Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-12-03 | Page 2 | Riots, near Battles in Athens Streets

RIOTS NEAR BATTLES I IN ATHENS STREETS By Oy United Proal to The Telegram LONDON Dec 2 Greece's Greece's day of grace beyond the time limit set by Admiral Du Fournet for disarmament i was a bloody reign of terror culminatIng culminating ing In complete reversal of the Greek governmental policy N Latest dispatches said an armistice had been arranged the French admiral agreeing to withdraw his troops and King Constantine promising the surrender surrender der of six batteries of mounted field artillery Before that agreement was concluded there were half a dozen pitched battles in the streets and outskirts outskirts outskirts out out- skirts of the Greek capital capital between between allied troops and Greek reservists and Greek Royalists and Venizelos sup sup- porters The exact extent of the casualties in these riots and near battles is not known but it is believed to total more than a hundred The inhabitants of the city except those supporting one faction or the other shut themselves up in their homes terror stricken The city's business was at a standstill and andall ill all ll vehicles stopped The time limit set by Admiral Du I Fournet for compliance with the allied demands of surrender of arms expired Thursday The French naval commander commander commander com com- mander apprised that King Constan- Constan Continued Continued on page page page 2 2 RIOTS NEAR BA BATTLES TILES Continued from page 1 tine and his ministers had determined upon refusal nevertheless granted the government an additional twenty four I hours hours but but at once began concentration of his forces It was v the landing of French sailors that touched off the spark of rioting These armed forCes were ware set Upon a number of times by mobs of reservists They marched steadily forward and seized several hills commanding the city A second detachment was re refused refused re- re fused passage by Greek guards Meanwhile Mean Mean- while several hundred Brit British sh marines were landed and garrisoned in the Zap Zap- S. S or industrial exhibition building V near the gardens of the royal palace There they were fired upon vigorously t Athens dispatches say another French force that sought t to occupy the wireless wireless wire wire- eless e- e less stations was repulsed at It the point of of the bayonet by Greek guards