Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-13
SAL0NIkI TREATED
 TO INTERNATIONAL INCIDENTS BY SCORE
Retreat of Allies to Port, Bom-
 bardment of Town by Ger man Aircraft and Arrest of Teutonic Consuls Has Part.

SALONIKI-The inhabitants of Sal oniki have had almost sIrfeit of sen sational happenings in the past few | lays The retreat of the Allied army
 nto Greek territory; the crest-fallen abandonment of the second city of Greece by the Greek army; the bom- bardment of the Allied camps at Zet- .enlik by German aeroplanes: the ar rest of the German, Austro-Hungarian Bulgarian, Turkish and Norwegian consuls; the arrival of King Peter of Serbia and his refusal to accept an es- cort of Greek troops; the wholesale cleaning of the city of all suspected persons, have been items in the excit- ing program.
 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 Saloniki soon- CT or later no one doubted-least of all the ccnsuls themselves. Long since, the Hungarian consul had ar ranged with the American State De- partment and with the Greek govern ment, that John E. Kehl, the American consul, should take charge of the Aus tro-Hungarian interests when the mo- ment of departure arrived. MT. Thom- son, the Vice-Consul, was even offered the use of the Austrian Consulate as residence-rent free and servants paid-if he would consent to protect the contents of the building by his official presence in it. Fearing com plications with the Allied military au- thorities, he refused.
 The Bulgarian consul, also, had made his arrangements with Washing ton and others. The Garmans had shipped most of their archives out of the country before the blow fell
 The enthusiasm and dispatch with which the seizure was made astonish- ed even those accustomed to the thor oughness of the French. At half past ten in the morning three German aero planes flew over the city and harbor of Saloniki, dropping bombs. They followed a very precise and well mark ed course and dropped their bombs ex- actly where they should accomplish the maximum of damage. At noon fourth aeroplane appeared. minutely following the identical course pursued by its predecessors. On considering this phenomenon even the uninitiated guessed that signals of some sort must have directed the course of the hostile aircraft.
 General Sarrail came to the same conclusion and before nightfall every consul was safely aboard the French flagship ''Patrie" and the consulates themselves in the hands of the French A machine gun. a squad of zouaves in baggy trousers and fez-like caps. with bayonets fixed, did the trick in each instance The entire movement was simultaneous. Even the Bulgarian con sul, who was in the principal club of Saloniki at the time, was arrested at the same moment that his consulate was seized.
 After the arrest of the four consuls came the beginning of the clearing of the city of all suspects, which contin ues still. No one in Saloniki has been ignorant that the place has been filled with Austrian, German, Bulgarian and Turkish spies since the landing Of>the first Allied soldier-and even before. Notwithstanding stringent restrictions women of this sort have continued to arrive almost generally Austri- ans. One of the first moves of the French authorities. therefore, was di- rected against these women. Alsatian or other German-speaking Frenchmen of the intelligence service were em- ployed in testing not only the women, but all suspects. The French soldier would tell the suspect that he wished to desert and ask assistance to carry out his purpose If the suspect acced-