The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-28

seeming death slumber OF many
centuries II has often appear
ed that OF all reasons SEN
tlmentaI reasons are the strongest, but his
tory can scarcely show another instance
such as this Nowhere else, indeed. have
such conditions existed. The case OF Italy
probably comes nearest; yet Italy. how
ever depressed. could never b called dead,
and Rome through all her vicissituGes.
has never wholly losS her greatness or
ceased TO BE- . seat OF power
But Athens rad practically become
barren site In the earlier decades OF the
present century there remained only ruins
and wretched hamlet OF barely three
hundred huts. Fer something Ike n
thousand years Greece had been little
more than a memory. her territory almost
unvtsitei. her national identity ext!n-
zsIished-though her history and literature
were eagerly studied In all the universe
ties Of Europe.
To this widespread reverence for a past
which her own people had IN part forgot
ten-for they were under the blight OF
ignorance and oppressIon-she chiefly owes
her restoration 10 a place among the na-
tons In ISL she revoited against Turk
tsh tyranny. Atrocities Ike those recent
~ perpetrated in Armenia followed. and
in lS2S Ibrshim Pesha ovsrran Pelopon-
nesus with an army OF Egyptian slaves
ordinary course OF events. despite some
gallant fighting. the rebellion would soon
have been stamped out IN blood and pun
ished by a yet more cruel bondage.
But the sympathies % all Europe had
been aroused; the name % Hellss was
Potent throughout the civilized world.
Dead poets and buried orators were plead
Ing for her. and the living took Up the
strain: Byron not only lifted up his voice
hf.t laid down his life. Finally sentiment
triumphed over policy. The same slow
moving powers" IN whose teeth sna has
50 lately east her deaance. at last brought
their cannon TO bear In her defense and
interposed 20 secure her independence.
Never had the shades OF her heroes won
a more signal victory.
Their influence has been dominant n
Greek affairs ever since. That alone Sss
made Athens the capital OF the new Hell
iss. apart from sentiment * "a net re
natural metropolis % the country But
the ruins which crown the AcrnpoIis have
raised shout them a beautiful city which
viii ever b. the Mecca OF students and
the aye Q. Greece"
Sc-s7e have disputed the claim 81 this
people 70 thes- heritage. ard DEFY that
they are true eoscsnaa hts % he Greeks
% Cd o. course their hood IS not
vtfre-ths blood 81 TO nation remains IN
aSulterAfsa through the varied fortunes
az p@rf>a % two Thousand years Bat
believe that ths people % Greece today
are quite as trsly Greek as the English.
Cor example. are AnEto-Saxon- Yet wno
would dare cou+royert the claim g the
great ~Ang, o-Sax0n rsce'' 10 their bass-a5
sssles II = their esrthrsxat. and Sc nos
vitsate-4 ~ the fact that their Blood has
been IareSy MINCED win that OF TIE
Dane. shs Merriam. the Freedman. ard
tire CeN Neither does = eenst6srRo5e ad-
mature o Albanian. : avo-isr ard Wa
iaehssn stock vol IRE oirthrtxht q re
r,o4cera Greek. ard Z MS pretensic-
were IS falss as s. + iast. & Womb
ssHi - we3 20 s~o2Hts1Anee- ard er-our-
sx~ - When we conss3s~ that ire Ter
vent pAtrtoslsn aa1 national price -
which * has gwen Tsss have era rsss A
eaNa- Irgs&6eu rsce - sarfs 70 become a
xasr4ted. progressive. sesf-rexp@csLnx p-ao-
pc. u certainly seeEas worthy q a. eo-n-
rnsn&aslaa- Tsaess e1azs.e g@osts Aavs
coae = nools w-ork
Perhaps she raost remarkable faese aAsgt
TIE Csre&cs - tosay - the Survival o. iss
xrctsns lznEusgs Net thAf q = ~
chanzeS-~hut he wcH&er Is THAI .Aa~a -
50 Us.se change. ard SKA greater FAINT
larry the ElxEvs} gruw& Mex Rcras -
q grxs have entered. an ths sra-a-eer
has suffered sHeA sscSssns-s ssoas as a..
seen Ia &8 nao1eza toaEaes. Aat shea
cnes yon have suruaognted t1e BARTER
raised ~ ear sr5.rrNry Aa8 a~te-te8
rnsshss8 g rrozG1csa Lon. wca rsr-rsvN
thzs there IS GEI5s as @Ueh Attts IN -
x-sss-a X Athens as Saxaz n fh% s~.sa-A
.ss EsoTss1Ca- Ins SEozzsrn AtNsrsar "a
rez. ga4 s3a3 Ntth M1cA sssS s--zv slee
sA# Essu5e9sF c2a raz1 TIE Eeszrstr -~s-
sao-rA1.ed ~Asz.a-Ssaxar gtc'-a-.. ths IA,
Ped ea9sgarlsoa Is zs4sz2Satssz :, -szx.
sze n~cs 80 he4a 2. sas-ze. ~hEs@ tie A.
snsaa ~s1 r@as ths Ss1esE %sH T~s-n-n~~s
q. sS@sS as ES@1-,s "a 49, Eag asaza ca,