The morning call., 1892-03-08
CAMARINOS Is CONSUL.
A New Representative of the
Greciau Government.
Ee Talks of His Early Career and Freely
Discusses the Present Disturbances in
HIS Native Land

d. NJ. Can,arinos, the fruit commission
man who does business at the corner Of
Washington and Sansome streets, has been
appointed Consul TO represent the Greclan
Government in this city, to succeed Hora-
ito \. Cook, who di in October last.
Mr.. Camarinos is still young man, being
in his thlrty-sixth year, and was born in
Sparta. He now has brother who is
professor In the university at A thens. At
home their family were well to do, and
young Camarinos had every advantage of
early training and education. Had he
chosen 10 remain in Greece lie could
have done we'll. but the propensity
to wander was strong within him,
and he chose to stray from his native
land. He spoke several languages fluent ly,
but his En- glish was learned chiefly in this
country. Leaving home he Travelled through
Italy. France. Germany aud England, and
finally drifted to America. He arrived in
New York in 1876 complete stranger.
CAME TO CALIFORNIA.
From there he made his way to San Fran
cisco, and his enterprise soon landed him
In position where he could command re-
spect and influence.
Il received notice OF my appointment:
yesterday" said Mr. Camarinos, land in
spite of the peculiar remarks of young
Mr.. Cook l am proud of tile honor.
There were a number of candidates
for the place, but none of them seemed 10
suit the Government exactly. There Is no
money in the place, TO be sure, but IL is a
position of honor, and any man should be
proud TO represent such II nation as Greece.
And do you know" added the new Con-
sui lhoughtiully, ''tnat my countrymen have
been grossly wronged in the past by the
American newspapers? | will defy any one
TO find Greek to-day in San Quentin or
Folsom, aud yet every Portuguese or Italian
arrested is put down as a native of Greece.
1t is a burning shame, and a stop should be
put to 1t at once. There are in fact in all
this world no nobler or more generous
people than ours. and yet they are blamed
for thousand crimes OF which they are
entirely innocent
CoNsULs AND LETTERS.
II notice, too, that Mr.. Cook, in burst,
refers 10 the fact that he paid out 40 cents
for postage On letters. Suppose he didp
can assure you that he will get every cent
Of 1t back. Nearly all Consuls have the
same experience. Letters come to them on
which they are compelled to pay extra post
age. but they get it all again. There is not
countryman OF mine to-day on the Pacific
Coast who would not be willing to pay most
literally for letter from the old country.
and find that they are generous TO a fault
Now. as TO the troubles in the old conn
try can say but little. l know that the
pioSohs Ans mas Always pecu nlRnly re-
| spccted, and l remember that on the occa-
| sion OF my last visit home 1 SAL him walk.
| ing about the streets Of Athens entirely
unattended and without the least fear Of
| mOlestation. The people seemed to hold
him in the highest respect and were en-
tireiy loyal. II anything has occurred
| to bring about different state of az
| fairs Ii must be due to recent develop
| ments. The Greeks. you understand, are
intensely patriotic, and guard every right
| with jealous care IL they became imbued
| with the idea that the King was conspiring
to take their liberties from them you may
be positive that they would resent it most
bitterly. They have been dictated TO by the
powers OF Europe until they are in a state
| OF desperation. and any outbreak must be
due to fear on their part that they are In
| danger of tyranny"