, 1880-07-10
GREEK PROSPECTS.
Times, 18th June.)

~AO AAAhS VA knO U1Cu was HOSt6IudN
received in the City of London with con-
spicuous cordiality. An address was pre-
sented to him in which he was assured of
the sympathy with which the development
OF Greece under his rule has been watched
In this country. 1t speaks of s'the extra
I" ordinary development of commercial in.
"tercourse with foreign States, and particu
"larly with Great Britain" since the coun
try was liberated and placed under free
constitutional rule, and it notices with ex-
IRENE satisfaction the steps taken by King
Georges Government to promote the edu.
cation of his people. The King. in reply
expressed a due recognition of the efforts
of England and the deeds of Englishmen
in the emancipation of Greece, and de-
clared his conviction that the progress OF
the country would continue, and that
Greece would not fail to promote and ac-
c~elerate the civilization of the East of
Europe. In q subsequent speech, at lun.
cheOn, the King gave more specific assur-
ances that the progress of the country had
been 'real and material, both as regards
=" tranquility and good order, as well as in
"respect to the internal development of
commerce and the making o froads." He
added that he felt satisfied That as soon a.
the frontier question is settled; the work of
railways will be at once commenced. On
the part alike of the King and of his hosts
all was thus full of applause for the past
and hope for the future; and this aspect
of the proceedings was emphasized by Mr..
Gladstone in his speech. He spoke of the
debt which England, in common with the
rest of the world. oweS to the forefatherS
of the Greek nation, and of the evidence
the modern Greeks have afforded that the
energies and capacities of their race are
not exhausted. He referred to the auspi-
ciOus fact that on the same day as the
King of Greece was being received in the
City of London the representatives of the
great Powers of Europe were holding their
first meeting in tho German capital in or
der to consider how to give effect to those
stipulations of the Berlin Treaty which
provided for the enlargement of the Greek
kingdom. The concurrence of the two in
cidenis afforded. he said, q striking illus.
tration of the fact that the interest taken
in the progress and welfare of the Greek
Kingdom is real and universal. n an
unmistakeable pledge that it will be effec-
tual in securing the immediate objects it
has in view.
The Conference. it will be seen, was duly
opened yesterday. and the preliminary
fOrmalities were discharged. Before the
end of the week the representatives of the
Powers will enter ON the real business
before them, and there is every reason to
believe that they will come to q prompt
decision. AS we explained the other day,
tho Berlin Congress recommended that the
new frontier should follow the valleys of
the Salamyrias or Peneus on the side OF
the Egean, and that of the Calamas on
the side of the Ionian Sea; and it practi-
cally remains to be determined whether
it shall be drawn on the northern or south
ern slopes of those valleys. There is q
practical agreement among the Powers
that it should follow the northern line !;
and Greece, therefore. may reasonably
expect that an ample extension of its ter
~ritories will be assured to it. The reply
of the Porte to the notification addressed
to it respecting the meeting of the Confer
ence is regarded at Vienna az not unsatis-
factory; and even if the Turks should for
a while prolong a futile resistance to the
expectations of Europe, the frontier on
which the Conference may determine will
embody a concession to Greece which must
before long be granted. For the practical
purposes, therefore, of the King of the
Hellenes and of Greek statesmen, the
frontier question is already settled ; and it
ought no longer to divert attention from
those measures of internal development to
which the King referred. Mr.. Gladstone
spoke with due emphasis on this point.
sThe assembled wisdom of Europe" he
said, "when it speaks to the world,
{" speaks in accents that denote reality,
"and in accents that are destined to have.
"a practical effect.D There can thus be
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