Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-25
CREEKS SACRIFICING THEIR ALL
Stirring Conditions in Athens Described by Wife of Minister Coromas in Letter to Her Sister, Mrs. Edson F. Calau- -Shopmen Desertmg Business to Go to the War.
|, her six million Grek brothers leading a
 dogs life in Turkey and Macednnia

her six million Grek brothers leading a dogs life in Turkey and Macedonia,
 Intense Patriotism.
 Oh, but the horror, the sadness the tragedy of war! One has to live in small country like this to understand the poignant sadness of 1t, but at the same time the dignif1ed and intense patriotism! I say dignified, for since Sunday last men have been pouring in- to Athens answe ering to the call to arms. There is no wild excitsment that one sees in countries where kwar is not understood and where it seems more or less a game, but 1t is deep, earnest and intense patriotism of men who have known the horror of war, and the agony of defeat Git was only in 1897 that by overwhelming numbers Greece was crushed in her eqort to free Crete).
 Sacrifice Their All.
 The peasants have left their farms in the midst of the wine making Gall will be losD. their horses and wagons have been taken for service militaire'' all men between q and 40 have been call ed. Business has been dropped and only the men above 40 and the women and children remain, and if there is war all men able vii be called All of the young men here are in either the army or navy. and it is too tragic to see them all go.
 The Terrible Winter.
 do not fear so muchsthe fire of battle as the weather, which in winter in Thessaly is awful. Cold rain and wind for three months steady and a country like this, where one part is cold and wet, has not adequate cloth ing for all. Already the women are working. I joined a committee today for making flannel underwear and oth- CT clothing for the sick and wounded, and my house is to be the rendezvous for the sewing. Most of the women in society who are "diplomed' nurses will go to the front to nurse, and we younger ones have to stay home and sew. There are no regular nurses or Red Cross nurses, only &. few in the hospitals here, and the others who have taken course of training in case of war.
 want to take course and learn to bandage,
 Soldiers Chartered in Homes.
 Athens now is overfowing with sol- diers. They have allhad to come here to be clo.hed and receive orders, but by Monday all will have left and Ath- ems will be deserted. All of the big gest private houses whose occupants are away in Europe have been per quise," and are full of soldiers sleeping in the drawing rooms, dining room, ev- anywhere A house, three doors from me, belonging to a rich widow has sol soldiers in it. But everyone of one &C.,. cord offers their houses and everything they can Our gardener has gone, our cook and our cocher are going, and even our horses have been taken and two small, half dead ones put in their place. All of the automobiles, private and public, have been taken and almost all the horses, that Is those capable of service. So you can imagine the aspect of the city in few days when all have gone. In the big shops one finds but one or two or three employees, instead of forty and fifty.
 Ministers Important Work.
 Lambro, as minister of foreign af- fairs, as you can imagine, Is head over heels in work. For it is he who forms the demands and does all the work be- tween the different countries It Is he who has made the "entente" between Grenec and the other Balkan states, and which makes victory for all possi- ble for even though the Turkish army is twice as large as all put togther, 1t will be a stiff fight for her to be at- tackled simultaneously from all sides. Give us your prayers. We must win. It Is the one and almost last hope of Greece to free herself absolutely from Turkey, and to build up brilliant fu- ture, but if her frontier line is not changed this she cannot dc. We sim ply must win.
 Social Life Ended. r We are living in palace. We were forced to take this enormous house, as we could find no othex It really is beautiful and enormous. We keep most of 1t closed now, and we have our meals in my boudoir, large, beautiful | room with three French windows, giv- ing an enormous marble balcony. We had planned to give dinners for | the king, queen and all the princes, but with the war all thought of enter taining is abandoned, although we will of course have to give dinner for