When, on Sept. 21, after the Bulgarian mobilization had begun, M. Venizelos, who was then Prime Minister of Greece, asked France and ourselves for 150,000 men, it was on the express understanding that Greece would mobilize also. Greece did, in fact, mobilize under his direction on Sept. 24, but it was not until Oct. 2 that M. Venizelos found himself able to agree to the landing of British and French troops under the formal protest, a merely formal protest, which he had already made to the French Government. On Oct. 4--I wish these dates to be borne in mind--M. Venizelos announced what had happened to the Greek Chamber, and at the same time declared that Greece must abide by her treaty with Serbia. The next day the King repudiated the declaration and then M. Venizelos resigned. The new Government which succeeded declined to recognize that a casus foederis had arisen between Greece and Serbia, in spite of our constant insistence that Greece should make common cause with Serbia, and the new Greek Government, while declaring their desire to remain on friendly terms with the Allies, declined to depart from their attitude of neutrality. H. H. ASQUITH, _House of Commons_, _November 2, 1915_. [Illustration] _THE NEXT TO BE KICKED OUT_ _Dumba's Master_ * * * * * By reason of the admitted purpose and intent of Mr. Dumba to conspire to cripple legitimate industries of the people of the United States and to interrupt their legitimate trade and by reason of the flagrant violation of diplomatic propriety in employing an American citizen protected by an American passport as a secret bearer of official dispatches through the lines of the enemy of Austria-Hungary, the President directs me to inform your Excellency that Mr. Dumba is no longer acceptable to the Government of the United States as the Ambassador of his Imperial Majesty at Washington. _Official American Note Requesting the Recall of_ MR. DUMBA, _the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador._ _September, 1916._ [Illustration] _SEPTEMBER, 1914, AND SEPTEMBER, 1915_ _The Crown Prince, 1914_: "_Now the war begins as we like it._" _The Crown Prince, 1915_: "_But this is not as I wished it to continue._" * * * * * Towards the end of September, 1916, the British and French Armies began an attack upon the German forces at Loos and in the Champagne. During five days' fighting, over 25,000 prisoners and 125 guns were captured by the Allies. [Illustration] _IDYLLIC NEUTRALITY_ _A daily smuggling scene on the Dutch frontier_ * * * * *