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Show GREECE REFUSES OFFERf CYPRUS DECINES MILITARY AID TO. ASSIST AS-SIST IN MEETING BULGARIAN AND GERMAN ATTACKS. Hellenic Kingdom's Decision Not to Join Allies Based Upon Ground That Force Landed at Saloniki Is Unequal to Task. London. Greece has declined for the present the allies' offer to her of Cyprus and other concessions, territorial terri-torial and financial, in return for, her adherence to the Serbo-Greek treaty of alliance, which would mean 'her military aid to assist m meeting the Bulgarian and Austro-German attacks against her former ally. The reply of Greece to the offer, which reached the foreign office Friday Fri-day night, is a lengthy one and while it has not been made public, there is reason to believe that the Hellenic kingdom bases its decision not to join the allies on the ground that; the Anglo-French force landed at Saloniki Is not, in the GreeK government's opinion, strong enough for the task allotted it. The refusal to accept the "allies' offer was not unexpected, as it has been often stated in official circles that both Roumania and Greece were withholding their assistance until the allies either won a decisive victory or proved to the Greeks and Roumanians Rouman-ians their ability to do so, or until operations had reached a stage which would assure them that their countries coun-tries would not be overrun by the forces of central powers or their Turkish and Balkan allies. There is no inclination here or in the capitals of other members of the quadruple entente powers to minimize mini-mize the seriousness of the situation of Serbia. The Austro-German and Bulgarian campaign is developing slowly, but the plans are now fairly clear. The Austro-German center- is advancing down the Moraya valley from Semendria, while the Bulgarians have got across this valley to ,the south and command the Belgrade-Nish-Saloniki railway. The Austro-Germans Austro-Germans have three other forces engaged, en-gaged, one in the northwest near Shabataz, one at Belgrade, and the third, which has not yet crossed 'tLe Danube, about Orsova. |