Evening star., 1917-01-21
Belief Sarrail May Be Attack
ed Is Strengthened by Won
Falkenhayn's Movements.
UNCERTAINTY DELAYS
AN ALLIED OFFENSIVE
Effort Soon May Be Made to Cut
Berlin -Constantinople
Railway.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

King Constantine OF Greece continues
TO play with the fire of entente wrath.
The Grecian ruler. apparently OBJ
Nvious to the suspicious which his ac-
tions have aroused. or. Indifferent TO
the punishment which may fall upon
him from entente quarters. continues
TO firt with Berlin. while at the same
time he. hguratively speaking, bows
low to entente wishes
During the week just closed the ac-
tIvities of King Constantine and his
armies were and continue to be the
source of gravest concern despite the
fact that the Grecian government gave
absolute promise that it will remain
neutral: that it will remove Grecian
troops to the Peloponnesus. and that
In nowise will it assist the German
cause. Although promising all OF the
things which were demanded from him
by the entente ministers in Athens. II
may be assumed, in light of the king 3
pro-German attitude ever since the war
started and in view of the fact that
the bitterest feeling has bzeen aroused
among Grecian royalists over the en-
tente blockade and forced restriction
of Grecian aspirations. that the Grec1an
ruler and his followers have but
awaited psychological moment to
Following the disturbances and pro-
tests from the royalists of Greece on
the landing of
Allies Suspect entente troops
King Constantine. the entente sup
posedly had received adequate assur-
hn
oughly agreeable to the Grecian gov
ernment. the allies began to suspect
King Constantine. and particularly so.
inasmuch as he is the brother-in-law
OF Emperor William Of Germany.
Not a moment since have the entente
armies operating aong the Macedonian
front been allowed to breathe entirely
easy for fear of attack by King Con-
stantine's forces from the rear.
The Grecian ruler at various times
has been forced to null many of his
actions, under pressure Of the allied
thumb. At various periods he has pro-
tested to the neutral world against the
treatment accorded to his country by
the allied military and naval COM
manders. as well as the entente gov
ernments themselves. Though protest
ing continuously he invariably has been
forced to give In, In view of the eco
nomic dependence Of his country on
tude has caused the entente nations
steadily. but. nevertheless, surely. to
promulgate greater and greater re-
strictions. eliminating in demobiliza-
tion Of a large part of the Grecian
army; the surrender Of a large portion
of Grecian war stores; the taking over
Of all Grecian communication lines and
the withdrawal of all forces from the
northern part of Greece. where they at
all times were considered menace to
entente plans of campaign against the
Germans and Bulgarians to the north
ward. King Constantine's government
ten days ago gave in to the more re-
cent ultimatum of France and England.
The answer was considered unsatisfac-
tory. in that it bore qualifications.
Last week the government plainly, and
with satisfaction to the entente agreed
sion was sent to Athens to Join the
French and British there. these men to
supervise Greece's future course
1t would appear that Greece can do
nothing now. 1t stands to reason that
IL she does she will be dealt with
speedily and harshly. even though il is
the expressed wish OF entente govern
ments to deal leniently with the king.
so that the opinion of the masses of
Grecian people may not be .alienated
from the allied cause
1t would appear that the allies can
now go about their task on the Mace
donian front and inaugurate their Of
1ensive movements at any moment
but such is not the case.
NOT since the Germanic diplomats
were expelled from Greece on the forci-
bic demands of
Never Nearer an the entente gov