, 1880-07-18
GREECE.
The Policy OF the .Hellenes Contingent
on the Action Of the Porte-Ih4
Croogf ArsnV

The Policy OF the :Fkellenes Contingeqt
| on the Action Of tie Porte-rhs
| Greek Army. 49, -.
| Ath<ns Letter to London T1mts T
OF course the action.of the Porte viu
| decide that Of Greece II the formg
should determine to Keep up the pses:
ent spurious hostility in Epfrus and HnaR
itself to the employment of the Epin6
population, the Greek Government willjsk
y, think, treat the opposition as non-ezaff
ent, and will, believe, nave rl0 dif1iculT@.
Occupying the country III accordance xhh
the ,dceisions of Berlin. II, on the othet:
tion Of these decisions, and is allowed By Ed
rope to oppose ullaitted Greece Ut
tempting to assert her claims. ta
question is presented under two ia+I
poets. IT Turkey is unrestrained in the en-
ployment Of its forces and allowed to aettF.
sea, the Greek Government must take tha
gifts OF Berlin us apples Of Sotlom and rctq3e
to e:lt ashes, the matter ends there, totat
miscarriage. If. however, the Powers Inter-
fere to prevent Turkey from attacking Greece
Or ,02pes:'tlng by sea, the Greek: Goyeinnens
will not hesitate to encounter the force #
may find before it in the act Of occupying tho
territory coded to Grcece.
To tile determination Of its future actloht
then, it needs that OF this question. What
will Europe do as to the restriction Of TufS:;
ish retaliation or offensive aetIol toTap
Greece II the alternative be decided h'uf~
ably to Greece, the Greek army, which tsol:.
ganiZed on n peace footing as to rank soa
file, but Oil war footing as to the number q
commissioned and no!.-conlmissioned' o1l.'
GERS, will be raised at once from 1ts Rfesens
n.lnlber Of 13An men TO %, coo by 1ll's fling ~ -
far as available for this purpose, and tneJ,
have already been called for, to avoid o9.
necessity of calling out the c0nscFpted nf4
absent from their battalions- The numbetot
men hoped fur in this call would raise tas sas
aray e :D.oo. and as EpIIo;tes and .al, @s
jects ..of Greece -. from the moment
IT the declaration of the hopes.
for decisions of the Conference at Peran
they will be enrolled Us volunteers ln Ms*
regular army, enrolment Of foreigners oelg
surrectional gatherings will be eounteuaqfesaa f:a
or regarded as under legal auspices. ,.ns .ay
,EpiroteslwiII be enrolled il special battalion
anu the Tlessallans In others, but they ht. Htn
in atl eases be included III the filling up OF NV
ca.lres now existing. liz
number OF breecli-loaders (Gras) y sat'
ticitnt for the regular army ~ pre!ec.ssuqtt !.sq
with q reserve Of one gun to each n@as.: &,
There are 1900 ch2ssepots, which VIII ~. ~
Increased to u, ,tD by orders already 5sn1g"s
for the military organization OF pug s n1M* "a:
r..
l5,0o0, and will be likewise ils;Ieassa Iils.
to $1,000; ammunition t" Icy t, sna1E21lffs ~
per rifle froni Aie present stock or aN...v1
transport there are available In the eYanrIr
3,5tN mules, out OF coo required; no noIs.t,
but commissions have already bsea, r. ~. ~
naia.er of the mules: All other matelt1:
necessary is already in hand Or oIaetek".. IT,.
and with the 40,0OO effectiyes planne1e r,- y.
and tile co6perati,n Of the people o. IL IL
other Provinces. it Is believed t1as T.. ,aet s
successfully. ..s.t
1t is on niu,y considerations desirable IT,
the Greeks should be compelled TO use n5so aso
military force to gain their ends n.a anT;
prove their strength, and though VIZ ~ + i
case Is i calamity to certain lntelesss s...iih.
Ter tome and aniier national existence to xaqy "
Won froul it.. 1t is possible. nay +''sir. ssii
that they oyerestimate VIZ. tnsst*
military prowcss. There is NO otnx
way 70 develop it than BY .1nt{aancs;. nGna;
Which haya gathered round Greek Polilsgiss.
lnny be dispeifed By a healthy stiak'a sti!,e'oa
which, will .ilDt be 4 forcgone conc1us.valf
There Is 4 great deal in the internal, Hing
ton Of Greece to regret. A war VIII .ati1l,. g
new Influences and the bsst iue|s !.19p ,tsg ths
lowers, In exchange for their M snpE2,f,~ 2a,,e
should insist on certain changes IN tne ID
and administration OF the tn!alnET
State, which. during the enlargement, mo1 oSs-
he easy, but which would BECOME I1o1ess<":
ble after the old routine WAS adopted. 49,.
: The Trustees OF Liberia College hare hayeie3, FL,
solved upon the removal Of that instls!4s,rx ntl4srx
o some point in the interior more sa!uottS
md more advantageous to the inIESstIis nIEsi.sref
.he country. The fact that many CnrIst i tor1
9orler tribes are seeking an educaIton, ,tsrs tg:
heir sons ii great Incentive in thss s!s1 r..
Prise Or. B1ylen is tho President q ug u,n;,ad
;titution; and, considering. the waestE1rTnf
ise Of the Arabic lang,!age in the c9autfhf COZ - thf
,eria. native African Professor OF AIaGT i:
5 to be added to the Faculty In Feoi9'nttau 'ntu
asst Dr.. BlyIen sent 10 Arabic bi1ie77 e7h.is+: .I
he Interior, the gift of II benevolent ! La. 'sS.
IAN lady.