Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-06-03

Aliens suif-ls from an exec OF IN
..ilpctual ACTIVITY. The city l. over
stocked with hcairs. IT. hanGs are idle.
Greece llnS no gr.-rt manufacturers. Il
h;.s no system Of roads. Among The
many failures of King Ogho- reign,
rerhaus none was more injurious 'h"n
his failure to provide any means OF
ready INSTRUMENTATION Between
rae provinces OF Greere. OF course ihe
Topography Of Greece-her Ii nHtAln
ranges and deep-IeachinP SniiS anu
bsys-rau,!ers the task of roa0 bulldinc
a difficult ore. But national unity ana
alate,ial prosperity can not come WIN
out good roads. TO day all Greece Lns
bat i've miles Of railroad, arr! hardly
more tLau fifty miles OF good carriage
roads. Finding no outlet IN fiio de
yriopmeut of the country's material re
sources, all the energy OF the marvel
ionslv active Greek mind has been
tnrned to traie, to study, and TO ? Ii
ties; and chiefly to politics, III ways ii
passion with the Athenian. Nlth t.
territory but ihree-fiftbs as great rs that
Of New York. with population al
nearly two millions; with un:Sef'"i
suffrage, aud with a monarchy so Inn
/ tied that the government Is III reality II
: democracy ia the administration OF Its
internal affairs, the Greek nation OF t.
! ,!ay devote5 ten times TOO much energy
! 70 governing itself. This concenira-
I ton of force within narrow limits be
! gets beat at Athens. Cajor such pres
sure the political friction is something
enormous. Athens supports from
thirty to forty new papers. Politieai
clubs are more numerous than IN c!assl {
days, and az Influential. Every man OF
prominence has his newspaper, Ii
club oil person~l followers, his petit,
party. When tho death of Delegeor9es
Prime Minister, WAS announced OF
the street to group of Athenian gen
ilemen with WHOM I was talking, the
first remark WAS. "Ah, now kurie So
ani-So " naming q politician Of il'ti,
iniinerce) will form "a party, will h'
not 2" Room for one more aspirant tt
office, with his organized clique of 70!
lowers, was the argument.
Salaries for public services are Of
course pitifully low. Criticism OF Al
official acts, and OF every measure al
vocated by the government. is bitter
and ceaseiess. This spirit of criticism
is not merely healthful concern fo
the public welfare; it is the constan
effort to induce public, ever prone t.
change its political leaders, 50 tt
clamorrs o put the Sins" az, and t.
give to other men a chance at wha
must be for them. too, brief tenure Of
! power. Acrimonious attacks upon mel
and motives abound. The newspaper
give room to angry opponents for viru
rivals. The irrepressible life aut
mental activity Of the nation preys upon
itself.
I Give Greece mission; let her hope
for that il iiuence in the rea lstm"D
of power after TURKEYS approaching
dissolution If the CT ronic " sick man
is indeed soon to die) ~hiah justly he
longs to her US the most intelligent, the
most enterprising, the moot highly civ
ilIzsd race of the Lsvant; extend hel
boundaries, as we hope the great pow
ers will soon do; give but CLEAN o
distant hope to such enthusiastic patri
OTIS Is joined the club some time sine,
organized at Athens Ivy Makrak,s,
shrewd political aud religious aRitator
which Processes Tor its object to place
Prince Constantine. King Georges ED
I est son, on the throne of all Greece n
Constantinople-and the truly erea
qualities of tnis wonderful race, whici
were proved to be still hers by the gal
liant, III hinching heroism Displayed II
Ler struggle for undergraduates, bu
which have suffered temporary eclips
since that struggle closed, will one
more be displayed to a world which ha
so often been inspired by the word
and deeds of the Greeks of ancieu
times. Merrill Edwards Gates, i!
Hurper's Magazine.