The answer of Greece to the Allies'• ultimatum. will be
known before these lines are published. So far King Constantine and his Government have remained obdurate. Although, there are many ;grave signs, the politeness of Admiral du Fournet in pressing the demands of the •Allies is acknowledged, and it has tended to smooth the crisis. Eighteen batteries of fleld'artillery and sixteen moun- tain batteries, with one thousand shells for each battery, 'forty thoueand Mannlicher rifles, one hundred and forty machine guns and ammunition and motor transport, are the• material in dispute. The oontent•ion• of the Greek Government is that the -Allies cannot 'fairly demand these things in order -to " restore, the equilibrium " which. was upset by the surrender of military material to the: Bub gariana, since the Allies have already taken onahundred and ninety, one guns of various sizes, and these axe-modern guns, whereas- the guns handed over to the Bulgarians were practically obsolete. The Greek Government sum up their objections by saying that if the required munitions were handed.over to'the Allies,lit addition to the recent surrender of several Greek ships, the Central-Powers would come to the conclusion that Greece was definithly hostile.
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