The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-29
ENGLaSD's SYMPATHY For
GREECE.
FOR


wifi be very marked. Much OF tie SYM
pashy for the Greeks manifested In En-
gland today il the creation OF the pill
Hellenic movement OF which Lord Byron
y as so distinguished ard potent a leader
Byron's interest In Greece was q the
same character as THAT Of Gladstone.
Byron took the more idsaiIic view OF the
subject, Gladstone the more ciassic-to one
Greece vas yet a land Of poetry, 20 the
other IL is stili the home Of the heroic
virtues
II seems scarcely reality that the Greece
Of today as an independent sovereignty
is little over sixty years old After near
~ four hundred years OF subsection TO
Turkey, the Greeks broke out into re-
belIi0n under 3 Russian officer OF Greek
ortzia- and ia. Isz2 II had assumed such
proportions that Turkey became alarmed.
with characteristic ferccity in singing
out victims. the Turks selected the lovely
island o. Chios as the scene OF the events
watch were intended to strike terror into
the Greeks. They wreaked fearful ven
geance On the helpless inhabitants, and
the savage atrocities OF that time caused
= thrill Of horror throughout the civilized
World Tie Turk GAS always been the
same
That struggle IS one Of the most memoir
able OF recent years. Volunteers from all
over Europe and even from this country
entered the Greek army. The govern
ments OF Europe. alarmed by the spread
OF republicsnism, hesiiated TO go 10
Greece's relief but the intense feeling In
England compelled Lord Canning 20
espouse her cause. The fleets OF Great
Britain. Russia and France cruised In the
neizbborhood OF the coasts. but then IL
was 10 check Turkish atrocities. and not
TO curb the Greeks. An engagement fol-
lowed. but the allied forces stood together
and the Turkish fleet was annlhilatei.
II was not until 1892 that order was re-
stored. and Ohio. OF Bavaria. became king
He reigned for thirty years. but the king
dom was never quiet and the discomfort
resulted In his abdication. The people
elected Prince Alfred. OF England. after
ward Duke OF Edinburgh. and now Duke
Of Saxe-Coburg~Gotha. but II was then
announced that England. France and
Russia had bound themselves not 10 per-
init any member Of their relgning houses
10 be placed on the throne. The Greeks
begged the English government 10 name
a ruler for them. and the choice fell upon
a son OF the king of Denmark. brother
OF the much beloved Princess OF Wales.
This established new bond between
England and Greece. The sister Of the
car married brother-in-law Of King
George that same Prince Alfred whom
the Greeks desired a. king. and a friendly
alliance seemed 10 have been established
between the three powers which was
gladly welcomed. The popular sentiment.
however. was kept In check by the ira
ditional policy or English and Russian
Administrations. and Russia finally turned
the English people against her by the
persistent efforts she made To enoroach
upon the Indian empire.
Crete has looked forward for restoration
to Greece so long as the aspiration for
liberty has stirred the Hellenic heart.
Thessaly and Epirus have been patient.
but the cretans have never been sub
mlssive. Like the Mainotes OF the Peio-
ponncSus. the Sphakiots OF crete remained
obdurate. and. II must be admitted after
many years their resentment took the
form Of hrigandage and piracy. FIRST
waged against Turks. but later wherever
booty offered temptation IL was to this
island the famous Knights OF ST. John
retreated after their defeat In the island
OF Rhodes by saleiman. II was then IN
the hands Of the Nenetianz. who retained II
until about the year 100. bat during all that
time II vas IA condition 81 turbulence
followed by renewed expressions. which In
turn provoked fresh attempts 70 escape
nrst from the venetians. and then from
the Turks when the old queen OF the seas
was vanquisAed
Tyle latest SERIOUS effort 20 throw Of the
Turkish yoke was begun IN 1885. but after
three years WAS unsuccessful. There Is
something very psthetio In the struggle
% = people for 80 years 20 escape
foreign domination and b. restored TO
alliance with the people cf their own race,
religion and tongue. Generation after
generation for hundreds OF years has
taken up the cry cor freedom unaaunted
hy the failure of those before them. S.iIi.
there is 70 good - - gained by pretend
ing that this Is due entirely to 4 patriotic
sentiment Their rulers trcst them like
doFs. believing that nrn methods alone
VIII prevent rebellion. and because the
MuSpuimans have q sincere contempt FOR
tho "do< % a CHRISTIAN" TIRE olaour.
whose fame Byron has spreaa abroad
That e = not all poetry Is manifested
~ the frank explanation given by the
Crctsns FOR insisting upoa annexation IN
preference 90 mere autonomy. name'y.
that it Is their only hope ~ pecunisry
compensation Tor the losses tAoy have IN
CURED ny bombs rtTaeut
Thsrs Is TO reason "a belsev@ that the
Cretans are less human-like than fhe rest
o. Ire world. but TIE ta4ets remain tha,
Trey are q pars o. Greece. ana that Turk
ish rsis = ore - raoacify ard cruelty.
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