Source: File: Greek
Army Mobilised 1915.jpg,
[online] Available at: <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greek_Army_mobilisation_1915.jpeg>
Accessed: 26 September 2015].
A treaty signed 1913, had agreed
To provide Serbia aid, if attacked
From the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Thursday 24 day of September -
Athens, the capital of Greece,
Witnessed at noon a cabinet
Meeting - in serious discussion.
The necessity was for country's
Safety - Greece had to be seen
To act - mobilising all their forces.
This critical state conveyed
By Minister Venizelos, who
Was driven by car to Tatoi,
Speaking closely to the king.
At 4 p.m. Premier Eleftherios
Venizelos with the king, stated
That Greece needed to mobilise.
That discussion was followed
By King Constantine's meeting
Minster of war, General Danglis.
This formality led into evening.
Foregone conclusion appeared
The only possible reply to attitude
Of Bulgarian process to war.
7.30 p.m. Thursday 24 September,
When Greece's King Constantine,
By signature, gave royal decree
For mobilisation of Greek army.
Later that day, 10.40 p.m. news
Reached Athens via the press
Of the Bulgarian mobilisation.
By that night's issued gazette,
The call made for all 21 to 45
Year old men to report, within
48 hours from the publication.
Twenty classes called to
their
Colourso joined the serving four;
So Greek land forces mobilised.
The final decision appeared
On posters, placed in windows
Of newspaper office's whose
Effect stirred Athens streets.
Away from homeland, a Greek
Colony in London welcomed
News by enthusiastic words.
One man connected to politics
Of his homeland, in statement
To say element of pro-Germany
Still remained in his country.
The presence of those people
Though was overshadowed by
Eleftherios Venizelos' party.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915.
Royal Decree Signed.
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2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 26 September 2015).
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