostile to an unsettled situation
See No Settlement.
The entente allied diplomats. although
they have received no instructions as
yet. see no prospect Of an arrange
ment by the Greek government. and it
is believed that they will demand at
least the re-establishment Of allied con-
troll of the police, posts and telegraphs
RAILWAYS nortS cuafoyns and na ssportx
The text of the Greek reply to the
written and verbal protests of the
American. Dutch and Spanish ministers.
made "on humanitarian grounds"
against the ill treatment of yenizeIist
prisoners taken during the attempt at
a revolution On Friday and Saturday
has been made public After thanking
the neutral ministers for their senti-
ments Of friendship for Greece which
inspired the representations in ques-
tion. the reply says:
The royal government from the first
day had In view only the re-establish-
ment and maintenance of order in the
trouble on Friday and Saturday caused
by revolutionary elements. This was
done completely with as little damage
as possible.
Evaporation Aroused.
'If contrary to the orders given there
was some excess of tension and indig-
nation on the part of the population
and troops, who saw in a moment so
tragic for the fatherland agitators
taking advantage of the unhappy
events of that day to take up arms
against the country and try and over
throw the established government, this
must be taken into consideration This
evaporation was particularly aroused
by the bombardment of the royal palace
and the neighborhood thereof in this,
an open city, at the very moment when
an armistice having been concluded,
it was hoped peace would finally reign.
Nevertheless. the royal government
is decided to punish every person guilty
of committing illegal acts and exceed
ing instructions. and a severe investi-
cation will be begun to this end so
soon as acts of such nature are brought
20 the attention of the royal govern
ment.
In this connection the foreign min
lister considers i; his duty to recall to
your attention that by his note of No
vember Is he warned the neutral
powers of the tragic position in which
the Greek nation was placed as re-
suit of measures taken against Greece
and of the consequences which the
French admirafs insistence upon OBJ
tanning Greek war material might well
have"