to include the demobilization of the
Greek army.

The notice of the blockade again aroused the excitement of the Greek
population, but not so much against the Allies as against the
Skouloudis government. And this was because what the Allies were
expected to demand was just what the majority of the Greek masses
seemed most to want, the demobilization of the army; the return to
their vocations of the thousands of workingmen with the colors. The
Venizelos party was especially in favor of such a measure, for its
leaders claimed that it was because the mass of the voters was with
the army and was therefore deprived of their suffrage, that the
sentiment of the Greek people could not be determined.

On June 9, 1916, it was announced from Athens that the king had signed
an order demobilizing twelve classes of the army, amounting to 150,000
men. But this order was not, for some reason, put into execution, nor
was there any indication of the Allies putting an end to the blockade.
On the contrary, on the same day it was announced that the Greek
captain of the port at Saloniki had been removed and a French naval
officer had been put in his place. Entry to the port had also been
refused to Greek ships from Kavala, and an embargo had been placed on
Greek ships in French ports. Obviously the Allies were demanding
something more than the demobilization of the army. As a matter of
fact, they had not yet formally presented their demands.

From later reports it was shown that the Allies had prepared their
demands formally and that they were to have been presented on June 13,
1916. But the evening before, on the 12th, certain events took place
in Athens which caused them to delay the presentation of their note,
holding it back for revision.

On the 12th a military fete had been held at the Stadium, at which
members of the British Legation were present, including the military
attache and Admiral Palmer, the new chief of the British Naval
Mission. When the king and his suite appeared at the Stadium, Greek
police officers immediately grouped themselves around the British
representatives, giving the inference that the royal party needed to
be protected from them. The indignant Englishmen immediately left the
Stadium. After the fete a mob collected in the street and began a
demonstration against the Allies. The crowd was escorted by fifty or
sixty policemen in uniform. It first marched to the Hotel Grande
Bretagne, where the French Minist