The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-09

TIE GRECIAN INsURRECrION-THE GREEK
VIEW OF THE QUEsTIoN.-We published yester-
day the touching appeal Of c. Eyangelidi II
naturalized Greek, in behalf of his suffering
native couutrymcn, involved in the existing
Greek Instruction against Turkey. We p1b-
lish to-day second appeal from the same
author, to the people of the United States,
which, we doubt not, will challenge at once
their attention and their sympathes.
Chrestus Evangelical was a boy in the Greek
Revolution of 1921 and from the general mas
sacre OF his family by the Turks he was rescued
by several Americans of New York, and
brought to the United States. Here they
placed him, first at a primary school, from
which he was transferred to Columbia College,
where he graduated in due time. He subse-
quently returned to the kingdom of Greece,
and set up a small school there, which he gradu-
ally enlarged and advanced till it becam,
thrifty college. He also gave lectures on the
Bible, and established Sunday schools after the
Protestant examples which he had studied In
the United States. From the little kin gdom of
Greece, in the neck Of the Pelopponesus, the IA
fuences Of these varied teachings of Evangelical
were diffused into Macedonia, Albania Thessaly
and the other Greek provinces still under the
dominion Turkey, and were, doubtless, in
strumental sowing the seeds of the present
revolution. Mr.. Evangelical has now returned
to the United States as the ambassador from
the Greek people, of the revolving Turkish
Greek provinces, and in this capacity he has
issued his appeal to the people of this country.
He informs US that the insurgent Greeks had
arranged their plans for revolutionary rising
against the government of Turkey on the 25th
of March last, the anniversary of the Greek
revolution of 1921; but that the cruelties of the
Turks and their eytortions preciptated the re-
voluton prematurely. He denies that King
Ohio, with the view Of annexing the revolving
Turkish provinces to his dominions, has nsti-
gated this rebellion Many Greeks of his king
dom had gone to take part in Ii; but it was to
the relief Of their friends in their native pro-
vinces, and not from any cooperation of Ohio
in their sympathy. Evangelical also denies
that Russia is ut the bottom of this movement.
Had she been she would have supplied the in
war, for all OF which they have been entirely
dependent upon their own small resources.
The substance Of the facts communicated by
our Greek missionary may be briefly summed
up. The Greek provinces Of Turkey outside
Of the Independent little kingdom of Greece,
had resolved upon revolution of their own
accord. 1t was q movement entirely iadepen-
dent Of Russian collision and in spite of the
policy Of King Ohio. which was to keep on
good terms with the powers to whom he is in
debted for his throne and his kingdom. The
rebelllous Greeks of the Turkish provinces
have just cause Of mutiny against their Ma
homedan masters, and the war is for life or
death. The entire Greek population of numer-
Gus villages in Macedonia and Thcssaly. have
been butchered by the Turks-rhen, women
aud children-and the work of wholesale
slaughter was not yet stayed The infdel
Greeks, 80 called because they are Christians.
were, in word to be extcrminatcd: and vet
their Turkish oppressors and murderers were
seconded in their bloody work by the fleets and
armies OF England and France.
Such is substantially the Greek side of the
question, az derived from their agent to the
United States, Evangelical. He is an intelli-
gent, educated gentleman, and from his charac-
er as the chief Of Greek college, and a. o