The San Francisco call., 1897-02-24
GREtK AND SAXON
SIDE BY SIDE
Public Invited to Attend
the Ball in Aid of
Crete.
Guests Will Dance Beneath the
Overhanging Fo'ds of Two
National Flags.
Bishop Nicholas of tn Greek Church
Has Contributed to the Relief
Fund.

The special committee appointed by the
Hellenic Mutual Benevolent Society to
raise funds for the Cretan sufferers has re-
ceived a donation of $50 from Right Rev.
Bishop Nicholas OF the Greek Catholic
Church, accompanied by the following
note:
May it please the benevolent society to re-
ceive from me $50 for the unfortunate Cretans.
NICHOLAS,
Bisnop of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands,
honorary president of the Hellenic Society.
The Bishops donation and good wishes
will be suitably acknowledged by the
com mittee.
The splendid results of last Sundays
mass-meeting were not enough to satisfy
the members of the committee, who are
now making elaborate preparations for
the entertainment and ball to be given in
the Turn Verein Hail. 323 Turk street, on
Saturday evening. That, it is expected,
will serve to add substantially to the snug
little sum raised on Sunday. The pro-
moters wish II to be understood that both
the entertainment and ball will be free to
the general public. In fact, one of the
objects of the former is to furnish an ex-
planation OF the true motive and object of
the Greeks in San Francisco in encOurag-
ing the present agitation. To that emu A.
Splvalo, the well-known attorney, has
prepared an address Tor delivery in Eng
lish on the evening in question.
The Greeks who attend the ball will
wear the picturesque national costume OF
their native country, and the interior
decorations promise to be of an elaborate
character. Two standard bearers carry
ing the Greek and American flags and
resplendent in uniform will be in at
tendance, and two young Greek girls,
elegantly and appro opriately costumed,
will represent respectively, prosecuted
Crete and Liberty, in whose name and for
whose possession the former is so gal
lantiy fighting.
The following committees have already
been selected:
Arrangements-A. Kosta (chairman), c.
Demetrak, n. Damianakis, George Checures,
ID. SANTOS, &. Capiios, E. Cokinos; floor man
ager, NJ. D.Vamvales; floor committee-George
Fundas, P. Vrettos, A. Simacopulos, 2. Pan
dageS, p. Pappademos
The officers of the Hellenic Society.
under whose auspices the ball will be
given, are as follows:
President, C. Demetrak; vice-president,
George Fundas; treasurer, A. Kosta; secretary,
A. Papageorge.
I'VE feel" said Mr.. Demetrak yester-
day, that the American people ought to
Know exactly what we wish to accomplish
and why we wish to do so. We are con-
vlnced that as soon as they obtain this
knowledge they will sympathize with US
quite as we'll as with the Cnbans, because,
as Professor PutZker so well said last
Sunday, the Turks are barbarous people,
who are prosecuting those of different
religion. The Cretans have fought 800
years for liberty and are still fighting 1t
seems to Us nothing less than sin for
the powers to oppose the Greeks, who seek
to assist them. We claim no more than
justice. We ask the citizens of America,
and particularly of this City and Cali
fornia, to examine the question fairly and
honestly. The Turks hate the Christians
and the outrages they commit upon them
are terrible 1t is well known that they
dishonor the family life of the Cretans,
abducting young girls to stock their
harems. If the Americans give US only
their good will we shall accept it with
gratitude. The latest kilograms announc-
ing the bombardment of the Greek camps
by the warships of the powers has aroused
great indignation among US, and we be-
lieve that this indignation will be shared
by all fair-minded people,