New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28
A GREEK STATESMAN.
Mr. TRICoUPIs AT ATHENS.

From Tho Illustrated London News.
have Just returned from Athens writes cor.
Road not mr from the royal palace. Anyone viii
you which is The house fof the pecpe OF Athens are
very proud OF their leader. and Just recently thOnGed
to the door make denomination after the deolara'
ton Of the poll: AZ the numerous receptions gwen
by NJ. rcoupiS his sister acts Us hostess, and before
IHn t' aG M, na,nr - conycrs s with Mis- opiia
IricJups =. I'm her social realm, no less in
tcr,~ung. and certainly no Is fa,cnang. than her
brother. She has been apply called the modern
Madam Roland" such IS the charm with which she
sway, her salon Nearly every day IN the year peas.
ant, from the country and politicians from the city call
five minutes conversation with her.
Having assembled the uncarpcted staircase to the
first door. YOU enter what al first sight to be
garden. This Is the saon; Lovek palms stand about
The room, and on the tables are arranged banks OF
ana arilm E!ies emitting beautiful scent. on
,,o .Hnc f, T re Grcc Nth fhcr antogr,phS sub
Madame AMI ~ Trcouri, the parents OF the statesman
some years. and from thl, fact much Of the knowl.
edge q AID sy1la,hy win ENGLAND which distinguish
Miss ricoul.s AID her btot;er may be traced.
~ TIiconpIS has trm mouth and ehin Which shows
determinations lie Is good conversationast, speaking
~ admirably In English and rapidly his sister.
OF course, wanted TO know what he thought Of Greek
politics ut tho present time.
What about this crisis, VI. Trlcou1tsi"
Mny ' Tc elections will dcSd N act ia We Of SHAH
settlc wn quietly, End all eNcltcmen VIII depart"
suppose your debates Resemble those which take
Ycs ani no. T1cy are Lilo yours. EXCEPT that there
the speeches. The greatest compliment which our
best speakers can receive the Silence in which they
ori II, sound they call cheers I'm the House OF Com
mons We Greeks are amused mus, 10 rclG that Mr. Glad
demonstration grccts our debaerS when they address
lave yon any official reports =, debates p
"Oh, yes; they make small library Our
method is TO receive slips on which is written the re.
port OF tn, speech Delivered On the same evening Tn.
shorthand viltcr sends up has transcription before u
IS set up I'm type. easily imagine wcai-
in oeo INC cdes rcsd5s ones own " specc SU are
always dgI The on,,oJ rpors are Paid FOR BY the
our reports not good as 1Iansarl.' and your
lIaqaard' is not as eScelenty done in my opinion.
DO your Deputies render annual accounts Of their
stcwnrdshlps to their Constituent, ~
yon do in England. ! ncpuiy WI leave Athens By
rail after receiving what You cali u or from
sympathzers at the station. AZ various points In
his journey he will make short speeches from the
there VIII he nm Informal meeting in the open air when
he will prove that all he has done is right These
held in hall theatre, and ones voice will not
stand The strain for long AT these meetings we have
instance, dare say yoi saw NJ. Delyannis the other
day on his tour. lie was bound for 1rlpolltza.
good reports OF what you call provincial speeches
In most cases. the newspapers In Athens send their
shorthand writer's to accompany the speakers their
An. see whence Mr.. Gladstone has taken his
system OF railway speeches. or, dld you borrow the
idea from him ?"
our speeches are not like his you know His
cloquencc expects and receives constant acknowledge.
mcnt from those who listen To him. ! recollect how
he looks round In the House OF Commons awaiting
response from his followers. | remember when he
came to Greece his way from the Ionian Islos
where he had been acting rs High Commissioner We
know Mr. Gladstone very well In Greece. Oh, yes
! read his speochesnot all. OF course, but most OF
them His vitality IS wonderful"
DO you manage. In your busy life to keep an eve
on current literature. W. TrlcOups ~
81 read your splendid reviews The COntempo.
rary" Tho Fornlghly,' and 'The Nineteenth
Century. All, they are remarkable but then your
public IL large. There many millions OF
possible readers that yon pay your great men 10
write for you. ] know your Pail Mall Gazette
well, and also THE Times In tho latter there have
been articles on Greek politics. They were so Just
that the newspapers In Athens had nothing bnt praise
for them We welcome MI thcsc efforts rightly 10
times short time that their lmpress ions are moro
Of all that Is going on In the world. saw the rrst
seemed to give birds eye view OF the worlds Erra-
turc. Our Greeks do not produce very much lera-
tire, although they advancing in this direction.
You must remember that readers are so few. and
do not extend beyond borders"
DO look forward To the time when English
will he the universal language 20
"les. think II quito possible that some day we
shall all have Ia speak English. In Greece Won find
that tho natives know a few English words where
French Is alue.A vSknOwn."