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Show CANNOT GIVE PLEDGE. The delay of the entente governments in accepting the proposals of the new (i rck cabinet is u mloubtedly dud to t lie secret arm ngemeuts which prevent the allies from guaranteeing the integrity of Greece. If Greece is to he restored intact after the tvnr Salon ih i must be restored. The allies know that with Saluniki in their hands they can always be on the flank of the Ccrmnn road to Asia through Bulgaria. If Germany secures Saloniki she secures the road to Asia. The entente en-tente governments are afraid that it Saloniki is given back to Greece it will ultimately be occupied by Germany or Austria. Even the Kronen government, which is intensely friendly to the Greek nation, and lias been fur generations, cannot offer the pledge King Constantino Constan-tino requires, and this is a clear indica-. indica-. tiou that Prance has joined. England and Russia in guarantees which are iu-cons.i.-dont witli a pledge of the integrity of Greece. King Constantino does not desire to ;join the allies, and, being perfectly aware of the inability of tho allies to promise him tho integrity of Greece, he puts the demand forward as a means of keeping Greece neutral. The sympathies sympa-thies of the king are perhaps pro-German, and should the Teutons win lie would be better satisfied than if the allies won. On the other hand, he is probably convinced that he is doing the best he can for the Greeks. He sees Rumania forced to the wall and in danger of collapse, and he cannot but think that Greece would share a like fa to if she arrayed herself with the allies. al-lies. The king of tho Greeks is thoroughly informed as to conditions in Macedonia, Macedo-nia, and he knows what force is being l,,, 4.1. n n ; n.i n . n,i nai-. haps has learned something which seems to be apparent even to a remote outsider out-sider that the allies are not able to make the tight they should make after a year of preparation. What the explanation ex-planation may be is obscure, but certainly certain-ly the blows of tho allies in Macedonia lack power. - |