The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-09-09
GREEK AFFAIRS.

have been taken hy RUSSIA, France, and
England, as allies, in relation tn the affairs
of Greere more particularly those contain
ell in the famous treaty OF July 6, and the
Protocols (having the force OF treaty stipn-
lations) which have since been prolnulgat-
ed. 1t is very true, the Protocols have not
been published by the respective govern
ments, hut they have been issued with the
signatures of the Ministers of the three
powers, and their Authenticity has never. as
we have seen, been denied by the minjste-
/ rial lonl nails of those powers. They GER
taInly carried with them the appearance of
! having been made with the knowledge anal
! concurrence of the Greek Authorities, and
that nothing more was wanting TO give them
| force AMI pprmanenrv than the accession
of the Ottoman Porte to them. 1t now APP
pears. however, that there has been snme
mistakes or enignas IN the maiter. In the
Journal DIES Dehats "a Paris unofficial jour
nal) of tile Goth July last, correspondence
Appeared on the above subjects, between
Mr.. Dawkins. the British Minister in Greece
and the President of Greece, Count Capo
dPlstria; in which corresDondenre Mr.. d..
communicated the Protocol of March 22d
last, and in answer to which the President
expressed his gratitude, for this first Off
cial communication of the allied courts rel
alive to measures for carrying into effect
the treaty of July 6th," and which, he adj
'led, "lPaves muc.i to he desired by the
Greek Government Of information whirh
had not yet reached it." He afterwards
proceeded 10 say, that :" he is ignorant of
the limits of the territory guaranteed bv
the alliance, as the Protocol of Nov. 1928,
L.,
the inhabitants of the provinces without the
Isthmus of Corinth, and those of the PENN
sua and the islands mad contracted solemn
engagements. in the days of trial and mis-
fortune, neper to separate their cause, and
which engagements were confirmed by the
double sanction of the acts of the National
Congress, and of the oaths of the people !
That the Greek Government, therefore, had
not the power % draw line of separation
between Continental Greece, and the Pelo-
ponesns, especially as it is TO the immense
sacrifices Of those countries that the oelu-
poneSus had more than onre owed its safe.
ty." He then recounted the recent snrren-
der to the Greek army of the fortresses of
Vonitza, Lepanto, Missolonghi, and Ana
tolia, and minated his expectation that
Athens and two other places would soon
follow their example.
In reply to another pant of the note of
Mr.. D., lin which the latter alluded to the
determination Of the allied powers to require
of the Ottoman Porte to- maintain the ar,nis-
tire announced by the Refs Effend, of
Sent 10, 1923, as existing defacio on the
I part Of the Turks. and expressed his ronvic-
/ ton that the Greek nation would meet the
hopes of the allied courts by declaring i'm
meiiatelv cessation of hostilitips. or hy
recalling their trnops within the limits of
the territory placed under the guarantee of
| the three powers hy the act of Nov. is.
/ 1928. the President said. the Greek Gov
eminent had received no official notice The
mote Of the Refs Efendi of Sept. 10. IN which
| rrpoSPd the hope of an armlstlre: that if
| this document correspondent with what it
had been represented to he in private let
! tiers. the Greek Government could seq in il
only an Pvasive answer, by means of whirh
| the Porte rejected onrr more. in principle.
| the mediation whirh was offered To- hun by
! the treaty Of July 9th. And further, that.
/ on resting upon an armisilre defacto, whirh
] is in effect defensive attitude revokahIe
IA; pleasure, and in declaring on its part,
anil on this basis. the cessation of hoStlltles.
! the Greek Government would place itself
! without the principle laid down by that
treaty. and wniIld contract at the same time
an engagement which it would not he in its
! power to fulfil" He reserved for further
communication some remarks on several
articles of the Protorol
From the correspondence allnded tn. il
| is quite evident the Greek Authorities do
! not think their dear friends, the allied now
i ers. have treated them very respectfully.
! nor appeared to he over DESTROYS Of ron-
sulting them AZ To the terms of the enanci-
patton Of their country; anil. further. that
the favorife scheme of the allies for the pa
"ihratlon of Greere, will find other oppn-
nPnts thnn that Of the Turks. We do not.
! however. know the date Of the above rot
respondence. and there is reason to suppose
! that it took nlare before the pronunciation
of the last Protmol in which the allied
powers have so far amendel former act
as TO s'ipniatc for considerable increase
ot the territory of Greere. beyond the 18th
mus of Corinth and thar it is In obtain the
| arresslon of the Sultan 10 the Protnrol inns
modified. that the French AMI English Min.
isfers have returned to Constantipnple. -
should this he the case, the complaints of
the Greek President would in mart he re-
moved. Still it would appear that the
Greeks had other objections to the arrange
'nent: and. at the last date, il WIS stated
that the Turks wonld not. on any event,
consent to the new extension Of The Greek
territory. What, therefore. the eventual
result OF this apparent state Of things will
he. We do not feel competent to foretel
But some Of The European seers. think thew
ran 'lisrern signs Of the times in il. which
make it probable that some few clonds will
vet Hit over the bright pacific antiripations
OF their capitalists, and that serions dificnl.
ties may yet arise in settling the Greek
question, even should the la'e sl,ccesscs of
the Russian Emperor compel his hauOhtv
and indomitaLle brother Emperor to sue for