Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-19

OF ALutuS- IlOOAAAJ O~SAO 49,
for the Future.
New York Times.
Athens is in arms. The squares or
the Uttle caDital for weeks past have
been black with groups OF cltlzeAS,
whose numbers have been daily IN
creased by The steady stream OF the
rustic population who come 70 do their
dutv i'm the national crisis. These lat
Ter are from ali parts of Greece, and
wear an varieties of the national COS
tune. IL is always the white legglngs
and spreading plated short skirt, with
its inevitable suggestion Of a corps de
ballet and the short, round jacket, with
flowing sleeves, gorgeous embroidery.
and shining buttons. But the bronZed
faces of the wearerS, and their warllke
mustachios. soon dispel the somewhat
feminine suggestion Of the dress. These
are the garments which the heroes OF
Missolonghj wore. These men are the
hardy sons Of Hellas, shepherds, farm
ers. frugal and much enduring the
finest possible material for soldiers. or
guerrillas. or brigands. 1t is good TO
see them. They look so free born, yet
blithe and Shrewd and brave.
NAM. come as conscripts for the re-
serves. but as many are volunteers. Inc
latter generally enter Athens IN process
sion. bearing the Hellenic has, with It's
cross Of white on the azure field; and
then there is cheering and tossing Of
hats. and the crowd follows along,
shouting Justify for the war, for the
union" and for "Hellas,' or (but not
SO often) for the King. This has
been going on for weeks. The barracks
can hold no more. Even school houses
have been thrown open as sleeping
places. Those who have friends get
Drivate entertainment And still the
city is crowded. and many are sleeping
on the ground. which TO Greek peasant
is a familiar bed. and which, if the
north wind were not so cold. and blank
cts so few. might he tolerable. But still
they come. and from afar. Yesterday
] saw a crowd of some hundreds salut-
ing the Chamber Of Deputies-the
BOule. They were shouting, laughing,
tossing their hats. all young men, and
acting as If they had just received a
gold mine. To was because the block
ada was daily expected 10 begin. And
these were volunteers from Alexandria,
who had come back 10 the glorious CEN
tre Of the Hellenic cause-and not too
late, They were Quartered in the uni
verSitv. Was j., @ touch OF sentiment,
or was it oCcidtlt. which thus united
Alexandria and Athens, the fountain
heads Of old Hellenic scholarship, IN
the modern students quarter? And are
they not both going 20 fight the Mos
lem. by whom. in both the cities, so
much of ancient splendOr was forever
destroyed?
THE PICTURESQUE VOLUNTEERS.
The isles of Greece" are answering
the reville-SamOs. ChiOs, and Myth
leae. The Samians have a flag sur
mounted by red stripe the sign OF
Turkish suzerainty. They now carry
their flag with the red stripe down, l
saw q white haired. high-bred Athen-
ian lady clap her hands and cry at the
stirring sight Smyrna's troop arrived
this morning. They wore the Turkish
fez. so seldom seen in Athens now, and
looked as if they were indeed the Sui
tal's escaped subjects.
Halt an hour later from the Piraeus
station comes a detachment. greeted
with still wilder applause. They were
Italians. and carried the flag Of Carl
baldi Later on we learned that they
were Socialists. Their leader looked
every inch a hero and is said TO have
taken part in every armed uprising for
liberty for the last forty years. An
other day came the men from Bulgaria;
some were students. gentlemen; others
lad wild gypsy faces. and costumes
wilder still Last Of all. and Strangest,
was a small band from Russia. in heavy
capes of Astrachan. or rough wool. worn
over faces so dark. heavy, and dull that
it IVES hard 90 believe them Hellenes;
some said they were from Caucasus,
some from the Crimea.
Altogether. il is wonderful Yet some
people think Pan-Hellenism is an acad-
emic sentiment. manufactured by pro-
fe-sOrs or editors. with the aid Of mid
night oil. What do these shouting vol
unteers know of Thucydides and Plato?
Their Hellenism is an issue Of to-day,
Greek against Turk, the liberty OF Hell
las against Car. Emperor, and alien all.
From every shore of the Mediterranean
seas these exiled children of Helas have
come back 90 the motherland. 10 share
her dangers I'm her dark hour. and to
shout Down with the Turk, Long
live the natiOn," l"Zeto Hellenismos!D
II does not sound like a literary fad.
OFF TO THE FRONTIER.
There would be no room for these in
coming crowds were there not as many
every day marching off in regiments 10
the frontier They come bringing their
own flags they so following the flag Of
HellaS. and carrying a soldiers kit and
arms. Some are of the class that al
WAYS fOcks 90 war-tramps. desperados.
CeplaCeS. the sacred cause and the gen.
erOuS enthusiasm of the others bear
them along. ennOble them, and put their
manhood 20 its highest tasks. SO, when
the regiments leave the city. there are
cheers. smiles. and demonstrations in
describable
Last night a detachment Of cannon
carriages came through the square. the
horses running as if 20 fire. The driv-
ers. cracked their whips and shouted.
The soldiers on the wagons waved their
hats and muSkets like men mad for
f0v. Some even fired shots into the air.
The crowd lined deep or both sides,
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