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Show GREEKS HEAR PEACE MESSAGE ON JULY FOURTH SALONIKI, Triday. July 4. Premier IVeniselOB' announcement to his people of the signing of the German peace treaty at Versailles was issued today by General l'araskevopoulos in an order or-der of the day to troops. I The message read: "Tho world commences to breathe. iThe strongest of our enemies recog-Inlzea recog-Inlzea his complete defeat and accepts I the heavy but just conditions of the allies. The signing of this peace will ! be followed rapidly by the submission ! of our more direct enemies. Bulgaria (and Turkey, and this latter action will restore liberty to many thousands of our brothers in the Greek irredenta as well as to the peoples living there; and I will enable Greece again to become a rich state and to enjoy the benefits Of peace assured by the league of nations. na-tions. The Greek army may be proui of its participation in this gigantic work." |