Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-21
GREEK ULT|MATUM
GOES TO GERMANY
Demands Immediate Return of
Soldiers Taken Prisoner
at Kavala.
EXPIRES WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Refusal Will Mean Signal for
Entry Into War on Side
of Entente.

Entry Into War on Side
of Entente.
Especial Gable to the Times Dispatch.
/ LONDON. September 2O.--Grcek in
! tcrvcntion on the side Of the allies APP
pears 10 he only question OF hours.
I y casus bclli has been found.
The Greek government according TO
a Reuter- dispatch from Athens. said
10 bc based on reliable authority. has
sent ultimatum to Germany cX-
pii'ing Tonight. II demands the i'm
mediate return OF the Greek garrison
T OF Eavala, which "suricndcrcd" when
/ the seaport was occupied by Bulgars
and Germans.
I one dispatch from Athens tonight
says that a similar ultimatunl was sent
/ to Bulgaria. Another message reports
these ultimatums expire Friday.
Greece has made it clear TO Berlin
and Sofia. dispatches state that war
viii be the only alternative II the de-
mand is refused.
I The ultimatun is based upon the
statement that tho Greek soldiers at
! Kavala did not surrender voluntarily
! TO the Germans and BulSarians, hut
I that tho army corps commander had
oNcred to surrender 10 the British, and
TO them alone. Therefore. Greece ar
+ gu"s in her ultimatum the troops are
/ kept prisoners, which is Il violation OF
Greek neutrality.
7 lf Germany or Bulgaria, or both, re-
/ fuse to yield to Grcccc's demand the
| Hellenic Kingdom is expected to cast
! its lot Immediately with the entente.
\ probably without declaring war.
! This is what Premier BRAND is bc-
ievcd to have alluded to when he
stated III the French Parliament yes
terday:
"To-morrow you will see this Joint
( action OF the allies expanding still
more
ALLIES TRYING TO SPEED
GREEK INTERVENTION ALONG
Meantime the entente powers arc
doing everything possible TO speed
along Greek intervention. They have
begun TO exert extreme economic pres
sure upon Greece. The Greek coast
has been put under blockade from the
mouth of the Struma TO the Greco
Bulgarian frontier The blockade
which. according 10 the French Jour
nal Official BECAME effective September
l6 is explained by the entente minis
ters in pointing to the occupation of
kavala by the Bulsars
The whole policy OF the allies toward
Greece has changed from pressure by
courteous diplomatic entreates 10 one
of action. AS far as the entente min
listers are concerned. the new Creek
Cabinet. headed by Premier Ealogerc-
pouloS. does not exist. They have CON
sis;ently refrained from dealing with
this new ministry. They even refused
TO pay the usual formal visit 10 the
prEmlcv The
believed 10 he the latter's failure to
translate his words into action, for his
uttcrances upon assuming the office
foreshadowed prompt Intervention.
Coupled with this icy stare for the
new Cabinet is general policy OF
absolute dstrust toward the Greek
authorities. The blockade is being
frightened steadily. and allied warships
are continually cruising all around the
Greek coasts. All the while the in
tcrnal revolt grows.
REPORTED ULTiMATiM
RESULT or SITUATION
The reported ultimatu is the result
OF this situation. II was dispatched. I
Athens messages say, immediately /
after a conference between King Con-
stantinc and his Premier, The depar-
ture from neutrality was decided upon. !
Reuter- dispatch says, with Il view !
to dissipating the cntcntc's apparent
distruSt of the new Cabinet"
Another effort was made to-day TO
bring the entente ministers and Pre-
mier Kalogeropoulos together. evi- I
IDENTIFY Without result. The Greek For |
eiSn ONCE sent an official to the diplo- /
mats and requested them. il is said. to
recognize the new Cabinet as a matter
OF form. He is reported TO have added |
that the Cabinet would subsequently |
resign. IL such course were considered Z
inevitable
4 dispatch from Athens late tonight
says the Greek note TO Germany de-
mands that the Greek troops be brought /
to the swiss frontier. in order that /
they may be taken TO Mediterranean
port thence To proceed to Greece.
Greece is said to guarantee in its
ultimatum that tho troops will not he .
forced 10 serve against Germany.
The action OF the Crock troops com
mandcr. General IIadjopoulos, is dis
vowed by tho Greek note. the dispatch
says, and explains that he disrcgar,led /
orders To transport his men to another
Greek port.
Messages exchanged between .hc .
Greek commander ana the Greek Min
lister Of War through the admiral Of /
tho British fleet were made public to-
night. They show that General Ifadjo-
poulos offered 10 surrender his corps
to the British, and that the Greek War
Minister subsequently ordered that this
be done
OFFERS no SURRENDER
IMMEDIATELY TO BRrTISII
Under date OF September II. General
Hadjopouios tclesraphed to the war
Minister:
The Fourth Greek Army Corps at
liavaia wishes to surrender immcdi-
ately To the lritish. The Bulgarians
have threatened To lombard the city
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