The morning times., 1897-03-07

butchers from taking the lives of as many
persons as they could. And now, when
he is striving TO make this work complete
the allied powers OF Europe, speaking with
the guns oftheir fleets, order him to desist.
No one can tell what will be the result.
with Great Britain, Russia, Germany, and
Italy allied, il would seem as if no single
nation could successfully oppose the force
the combination could bring to bear. Yet
the alliance may not remain unbroken. 1t
may be that the stern hand of this Lii
putian power has oeen the one to open the
flocdgates of conflict. 1t is a prophecy
made SO many years ago that no one can
remember the date, that when a Constan-
tine and Sophia again reigned in Athens,
then the Eastern Empire, which means
united and extended Greece, should be
again revived in all the glories and all the
power that once belonged to il.
There is, among the nations of the world,
none whose history is like that OF Greece.
For centuries before history was made for
modern eyes to read, she was a power and
her people more enlightened than any other
known TO exist. With such background
it is small wonder that she has held her
own in the memories and minds of men
where other and greater nations have fallen
into Oblivion and left no works behind
them. Greece rs not a large country. No
part Of her is forty miles from the sea-, nor
ten from the hills. Her area is 24,977
miles, Il triilc more than one-half that of
the State of Pennsylvania.
Her population, according to the last
census, was 2,1S7 ,20S, and should she,
despite the intrusiveness of the other
European powers, succeed in anneXing
Crete, she Will have added 3O0, 900 more
TO the sum total of her Inhabitants and
q territory of 100 square miles. The addi-
tion of Crete would also give her further
claim to the perhaps unenviable distinc-
ton of being more thickly populated than
any other country in Europe with the ex-
Ception Of Sweden and Prussia. About
one-half Of her people are agricuIturists
and shepherds.
in some respects Greece is admirably
adapted to carry on defensive warfare
She has few rivers and many hills None
OF the former are Davigable, and all of
the latter can be fortified, a s many OF
them are. In the eomplexity OF her make
UP and the variety OF her natural features,
Greece eXcelS every country IN Europe
Her Inhabitants are inquisitive, fond of ex-
ciJcmcUt. and. like the ancient seers of
Athens, love discussion, long for knowl-
edge, learn easily, and are aggressively
patriotic Despite this universal patriot
ism, the population of the countryi is made
up OF three different races, who really
speak three different langua ges and con-
slider themselves entirely distinct from
one another Tho first of these is the
Greek, the second the Albanian, and the
third the Roumanian.
over all these people there rules with an
iron hand n man who went from the mast
head OF an English cruiser TO the throne OF
Greece Thirty four years ago he was
Prince George Of Denmark, the brother of
the Princess OF Wales, and midshipnan
the British navy. One day, while aboard
the cruiser, and at the masthead by way
Of punishment for some mischief of which
he had been guilty, he was suddenly called
down by the executive officer, and on the
quarter deck met the representatives of
the Athenan government and the great
powers, who hailed him as the King of the
HeHcnes- He has administered from the
first the government Of his turbulent,
dvided and yet united kingdom with such
sagaclty and wisdom that he has endeared
himself TO each and every one OF those who
VOW to him allegiance.
The royal family of Grceceis the sturdiest