Admiral du Fournet, after some discussion - , modified the tuna of
his original demand. The - ultimatum • embodying the rabrixnuan demands of the Allies required that ten- mountain batteriefnehoukl be handed over by December -1st and the rest of the material by December:15th. Admiral du Fournet pointed out that enl'-)atened Greek opinion could not reasonably object to allowing-the Protecting Powers to make use of munitions which were lying idle in the arsenals. The resistance of the Greek Government has been rein- forced by the Royalist officers, who have reconstituted the Military League and bound themselves by oaths not to consent to the surrender of the arms. There is a good deal of irony in this latest development, as it will be remembered that the Military League was the body which removed the present King and all the Royal Princes from the Army. M. Venizelos when he was called in as the saviour of his country restored the members of the Royal Family to their positions. One can understand that the Military League dislikes M. Venizelos, but that the King should find himself in this galley I The officers of the League threaten to take to the Thessalian Mountains and harass the Allies, and there have been demonstrations at Larissa and other places. In Athens leading Venizelists have been threatened with massacre.
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