. Constantine I and the Greek people. ills commanding Cavalla,suddenly decided to enter the city, in defiance oftheir written pledge. On September 10, ColonelHadjopoulos, commanding that part of theGreek fourth army corps stationed in the city,telegraphed the minister of war in Athens: The fourth Greek army corps at Cavallawishes to surrender at once to the British. TheBulgarians threaten to bombard the city to-mor-row, Monday. Owing to the Allied control of the telegraph,his message was necessarily transmitted by wayof Saloniki, through the British admiral, who inturn telegraphed the Greek st
. Constantine I and the Greek people. ills commanding Cavalla,suddenly decided to enter the city, in defiance oftheir written pledge. On September 10, ColonelHadjopoulos, commanding that part of theGreek fourth army corps stationed in the city,telegraphed the minister of war in Athens: The fourth Greek army corps at Cavallawishes to surrender at once to the British. TheBulgarians threaten to bombard the city to-mor-row, Monday. Owing to the Allied control of the telegraph,his message was necessarily transmitted by wayof Saloniki, through the British admiral, who inturn telegraphed the Greek staff in reply: Do you wish me to permit the Greek troopsto embark on Greek ships? On the receipt ofthis enquiiy General Callaris, the minister of war,replied through the British military attache inAthens: Fourth army corps—Cavalla. Transportyourselves immediately with all your effectiveand, if possible, all supplies to Volo, arrangingtransport with British admiral. Embark prefer-ably on Greek ships, but if none are available, on 320. A CABINET FORMED FOR WAR ships of any other nationality. The civil author-ities and police must remain at Cavalla. It was only when too late to set matters rightthat the British military attache admitted to thechief of the Greek staff that there had been anundue delay in the delivery of these peremptoryorders owing, he explained, to formalities be-tween the Allied military and naval , however, the British naval officer incommand proposed to transport Colonel Hadjo-poulos and his troops to Saloniki. Hadjopou-loss orders had not come. The experience ofcertain officers of the 11th Division who hadbeen imprisoned in Saloniki for refusing to jointhe Allies, counseled the Greek commanderagainst any such disposition of his troops. Some3400 men and 80 officers had already been takento Thassos by the French, where they were heldas prisoners.^ Both men and officers of that con-tingent have since informed me that every pos-sible pressure
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