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Show ULTIMATUM TO BULGARS BYMEECE King Constantine Said to Have Been Com-pletely Com-pletely Won Over to the Entente and to Be Determined to Declare War Upon the Bulgarians. Bulga-rians. RUMOR OF TRUCE WITH VENIZELOS Former Premier and Admiral Ad-miral of the Navy Still Determined to Force the Issue; Island of Mitylene Joints in the Revolutionary Movement. Move-ment. (SpriJ Cable Ot Arrangement with London Pally Telegraph and International N'ewo Service.) LONDON, Sept. 28. The Greek ministry min-istry tonight ia reported preparing an ultimatum to Bulgaria as a prelude to war. This document, it is said, will contain such demands and bo sot forward for-ward in such verbiage that hostilities can be the only result. King Constantine Constan-tine is sa.d to have been completely won over to the entente, and to be determined de-termined to declare war on Bulgaria. The ultimatum will probably bo delivered de-livered after a meeting of tho crown council tomorrow. It will demand tho evacuation by tho Bulgarian army of all the invaded sections of Greek Macedonia. Mace-donia. Following the dispatch of the Greek government's demand, King Constantine Con-stantine is expected to issue a decree mobilizing the army. Cabinet Convened. The king's decision is said to hnve been reached at a session of the council coun-cil of ministers at Athens today. Following Fol-lowing this conference a cabinet meeting meet-ing was hastily convened by Premier Kalogeropoulos. The premier, before entering tho chamber where tho meeting meet-ing was to be held, intimated that a decree of mobilization might bo expected expect-ed at any time. The king during the day also roceived the chief of staff of tho army, General Gen-eral Moschopoulos, and the former minister min-ister of war, General Yanakitnas. With these military leaders he is said to have discussed the problem of mobilization. mobiliza-tion. Rumor of Truce. The presence of General Yanakitsas at the palace also led to tho rumors of a truce between the king and tho former for-mer Premier Veni.elos, who has lod the pro-ally propaganda in Greece. Jt had been reported yesterday that negotiation nego-tiation s between the two out standi ng figures in the political crisis in Greece had been tentatively opened through the good offices of the former war minister. min-ister. Athens Is In a fever of suppressed excitement. ex-citement. Tho end of the long strain is evidently at hand und the people are glad at the prospect of aain feeling Jinn ground under their fret after the shifting shift-ing sands of international poltb-s which have underlain the life of the capital for months. It Is generally bellr-ved thai a war with Hulgaria will find great popular pop-ular favor. Prince George of ("Jrer-ce, brother of tho king, was recalled to Athens today from London, wbr-re lie lias been acting hk special spe-cial representai ive of the Greek king. CRETE BACKS UP LEADERS OF THE NEW REVOLUTION By G. J. STEVENS. (Spe in radio hy Arrnniffnent with linden Pnttf T''l"erapii and International Newa Pervlie.) CANI0A. Crote, Sept. 2R. Within less than a renltirv. Crete on Tm'Hday accomplished accom-plished its Heventh revolution. The onlv resistance was mt at H era r Ion. not from the kinu's soldiers, but from ant I-nlz"Ilst I-nlz"Ilst Inhabitants. Only a few wte killed in the lighting, which lasted more than two days. In this town the Fourteenth infantry, of 21T.0 men. was quartered, and half of the officers and all the men but nineteen Joined the revolutionaries. The royalists, sur rounded in t lie officers' rjuart ers, telephoned tele-phoned to the J'.rlflfdi and French consuls for the protection of the allies. This was acennled them and they Hre now awaiting deport at ion a t Slid a bay. At a ine'-Miiir this afternoon on Die drill I grounds, former I 'render Venlzrton and : Admiral ("oundouriotis were present, together to-gether with fiofiO of the townspeople' a nd 3000 armed Cretans. Military honors uere (Continued on Pago Two.), ULTIMATUM WILL BE SENT TO BULGARIA (Continued from Page One.) bestowed on Venlzelos and Coundourlotls while a band played the national anthem. The local leader of the revolution stigmatized stig-matized the policy of King Cons tan tine as unconstitutional and unnational. Amid wild cheers, the following resolution reso-lution was passed: i "The armed meeting of the Cretan people peo-ple forms a provisional government, composed com-posed of M. Venizelos, Admiral Coun- J dourlotis and a third member of their i choice. In this government Is vested full i authority to organize the forces of the ! country with the object of joining the en- i tente allies and fighting by their side." Accepting the mission, M. Venizelos j said : I "We express the wish that the crown may, even at the last moment, accede to : the will of the nation, so that it may enter the struggle united." The majority of the Cretans have ceased to consider Constantino their king and all his portraits which were on the walls of public buildings, cafes and shops have been pulled down. The Cretans consider consid-er him a foreigner, with an alien nation's aspirations and ideals. i After the open-air meeting the new government held a reception, among the first arrivals being the consuls of the four great allied . powers, who arrived in a body. |