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Show ALLIES FORGING ORECIANDECISION HELLENIC KINGDOM CAN DELAY NO LONGER, AS BLOCKADE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. Armed Interruption of Greek Commerce Com-merce First Step in Movement to Force King Constantine Into War or Armed Alliance. Athens. A blockade of Greece by the allies has been put into operation. The declaration of the blockade was Issued within an hour of the Greek premier's notice that his government would "disarm and imprison" all Serbian Ser-bian troops taking refuge in Greek territory. Early Sunday the great fleets of the allies gathered at Malta and formed themselves into squadrons to scour the Mediterranean and Aegean seas and search and hold up every craft flying the Greek flag. This armed interruption in-terruption of Greek commerce is the first step in the "commercial and economic blockade" to force King Constantine Con-stantine into war or armed allience with the entente. It Is well known here that Germany foresaw this move when she sent her fleet of submarines Into the Mediterranean, and a new activity upon the part of these undersea under-sea craft is imminent. The attitude of the Greek government govern-ment to the allies is still unsatisfactory. unsatisfac-tory. .. The king, through his cabinet, has again affirmed his "friendliness," but has not taken the steps required to prevent Greece from being counted among the friends of the central powers. |
