15
Sept., 1916.

[3] Paxton Hibben, p. 289.

[4] "_La question de la dissolution de la Chambre fut ecartee. . . . De
plus tout faisait supposer que de nouvelles elections ne seraient pas
favorables an parti venizeliste, dont la cause etait si intimement liee a
la notre._"--Du Fournet, pp. 121-2; Paxton Hibben, pp. 278-9, 306-7.

[5] Zaimis to Greek Legations, Paris and London, 20 Aug./2 Sept.; Rome,
Bucharest, Petrograd, 29 Aug./11 Sept. Romanos, Paris, 20 Aug./2 Sept.,
22 Aug./4 Sept., 25 Aug./7 Sept., 26 Aug./8 Sept. Gennadius, London, 22
Aug./4 Sept., 25 Aug./7 Sept., 1916.

[6] The _New Europe_, 29 March, 1917.

[7] Romanos, Paris, 31 Aug./13 Sept.; Zaimis, Athens, 1/14 Sept., 1916.

[8] Paxton Hibben, pp. 313-19; Du Fournet, pp. 119-21, 129.

[9] Zaimis to Greek Legations, Paris and London, 20 Aug./2 Sept., 1916.
All his dispatches are marked "strictly confidential and to be deciphered
by the Minister himself." The replies are to be addressed to him
personally, and for greater security, must be prefaced by some
meaningless groups of figures.

[10] See messages from the Athens Correspondents of _The Times_ and the
_Daily Chronicle_, 3 Sept.; Reuter, Athens, 9 Sept., 1916. In view of
the strict censorship exercised during the war and in view of the
Franco-Venizelist anxiety to rush Greece into a rupture these
indiscretions can hardly be considered accidental.

[11] Sarrail, p. 152.

[12] King Constantine has publicly taxed the Allies with not forwarding
the orders (see _The Times_, 8 Nov., 1920). On the other hand, there is
on record a statement by Vice-Consul Knox that the orders were forwarded
from Athens and that he himself delivered them at Cavalla. Cp. Admiral
Dartige du Fournet: "_Au moment ou les Grecs virent les Bulgares en
marche sur Cavalla, Us voulurent embarquer lews troupes et leur materiel.
L'amiral anglais qui commandait en mer Egee leur refusa son concours,
esperant sans doute les deeterminer a se defendre. Quand, se rendant un
compte plus exact de la situation, il donna son assentiment a cette
evacuation, il etaii trop tard: les Bulgares entraient a Cavalla le jour
meme._"--Du Fournet, p. 151.

[13] My chief sources of information concerning this event are a Report
by Col. Hatzopoulos to Marshal von Hindenburg, dated "Goerlitz, 13/26
Oct., 1916," and another report drawn up at Athens in July, 1921, from
the records of the judicial investigation instituted by the Venizelos
Govern