El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-08

* REGAIN Ell Paso is ready to re-
turn to the land of the gods to
fight for the country which gave
them birth. There is much excitement
among the Greeks of FL Paso The i'm
pending war of the Balkan states is
the sole topic for discussion IN the
Greek lunch counters, shoe shining
parlors and flower stands.
The patriotic Is. all of the Greek
residents in FL Paso. meet daily around
the little flower stand OF PanOgiOtiS
Christos Pappadopoulos. in a nook of
the RobertS-Banner building Papa
detc. wears the crown and shield OF
the Greek nation in his tie which is the
color of the Grecian seas. He is a per-
sOnage among his people in FL Paso.
having ancestors who date back to the
battle of Thermopolae, the Bunker Hill
of all patriotic Greeks Each day Of
these troubulous times in their native
country, the Greeks of FL PasO stop
to fonfer with Pappas, as the flower
merchant has abbreviated his name to
be. and they talk of returning to their
native land and joining the troops of
king George in the fight for the rights
Of ancient Greece
Says II Is Much Like Mexico.
Pappas whom everyone calls
George because they can neither spell
it or pronounce his unabridged name,
has clever comparison between the
present trouble between Turkey and
Greece in the Balkans and the revolu-
tiOnary difficulties of -MaderO in MeX1
leo. He explains that the history of
Greece is as the history of Mexico dur
ing its revolutionary times. Once the
Greeks ruled as a free people over all
of the country. Then came the Turks
many years ago, 500 If George remem-
bers his Greek historical dates cor
rectly, and looted the property and
lands of the Greeks. From that time
forth he says that every patriotic Greek
and every descendant of the Greek gods
is patriotic. has sworn to aVene this in
suit to their beloved maltese cross and
for that number of years there have
been revolutions, uprisings and revoits
corresponding to the spirit of unrest
as it has existed in Mexico recently.
school Boys to Go to War
Filibustering expeditions of school
boys have gone to the Balkan states
to participate in revolts, he says His
own first cousin was killed as a vol
unteer of the filibusters in Macedonia,
Montenegro. a part of Servia. Bulgaria
and his own Greece will fight against
the Turks. George says, and once this
war is started it will never be stopped
until Greece again possesses its raw
ished lands. Samos, Crete and the other
islands will assist and the cause of
right will be powerful. Pappas says,
with all Of the fervor Of his five. feet
stature
Once this war is started every Greek
in Ell Paso in the United States and
in the world vii rush back to fight un-
der the banner of their beloved country.
He. Panogiotis Pappadopoulos will be
among the first to 60, leaving his
flower stand to his little Grecian
daLg hter to conduct during his alb
sence Already his brother has gone
back from Baltimore TO serve as a
captain of artillery under the Greek
flag. Friends in Fl Paso are talking of
going and with the first call to arms
they viii leave at once for New York
to sail for their old home.
Is Small But Enthusiastic
Pappadopoulos was born and reared
in Sparta, the home OF the brave De-
spite his diminutive stature, he lacks
none of the bravery which made Gre
clan history read like a romance. He
has served his two years as soldier
in the Greek army and to him military
life is as second nature. A member OF
a family of priests, Pappas preferred to
come to America rather than don the