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Show oo GREECE TO CLOSE GATE TO ALLIES Rome via Paris, Nov. 15, 11:40 p. m. It Is officially announced that two Austrian aeroplanes bombarded Brescia at 8 o'clock this morning, killing kill-ing seven persons and wounding ten. No material damage was done. London, Nov. 15, 10 p. m. The in timation of the Greek government that any entente allied troops seeking refuge in Greek territory will be disarmed dis-armed has the cause of considerable anxiety to the entente powers, and consequently Field Marshal Earl Kitchener's near east visit gains addr ed importance. According to belated dispatches received re-ceived from Athens, Greece bases her decision on International law while the entente ministers contend that the right accorded troops to enter the country through Salonikl permis them to retire by the same route, should it become necessary for them to do so. The ministers are demanding demand-ing that Greece unequivocally define the attitude she will observe should such an eventuality present Itself. Besides the claim to hospitality which tho entente allies declare they have on Greece, in view of the then to send a force to Salonikl to enable en-able Greece to fulfill her treaty obligations obli-gations to Serbia, which, however, Greece repudiated, Earl Kitchener and the entente ministers are likely to draw the attention of King Constan-tine Constan-tine and his government to the fact that the constitutionalism of Greece was guaranteed by France, Russia and Great Britain and that it was only obtained after Great Britain had ceded ced-ed the Ionian islanda to that country and the three powers had agreed to contribute 4000 pounds $20,000) yearly year-ly for the personal use of the king. This, It is contended, binds the Greek people to the entente allies, and should King Constantine overrule this, the followers of M. Venizelos insist, in-sist, he would dissolve tho chamber and the throne of Greece depends on the continuance of friendly neutrality toward the entente powers. Germans Would Offer Protection. The Germans on the other hand, are declared to be assuring the Greek government that Greece will be protected pro-tected against the entente allies should that country support the con-, trai powers, and that as evidence of tho ability of Austria and Germany to do this they are dispachlng more submarines sub-marines to the Mediterranean, which could be used against any fleet threatening threat-ening Greek ports. Meantime the fight for Serbia proceeds pro-ceeds without abatement. The Aub-tro-Germans and Bulgarians claim repeated re-peated successes but it is apparent that their progress is slow, the Serbians Serb-ians now having reached thoir mountain moun-tain fortresses in Central Serbia and the roads, or want of roads, making It difficult for the invaders to bring up their heavy artillery with which they always back up their infantry. |
