The Washington herald., 1912-07-24
CREEK ATTACHE
TELLS HIS SIDE
spiro Ladicos Says Charge d'Affaires
Wants Him Deported Because
of Personal Spite.
CHARGES THAT HE WAS
NOT PAID FOR WORK
Department of Commerce and Labor,
However, Orders Alien
Deported.

The Department of Commerce and
Labor has decided TO deport Spiro Ladi-
cos. the former attache of the Greek
Legation here. Proceedings had been be-
sun against Ladicos on the ground that
he was an assisted alien:" that his ex-
penses in reaching this country had been
paid by a young Frenchman. Ladicos
served as honorary attache of the Greek
Legation until about five months ago.
when L. l. Caftanzoglu, the charge
d d'affaires. received word from his home
government, as he charges, that the
popular young attache was deserter
from the Greek army and was accused
of other offenses.
Mr.. Ladicos did not hesitate last night
to charge that the deportation proceed
ings against him were begun at the in
stance of the Greek charge d'affaires.
Ladicos charges that he is the victim OF
spitefulness.
The former attache is twenty-nine years
old. slim, smooth-shaven, and OF more
decided hellenic cast Of features than Is
seen in the average Greek who comes
to the United States. He declared to-
night that Caftanzoglu's enmity was in
Cured through disagreements between
them after he had begun his duties at
the legation. as attache.
Dispute over Salary.
Ladicos contends that he was to re-
ceive a salary for clerical work at the
legation, but that after four months had
elapsed, when he asked for his money
he was informed that he was an hon
orary attache," and was serving without
remuneration. The dispute over the sal
ary, according to the young diplomat
was what FIRST led to the break between
him and thel charge.
A lark in which the charges automo-
bile figured also was the cause OF fric-
ton between the two diplomats. Ladicos,
however is the one who describes this
incident as a lark. Caftanzoglu had MIN
arrested along with one or two others
on the charge of having taken his auto
mobile. Ladicos, however. was cleared OF
this charge in the Washington police
court. Ladicos declared tonight that this
acduittal infuriated Caftanzoglu to such
an extent that he went to Attorney Cen
eral wickersham and demanded that
Ladicos be retired and punished.
II has been said that II Ladicos is sent
back to Greece, proceedings will be in
stituted there as a deserter. In reply to
this statement the young man said to-
night:
I am not afraid to go back to Greece.
as 1 know there is nothing l have done
which would make me trouble there.
But I was intending 10 resume my orig
nal profession of newspaper writer and
publisher in this country and to become
an American citizen
1T is true I vas sent out Of Italy, and
1t was at the request of the Greek gov
ernment, following an article wrote
about the Greek government in a re-
publican newspaper IN Rome. My uncle
is a hign officer Of the church in Rome.
and / was educated in the schools and
university OF that city. Consequently l
am as familiar with Italy and the Ital-
ian language as If it were my birth
place.
Served in Army.
When 1 was eighteen, returned to
Greece and served two years in the
Greek army, as an officer. During the
Macedonian troubles a number Of us
were sent north. We We're told in ad-
vance that while the government would
be obliged to repudiate our acts, because
Turkey would be certain to object, when
We returned we would be reinstated in
the good graces of the authorities. We
spent four or five months in the north
country, fighting, and when We returned
/ received my papers Of honorable dis
charge.
Several weeks later. when / was sent
to Athens as correspondent of my paper
in Rome when the King of Italy visited
Greece l was in the city several weeks
without any effort having been made to
arrest me. II what Mr.. Caftanzoglu
charges is true, would l have gone to
Athens? And if went there. would
not the authorities have arrested me? 1t
is not true that / am a deserter from
the army, as he says. Nor are any of
the other charges he makes true
Mr. Caftanzoglu is at the legations
summer headquarters at Bar Harbor,
Ne, but at the legation Offices here Mr..
Caftanzoglu's version of the charges was
oht ira