The negotiations with Greece still drag on Although the nature
of the demands made by the Allies has not been officially published, it is obvious that something more is required than a promise by Greece that she will not intern or try to interfere with Allied troops who might be compelled to retire on to Greek territory. The railway communications at Salonika are inadequate in any case, and if Greece maintains a large armed force in the neighbourhood she will be bound to impede the operations of the Allies, though she may diselaitn.all intention of doing so. The Allies need an absolutely clear course for their campaign. They cannot carry on without it. But Greece repeats that she must keep her troops there, and cannot feed them properly elsewhere. She promises benevolent neutrality, but her reservation that her sovereign rights must not bo in- fiinged, or any military restrictions be imposed, reduces the promise to a pledge of little meaning.
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