The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . presented hisresignation and that of hisCabinet, which led to ascene of wild disorder inthe Chambers, after which agreat crowd, singing the*Marseillaise, marched tothe home of Venizelos, who bythis time was in consultation with diplomatic representativesof the Entente Powers. With the crowd so great that it*jammed the narrow street separating the American Lega-tion from the residence of Venizelos, cries were heard of*Long live Venizelos! Long live Franc
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . presented hisresignation and that of hisCabinet, which led to ascene of wild disorder inthe Chambers, after which agreat crowd, singing the*Marseillaise, marched tothe home of Venizelos, who bythis time was in consultation with diplomatic representativesof the Entente Powers. With the crowd so great that it*jammed the narrow street separating the American Lega-tion from the residence of Venizelos, cries were heard of*Long live Venizelos! Long live France! the cheers forFrance being, it was said, prompted by news of the occupa-tion of Salonica by French troops. By October 6 Britishtroops also were landing at Salonica, while French troopswere being concentrated a mile and a half from the town,on ground that had been conceded by Greece to Serbia afterthe war of 1913, as a site for warehouses. From Salonica,Allied troops were to be sent as quickly as possible to theSerbian frontier. While these movements were going forward, Bulgariadeclared war on Serbia and crossed the frontier, and then. VenizelosPremier of Greece 195 OUTBREAK AND CAUSES Great Britain declared war on Bulgaria. Teutonic forcesat once crossed the Danube and recaptured Belgrade, whichthe Serbians had recovered from Austria several monthsbefore, and started southward, expecting to force their way-through the mountains to Nish. It was necessary now to recognize that the QuadrupleAlliance had not only failed thus far to force the Dar-danelles, but had failed to enlist the Balkan States on their side. The enlistment of Italyin May and the great Russianretreat of the summer hadchanged the whole Balkansituation. Greek sympathieswere no doubt with the Allies,but Bulgarias attitude towardGreece demanded careful at-tention, for Greece had takenKavala and Drama from Bul-garia in the Second BalkanWar, and these cities Bulgariaintended some day to the Allies gua
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