Show Allies Make Demand For Greek Fleet Object Is to Insure Safety of Entente Warships and Troops in Balkans T ONDON Oct 11 Vice Vice Admiral Dar- Dar L LO-DO LO tige e du lu Fournet commander of ot the tho French Anglo-French fleet in the tho Mediterranean nean has presented an ultimatum to Greece demanding that Greece handover hand handover I over O the entire Greek fleet except tho the I armored cruiser Averoff Avero and the tho battleships battleships bat bat- batI I Lemnos and Kilkis to the en- en allies b by 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon afternoon aft aft- according according- to Routers Router's Athens correspondent Denland Demand Is also mado made for forthe tho the control of ot the Piraeus Piraeus-Larissa rail rall- wa way V. V The Tho minister of or marine the correspondent correspondent corre corre- nt continues says Vice Admiral Fournet's demands will be complied with and that tho the fleet will be handed handell over before the prescribed time Tho The demands were made as a precautionary pre pre- cautionary measure measure to Insure the safety safety safe safe- t ty of It f the the allies allies' fleet It ID is explained that the tho dispatch of oC o artillery and ammunition to the tho Interior lute Into nor the movements of ot Greek ships and tho th continued activity of oC the reservist Ic league gu ha have hae e aroused aroused- tears of O a tat t at points points' shere the the- allies allies' war ar vessels are ar an anchored and ind also endanger on on- danger the security o of tho the allied aWed troops on the Balkan front r nt V Admiral Du l F demands the tho disarming of oC tho the Lemnos and Averoff and tho the dismantling of ot the forts on tho while the two forts commanding tho the fleets fleet's moorings are to bo be made mue over to the admiral Control o of certain points must also be placed in the hands ha of tho the Anglo Anglo- French authorities In addition tion to the disarming of the tho warships named their crews are arc t to bo be reduced to third one tho the regular com corn e in on t. t Tho The Greek na navy nary consists of ot five bat- bat Ule tle the Lemnos ami Hydra one armored armorell cruiser cruler cruller crul crul- ser ler th the A Averoff the coast d defense ship Georgios tho the cruisers Hell Henl and aura hou ten ten gunboats g boat beat nino seventeen torpedo destroyers torpedo torp do boats bonts three submarines and api sev several ral transports and thor other craft Tho The Greek Greck naval force orco has been estimated at 1000 officers and men Tho The best ships In the Greek Greel navy aro the tho tho Kilkis and anti which are the former American battleships Idaho and Mississippi and were sold to Greece In In 1914 ott Offer to Athens Oct 11 The The entente allies have again as-aln offered to assist Greece Inase in incase incase case ase sho she enters the war but It Is 15 understood un- un understood understood un un- no new concessions have o been made It Is learned that entente diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- i matic matte circles of ot Athens advised the British and French c who are charged chanod by the tho other allied governments governments governments govern govern- ments with the negotiations negotiation with Greece to reply to King ICing Constantine Constantino's Informal proposals to depart from neutrality neu nou- made mad to the Greek minister In London and the Greek minister in Paris September 18 13 In the following sense While tho the form In which the proposals proposals pro pro- were made Is unacceptable and the question of ot Bulgaria's o occupation of Greek soil Is considered pure purely a Greek mattor matter In which the entente Is isn n not 0 t C concerned once in e ci n nevertheless e ye r t h el es s should Greece voluntarily abandon o. neutrality declare war on Dul Bulgaria arJa and decree a 0 general mobilization the entente will willbe willbo bo be disposed to furnish ever every assistance In the campaign and to give other material material material ma ma- proofs of ot benevolent interest In Inthe Inthe inthe the welfare of oC Greece It Is understood however that these diplomatic assurances assur assur- ances are fire not to interfere in any wn way with sith the Instructions already alread given the admiral of cr tho the allied flouts fleets to assure by means of nil all necessary measures the safety of oC tho the allied armies In the tho cast cast Among entente diplomats this is 18 be believed believed believed be- be to be the tho limit of or concessions which the allies s aro are prepared to snake make to facilitate the tho entry of Greco Grece Into tho the war I |