The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-08

Greece.
Offers of assistance from this city
have been refused. The hand of the
warrior. all ready to grasp the sword
in defense of the cline where learning
was born, has been stayed and pushed
aside.
Now let the Hellenes and their DAN
ish king, with his princes and crown
princess. go to. for all is over between
us. The aid which was at their beck
and call has been spurned.
The details of this are herewith
given.
Colonel John stubbs has long cher
ished a desire &c do something in the
cause of humanity. He has studied
clairvoyance and psychology and ne
cromancy in order to peer into the
future and, if possible, ascertain what
was in store for us. He has stood in
the daraened room where the wraithS
of the departed are presumed to come
and hold converse with mortals and
watched every gesture of the shadowy
hands stretched from beyond the vale
of shadows; he has united with the
Municipal League and shouted for free
water, and. when he also wanted to
free Greece, her representative has re-
buffed him.
OF course this rebuff was couched in
mild language, but who can read be-
tween the lines and fail to see the hid
den meaning? The consul was afraid
that Colonel Stubs would go over and
reap the reward of victory which his
king should have: might become so
popular as TO unseat him. maybe. and
take possession of the throne and be-
come King Stubs, maybe. But there
is this to say for John. he is. in his in
tentions, always with the people.
Here are the details:
@ g g
Editor Herald:
Sir-I enclose you a letter from the
Greek consul. AS an explanation, /
may say that l not only offered my
services to fight in behalf of Greece
but l expressed my belief that I could
raise for so good cause a half million
men who would also do the same.
expressed my disgust at European
diplomacy and the lack of Christianity
among Christian nations. l told him
that l had no love for that unspeak-
able Turk-that religious fanatic and
social deSpot- That I had seen enough
of him during the Crimean war. which
was fought to uphold the integrity of
the Ottoman empire. l pointed out to
the Greek consul that close upon :. 600 =
600 of men in this country were out of
employment: that we were close upon
the verge of a great social revolution.
that men were becoming desperate-in
fact, all ready to do anything. That I
would also go to England, where | was
well known, and raise him a contingent
there-men, arms-and as l am an ar
tllleryman, do my best for so noble a
cause as fighting for human, social.
political and religious liberty. 1 de-
nounced the ariStoCratic policy of Eng
land, for I am fully aware of the fact
that II was the interest gatherer of
England that upheld Turkey and aided
her in depressing her people.
nave not yet forgotten the trouble
l had with the Duke of Sutherland
when / opposed his endeavors to raise
subscriptions in aid of the Turkish
wounded during the Russo-Turkish
war OF 1878. JOHN STUBBS.
What did the Grecian consul do when
told all this2 What did he say to 2
man who offered TO raise a half million
men in this country and then go TO
England and get up an army or two
there? What was the reply made to a
man who was an artilleryman with an
intense hatred for the Turk which
would have steadied his eve as he
raised his sights to send the deadly
shrapnel hurting through the Moslem
columns. or fired the wicked canister
into the red fezZed ranks? Read and
see how generous offer was spurned:
Consulate General of Greece. 80 South
William Street, New York, May 8
1897
Mr.. John Stubs, Salt Lake City. Utah.
Dear Sir-YOur very kind letter of
April 22nd is received and / thank
you for your very generous sentiments
toward my country. The great powers
or Europe have behaved very cruelty
toward us; they are trying to reduce
the Door Cretans into obedience by
hlockading their island and starving
them out. and their policy towards
Greece has been such that they actu-
ally became the allies of the Turk, all
except in name. l thank you for your
offer oe services, but in the present
state of the war and the unsettled state
of things in Greece just now, nothing
can be done at present from this coun-
try.
Thanking YOU for YOUR kind feelings
toward classic Greece. 1 remain. yours
truly, d. w. HO TARRI.
Consul General of Greece.
Let the Turks go on. Let the blue
cross of Greece waver and fall in the
dust while the armies of the sultan
cross the plains of Larissa. Let the
crescent wave over Pllarsalos and on
the hills of Thessaly. Let it fly over
Salonica and fiaunt it's fiery colors from
every spire in Athens.
Their blood be on their own heads.
60
"a Visiting Gown
Will be described in The Sunday Her.