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Show fiS5 Reiterates Declaration That Observance of Neutrality Is Imperative, PA It 18, March 12, 4:.".1 a. m. "The statement of neutrality issued by my niiniHtrv w':nn to me sufficiently clnr to leave no room for anxiety iu France at) to tin policy tho cabinet will fol-Uuw,'' fol-Uuw,'' declared Premier Ghounaris of ! Greece in a statement to tho corn-spon- dent of tho llavan agency at Athens, who in formed him thu t the change in ' niini.-liy had created a btrong inipree-, inipree-, hion i ti Franco. , ' ' Itt any ca.se, ' ' conti nued M. Ghou- nariH, ' can add that the policy of j iieulr.'Jity spoken of iD the ministerial fdeclurat iun will bo understood and car- rii.'d out exact y in the tame way as by the preceding cabinet without a i;eid- inf of hostility for anybody. We 1 Creel; s love Franco from motives of fjruiitudo and also and above all from the impulse of our hearts. ''France will have no occasion to complain of (iieece, who, on her side, I hopes and conutH always and under ail j circumstances on the kindly assurances of the former. Faithful to our al-j al-j liancu with Serbia, we thai! continue jin perfect understanding with Rumania, I to pursue ix watchful policy, always '. mindful of the inteirrity of our territory terri-tory and the maintenance of our na-: na-: tional ai-pii ations. ' ' The ministerial declaration referred I to by M. Ghounaritj was issued at Ath-j Ath-j ens on March 10 after he had completed com-pleted the formation of the new cabinet. cab-inet. It expressed the "belief that the j oliMTvanro of neutrality was imperative impera-tive on Greece if she wished to pro- toot her national interests. |