Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-12
GREECE IS CALLED UPON
TO SURRENDER ITS NAV)
lltimatum Is Presented by Com.
mander OF Ansio-Frcnch Flee,
in Mediterranean.
TIME LIMIT ALREADY PAST
Those Ships Not Handed Over Must
lie Disarmed, and Forts ON Sea
coast Observation-Disclosures That
Demands VIII BE Complied With.
IBy A Assncin,ed rr.ss

BY hsSocia ted Press
l.oNDON, October l1.-Eice- Admir-,
Dart!gc du Fournet. commander of tho
Anglo-French fleet in the AIcditer
. rancan. has presented an ultimatum TO
Greece. demanding that Greece hand
over the entire Greek feet. cxcept Tho
armorcd cruiser .\vcrom aud the bat
tleships Lcmnos and Kinks. "a tho
entente allies by o'clock Wcdnes
day afternoon. according to Reuters
Athens correspondent
Demand is also made for the control
OF the Iiracus-Larissa railway
"Th" Minister OF Marine" the CORE
spondent continues. says Vice Admiral
du Fonrnet's demands will lie complicd
with. and that the feet will be handed
over before the prescribed time.
''rhe demands we're made. AS a nre.
cautionary measure 10 insure the safety
Of the allies ncet"
II is explained that the dispntcb ~
! artillery and ammunition to the in
terror. tho movements OF Greek ships
and the continued activity OF the re
scrVist leagues have aroused fears of
disturbance of order ut points where
allies war vessels arc anchored and
also endahEcr the security OF the allied
troops OH the Balkan front
Nice-Ahmiral du Fournet demands
the diSarming Of the kilkis. Lcmnos
ana AveroT and the diSmant2ine of the
iorts on the scacoast. while the two
forts commanding tho fleets moorings
arc to be made over to the admiral
control of certain points must also
be placed In the hands of the Anglo
French authorities
In addition To the llsar,nin- Of tho
warships named. their crews are to he
reduced to one-thlrd The regular com
plcmcnt.
The Greek navy consists Of five bat :
tlcshps. the killlis. I.cinnos. psara.
Sretsai and Hydra: one arnored
cruiser. the Averon: the coast defense
ship Basilcns Cicorgios: the cruisers
heiii and Nauarchos Miaulis: ten gum
boat". seventeen torpedo boat de
*troycrs. nine torpedo boats. three sub
marines and several transports and
other craft. The Greek naval force
has been estimated at 4. roo officers and
men.
Recently there have been reports that
Greek warships had deserted the navy
and joined the revolutionary forces.
Among these were tho bnttIcship HYDRA
and two torpedo boats. which IL was
declared had left their anchorages and
joined the allied lect in Salamis Bay.
The kilkis also was reported 10 have
deserted. but this was denied
The best ships in the Greek navy
arc the kilkis aud Lcmnos. which re-
spcctivcly arc the former American
battleshirs Idaho and Mississirpi.
These vessels were sold to Greece i'm
i''i. Greece paying sl..5;;5..15 for
them. Tho He'll also is an American
built ship having been constructed by
the New York Shipbuiidng Company
as the Fci lung for China. and pur-
chased by Greece in 1914
some of the smaller craft was cap
turcd from Turkey i'm 1897,
NJ the outbreaks Of the war. Greece
had two Drcadnoughts uudci. constr,ic-
ton. one In France and the other in
Germany, and a protected cruiser build :
int; in England.
1t is probable that the dispatch TO
ftentcrS correspondent was DELAYED in
transmission from Athens to London