#GREECE###############################;;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22001_NAME;Divided loyalties;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22001_DESC;King Constantine of Greece is a firm supporter of Germany - educated at the Berlin military academy and married to the Kaiser's sister. However, his Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos is an equally strong supporter of Britain and France, hoping to win their support for his Pan-Hellenic dream of seeing all Greeks united under one flag. In such circumstances, Greece faces a difficult decision in deciding where its loyalties should lie.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22001A;Remain neutral.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22001B;Join the Central Powers.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22001C;Join the Entente.;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22002_NAME;War with Turkey?;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22002_DESC;Now that the Entente are at war with the Ottoman Empire, they seek Greek support and basing rights. This would be popular with the general public, since Turkey is the traditional enemy and controls many provinces still inhabited by Greeks. However, King Constantine is strongly opposed to this since it would mean Greece joining the war against Germany.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22002A;Remain neutral.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22002B;Liberate our Greek cousins from the Turks!;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22003_NAME;Salonika;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22003_DESC;The entry of Bulgaria into the war on Germany's side has raised the stakes in the Greek political debate between the pro-German King Constantine and supporters of the Entente, led by Venizelos. Under the terms of the 1913 treaty between Greece and Serbia, the Bulgarian attack ought to lead automatically to a Greek declaration of war against the Central Powers. However, Constantine is not prepared to honour this alliance, and insists that Greece remain neutral. To counter this, Venizelos has on his own authority invited the Entente powers to send troops into Greek territory and use the port of Salonika as a base.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22003A;Venizelos is a traitor!;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22003B;Venizelos did the right thing.;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22004_NAME;The abdication of King Constantine;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22004_DESC;After the Salonika crisis, Venizelos set up a revolutionary Committee of National Defence in that city under Entente protection. Meanwhile, King Constantine followed an increasingly pro-German course - although a military intervention against Athens by the French fleet in December 1916 deterred him from any active participation in the war. The following year, however, Constantine sent a personal message to the Kaiser saying that he was 'praying for Germany's glorious victory'. That gave the Entente powers the excuse they needed to act, and on 11 June they issued a demand that the King abdicate in favour of his son Alexander.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22004A;Abdicate the throne.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22004B;Defy the Entente!;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22005_NAME;American battleships;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22005_DESC;The Greek government has recently purchased the cruiser 'Helle' from the New York Shipbuilding company. It was intended that this vessel should act as a support for what hopes Greece will be the core of a fine fleet. In 1910, the Greek government unsuccessfully negotiated with the French the purchase of two pre-Dreadnoughts, in an attempt to offset the purchase by Turkey of two of Germany's pre-Dreadnoughts. By now, however, it would seem that the Greek government has found a willing partner for negotiation in the shape of the United States, who are willing to sell the 13,000 ton pre-Dreadnoughts USS Mississippi and USS Idaho. Buying these vessels will tip the naval balance of power in the Near East in Greece's favour.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22005A;Purchase them!;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22005B;The United States demands too much;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22006_NAME;Constantinople has fallen;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22006_DESC;Although the King of Greece, Constantine, is pro-German due to his marriage to Kaiser Wilhelm II's sister, the Prime Minister, Eleutherios Venizelos, is staunchly pro-Entente and has been in negotiation with the British and French governments for some months in attempt to bring Greece into the war against the Central Powers. The King has made Greece's entry on the Entente side conditional on Bulgaria also aligning herself with France, Britain and Russia. Now that Constantinople has fallen, and Bulgaria has signed an alliance agreement with the Entente powers, it is considered by most in Athens that the time to join the war has arrived.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22006A;Join the Entente;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22006B;Neutrality;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22200_NAME;Nationalist movement in Turkey;;;;;;;;;;X
EVT_22200_DESC;The emergence of a nationalist movement in Angora headed by Mustafa Kemal threatens the position of the Greek people in Anatolia. The Treaty of Sèvres created a new Hellenic Empire in Anatolia in imitation of Byzantium, and Kemal has vowed to wage war in order to unseat this new order. The Greek government must decide whether to confront Kemal or give way to his demands.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22200A;Crush them!.;;;;;;;;;;X
ACTIONNAME22200B;Withdraw from Anatolia.;;;;;;;;;;X