France, Great Britain, and Russia, the three protectors of Greece,
have presented a new and drastio Note to King Constantine, requiring him to guarantee the safety of their forces at Salonika by removing his troops from Northern Greece into the Peloponnesus. Ho /snot to keep any artillery or machine guns north of the Isthmus of Corinth. He is to release all the Venizelist prisoners. By way of reparation for the ambush laid for the Allied troops in Athens on December 1st, the responsible Greek commander is to be dismissed, the Greek Government is to apologize, and the Allied flags are to be formally saluted in a public square of the capital. The Allies warn the King that they will soon land troops at Itea, on the shores of the Gulf of Corinth, and send them by railway to Salonika. Until the Allies' demands are accepted, the blockade of Greece will con- tinue. As an important concession, King Constantine is promised that the Venizelists shall not occupy Thessaly and Epirus when his troops are withdrawn.
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