East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-16
GEN. SARRAIL DRIVES
SPIES OUT OF LAND
OCCUPIED BY ALLIES
SALONICA IS Al LAST SPY PROOF
WITH THE GOING OF EN-
EMY DIPLOMATS.
French Authorizes Take Prompt Ac.
tion Following Air Raids on CITY
Despite Protests, Orders Are strict
~ Carried out aud No Diplomat
Allowed 20 Remain
BY WILLTAM G. SHEPHERD

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Mail j--At last saloulca Is spy proof
To make it So has been a tough and
long job General sarrail settled
1t all today in one grand cleanup
that was full Of exciting incidents
Ever since the allies came to sa-
lonica spies have been here Tha
German, Austro- Hungarian. Bulgar.
ian and Ottoman consulates have
been open, as usual; the Salonica res.
idents, represented by these CONSUL
ates, have gone about their business
md to see German officers, clad in
civilian clothes, dining at a table
next to British or French officers has
been no uncommon sight
Many German and Austrian strang-
ers also resided in the hotels The
allies had no control over their com
ing or going This situation was not
50 dangerous to the ally forces so
long as they We're fighting in Serbia,
but when the troops fell back into
Greece and Salonica became head
quarters for the field forces it was
necessary at once to remove from
Salonlca all enemy citizens and con
sular representatives.
Salonica, as a military precaution,
had to be made an all-ally city. How
10 do it was the question. The con-
suls would not go; their governments
would not recall them; and so long
as they remained Their nationals
would not depart
The beginning Of the end came this
morning when a flock OF three Ger
man aeroplanes scared over Salonica
( and dropped forty bombs on the sur
rounding camps AT noon the visit
was repeated The warsnlps in the
I harbor fired shrapnel but missed the
fliers A lonely Bulgarian shepherd
] three miles out Of town on a hillside
with his flock Of sheep. was hit by
German shell ana he and five of
his sheep were killed.
! While the second lot or German
( aerOplanes was in the air, Gen Ser.
rail decided To get all enemy citizens
out of the town as quickly as possi-
BILE. 1t required eight automobiles
Two cars each went to the German,
Austrian Bulgarian and Turkish con-
sulates and detachments or soldiers
We're placed at all entrances. A
French officer who entered the Ger
man consulate was mer by Consul
General Walters with the remark:
You have no right to invade Ger
man premises on Greek soil"
The Germans invaded Greek soil
with their aeroplanes this morning.
monsieur, said the Frenchman. The
consulate was occupied by French
soldiers and Walters was taken to
French headquarters with all his staff.
At the Bulgarian consulate the con-
sui general was not IN. When he ar
rived half an hour later. he was stop
ped by sentry
But l am the Bulgarian consul
general" he said and this is my
consulate
All! In that case l will take mi
Your card Within Few moments
the Bulgarian consul general received
word from a sentry tnat he would be
welcomed within his own consulate
Entering. he found French officer
sitting at his desk
What does monsieur desire -
81 am the Bulgarian consul gener-
al replied the official.
That is very unfortunate" said
the officer for / am under orders
to place the Bulgarian consul general
under arrest The Bugarian's pro-
test was formal He rode to the /
French headquarters in an automo-
bile.
Thessalonian crowds followed the
operations of the military men with
the greatest interest There was
something of a rush or the crowd to-
ward the Austrian consulate. for word
had gone abroad among the Salonica
folk that the Austrians might put up
d fight. A few Frentn soldiers with
rifles We're about the place but the
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Word got around arter this that the
consul general of Turkey had a harem
ana lhat the French ana British were
gong to raid 1t. This rumor perhaps
accounted Tor the tact that the larg-
est crowd Of all stood aoout the fur-
hish eonsuttte It developed that
there was no harem there, the otto.
man consul general being a bachelor