The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-24
TREASON!
me Vs,cc IT arseco In ner TERRIBLE Dl..., -
from The Athens so,er. Arrn.

from the Athens Softer. arm
Give M back ;hc blood OF my murdered ch,,a,.
that was Lost in vain. Give inc tack lost Thc..,,
Give me back the honor OF tho Greek Army. whit,
has bccn sold. 1T Il finished. :" was the cry Of -
Saviour. It is finished. Is the cry OF our fatherlaDt
which was sold and cruci1ed by Kalta aud PLATE
Eight million Hellenes, with Gods cause I'm thu.
hearts. were ready to sacrifice all-;hclr money .,A
their blood. Every free Greek came forw ard 10 AZ.
for his country. The army was mad for war 10 In.
end. Never did a nation show such patriotism. suc,
Willie sness. Tho world was surprised. and looked on
with aStoniShment, full OF enthusiasm for our ,au.,.
Thousands OF foreigners came forw ard To nohe
for us. The sultan did not dare nova.
Two OF the powers made him, with creaa
reluctance. send his army against us; hi, ,hey
assured him from the start that our leaders would
help him. Our King took all the pow or and rcsponsi
bility to himself. The Ministry Of War and Nav,
were under his direct supervision ana supreme cor
troll. His son and his aides.dc-camp commando
everything. The Premier gave up all his power an.
became a plain servant OF tho King. Lawfully, ans
with hs own free will. he assumed full responsibility.
Consequently our country demands to know ii,
reason for its dlshonor and treason.
Every Greek who is proud OF his name demand
from the King the reason OF our disasters. Greco,
cries to-day to her king. give me back my sons who
were murdered Give me back my army which wa
sold Give me back my sa ,red soil The soil that n
trampled by the Turk. Give me back my honor,
while my sons were nghting like lions-tour to one
tired. thirsty, hungry. and sieeplcs for Ave DAYS,
your son. whom you gave supreme control OF n Con
crai. waa losnng with his friends far OF in Larlssa
while my children, at the frontier. routed ten thou.
sand rko-Albanians-the flower OF the Turki,h
army-your son, the Crown Prince, desorts I,artsss
with all its strong Notifications, showing n
reasonable example to tho army. and deserts
after ordering tho cowardly retreat from
that strongly fortified city which should have been
the urnvevarl of tho Trrta An that ho
was his life and his bnvgagp, and retreats like a mil.
cradle coward; he who poses as heir apparent 70
Kodroe. Leonides. and Palaiologou. Abandoning hi,
position and disRracing the sacred soil Il
his country. he did not even have comma.
sion for the wretcned women and chlldra
whom no had forsaken to the mercy Of tho
Turks, more cowardiy than the women and childru
thus forsaken. Your other son In the navy, Will,
Crete was burning and rolling in blood. was hiding
here and there. cursed by tho Crctans. or would
sneak disguised into Athens. and SEQ you secretly,
refusing to obey orders issued BY his superior. thus
making himself guilty OF treason. which is punus
able by death.
Our feet, the dread OF tho Turks, which was ready,s
repeat Its glorious deeds OF ths past, and to which the
Turks at the sight of the nag would have surrenderrd
snlonica and all the c~onsts-you have purposely kept
idle through your aides and at the bidding OF Eng
land, Russia, and Austria. Our army in Epirus. thai
was at the gates of Janina where the Turks and Al
banians were ready to surrender-you ordered 10
retreat and Its consequent disaster.
Where have we not been deceived What infany
have we not drank? What nation has ever been sod
thus openly? Whore Is Crete7 Why was Crete aban.
doned so suddenly to the European p%lunderer and the
attention Of tho Greek turned toward the northp
For every reason that her fate was left 10 the
English thieves. The treason was complete.
King George, from n poor cadet OF your
beggariy country's navy. I placed you on the
oldest and most glorious throne on earth. I have
made you and your children rich. What have you
done for the thirty.nve years past? You have been
the hope OF all my enemies, who always boosted th,
as long as George Is King he will curb the p~lundering
ambitions of the Greeks and nullify their plans.
Now all Is overt A traitor for q King,
His sons deserters and traitors OF the sacred SOD.
The Greeks do not want and will not have you. The
blood OF my murdered children that wore killed in
vain cries for revenge. The military laws must 10
enforced. Every living Greek cries for revenge and
wants the guilty punished. Give me back my honor
that has been stained. Greece does not want q trai,sg
for q King!