It so chanced that, scarcely had a fortnight passed since his reappearance in the Chamber, when the Bulgars provided M. Venizelos and at least one of the Entente Powers with this requisite for their evolution. [1] See the Agreement of 10 Dec., 1915 (Art. 5), _White Book_, No. 54; Sarrail, pp. 94-6, 322-30. [2] Skouloudis to Greek Legation, Paris, 12, 14, 16 Dec. (O.S.); Guillemin to Skouloudis, 16/29 Dec.; Skouloudis to Guillemin, 17/30 Dec., 1915. [3] Skouloudis to Entente Ministers, Athens, 31 Dec., 1915/13 Jan., 1916; Gryparis, Vienna, 4/17 Jan., 1916. [4] Among the Greek State Papers there is a voluminous file labelled "Violations of Hellenic Neutrality by the Entente Allies." It contains a mass of complaints by the Central Powers to the Greek Government and by the Greek Government to the Entente Governments. Special attention is drawn to the case of two Greeks put to death by the French military authorities in Macedonia for having been found in possession of German proclamations dropped from aeroplanes: See Skouloudis to French Legation, Athens, 13/26 April, 1916. [5] _Journal Officiel_, p. 70. [6] _Life of Kitchener_, Vol. III, p. 261. [7] Skouloudis, _Apantesis_, pp. 3-11; _White Book_, Nos. 75-8, 82-3, 88, 91. [8] Skouloudis, _Semeioseis_, pp. 33-6; _White Book_, Nos. 57-63. [9] Skouloudis, _Apantesis_, pp. 12-14. [10] Of the 162 individuals who, by the end of 1916, composed the personnel of the Franco-British Secret Police at Athens, only about 60 were natives of Old Greece; the rest came from Crete, Constantinople, Smyrna, etc. An analysis of the official List, signed by the Prefect of the Greek Police, reveals among them: 7 pickpockets, 8 murderers, 9 ex-brigands, 10 smugglers, 11 thieves, 21 gamblers, 20 White Slave traffickers. The balance is made up of men with no visible means of subsistence. [11] Du Fournet, pp. 115-17; Skouloudis to Greek Legation, Paris, 19 Feb./4 March, 1916. [12] Politis to Guillemin, 9/22 Feb., 1916. [13] Considering the extent of the coast-line of Greece and the poverty of her inhabitants, this would be incredible, were it not attested by the Allies' Naval Commander-in-Chief, whose task it was to verify every report transmitted to him: "_Jamais un seul de ses avis n'a ete reconnu exact; la plupart etaient visiblement absurdes._" "_Malgre les verifications les plus repetees jamais un seul de ces avis n'a ete reconnu exact. Un certain nombre de coquins, incompetents mais malins, vivaient du commerce de ces fausses nouvelles._"--Du Fournet, pp. 115, 304. Cp. also pp. 85, 270. The French Admiral of Patrols, Faton, and the British Admiral Kerr, are equally emphatic in testifying "that all these stories about supplying the submarines were fabrications."--See Vice-Admiral Mark Kerr, in the _Morning Post_, 13 Dec., 1920. [14] J. C. Lawson, _Tales of Aegean Intrigue_, pp. 93-143. [15] Du Fournet, p. 304.