The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-23
MAY DEPORT FORMER
ATTACHE At LEGATION
Department Looks on Greek as
Alien Assisted Into
United States.
WAS ORDERED DISMISSED
Friends Cry spite Work and
Blame Charge dAffairps
at Washington.

wAsniNoroN, July ga deportation
case pending before the Department
OF Commerce and Labor has aroused
Washington. The department is pro-
ceeding against Spiro Ladlcos. who
served for some time as honorary
attache" Of the Greek legation in this
city Efforts are being made to deport
him on the ground that he is an
assisted allen"
This charge is based on the ground
that he received financial assistance
to enter this country and Is therefore
In the nature OF a contract laborer
and subject to deportation II the case
is proved against him.
Ladicos. who IL a prepossessi..g young
man. servedas honorary attache' OF the
Greek Legation for about Ave months
His services there ended about Febru-
ary Of this year. While there he had
the standing in diplomatic circles that
all foreign representatives have and was
freely admitted to society. In fact he
was welcomed in Washington social
circles.
I.adicos lost his job at Tire Greek
Embassy. however. when the Charge
d Affaires. l.. l.. Caftanzoglu. happened to
mention the name of his honorary secre-
tary to his home Government. At the
Greek Legation 1t was said that reports
were received from the home Govern
ment charging that Ladicos was once an
officer In the Greek army but that he
had deserted and was accused Of several
offences.
The Greek Government charged
further that Ladicos went to Italy.
where he engaged In newspaper writing.
publishing attacks upon both the Greek
and Italian Governments. The Greek le-
cation was notified that he was obliged
to leave Italy on account Of these Of
fences. From Italy LadicOs went to
Paris. where he fell in with a young
Frenchman. Louis Thisrot de GrifYin
1t was De Griffin who paid his expenses
to America. Ladicos obtained the place
at the Greek legation through a recon-
mendatiOn from the Greek Consulate at
Chicago.
Ladicos's friends charge ne Is the
victim Of spite work. They declare the
proceedings against him have been In
stituted by Mr. Caftanxogiu. They
declare. TOO. that his army record has
been altered to his discredit.
l.adicos recently got into trouble In
Washington with four or Ave other
young men through having gone to
baltimore in the Charge d'Anaires
automobile. The young man Ia living
in the Wyoming apartment now with
the young Frenchman who paid his
passage to this country. DE Griffin says
that he is standing by the young Greek
because he Is without friends in this
country.
The Department OF Commerce and
Labor apparently regards the case with
considerable seriousness and the indica-
tions are that Ladicos will be returned
TO Greece to face charges.
New York Greeks who have been
watching the career OF SpirO Ladicos
since he arrived in this country q
little more than year ago are excited
about the report that the young man
may be deported "as person likely TO
become a public charge" His friends
here are hoping TO stop the move to de-
port him.
Now l.adicos wrote to a friend here
that Il week ago he was visited by A.
Seraphic. an immigration inspector.
who showed him an official document
from the Greek Government In which
I.adicos's army record was referred to-
l.adlcos charges that certain words In
the document were altered To his dis