The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-28
WEST vIRGIN1AN GLADLY GIVES,
SPACE TO ARTICLE COPIED |
FROM GREEK PAPER.
IT IsALLEGED THATSTHE GREEK
ARMY HAS BEEN MISREPRE.
SENTED THROUGH PRESS.

SCENTED THROUGH PRESS.
Local Greeks are considerably
wrought up over what they claim
as misrepresentation, through the
press, Of the official charges that
have been brought against the
Greek army in an attempt by the
Bnigars to obtain relief for the
starving and unclad people of the
dominions; and asked the West yir-
ginian through whose columns
many of the Greeks of the city de-
pend for their sole information as
TO news Of the border, to print the
following English editorial taken
from the leading Greek daily news
paper The Atlantis" published in
New York City. which paper Is
authority for the Greeks of the
United States. Following the war,
the defeated Buigars found them
selves with depleted treasury and
with thousands OF homeless, hungry
and ihalfSclad subjects in their do
Elml,intons, having lchimedsby the
Greeks thrown away their portion
Of the spoils, in ansattempt to seize
more than their sliarr of the same.
The Bulgars made an appeal I'd
the United States for aid 10 help
them over the crisis and 1t seems In
order to make their appeal more eff
fective or through some misman-
agement of some parties at the head
of the appeal, wrongly critisized the
Greek army accusing them of crimes
which were not committed. which
if they obtained a foothold in Amer
lea would cause Greek civilization
to be laughing stock in this coun-
try.
In Justice to the Greek friends of
the West Nirsinian the article re-
forred to Is published as follows:
Greece Asks for Justice"
For some time past the suffer-
ing and starving hordes Of Bull
garia has been called to the atten-
tion and synpathies of the Ameri-
can public with emphasis and
rcrsistcncc-so beit-great suffering
b. o.
and distress undoubtedly exists
the consequence of terrible devas-
tating war, and tie unwillingness
or inability Of grasping govern
mcnt and a people of lacking patri-
otism and coordination to grapple
with conditions and bring order out
of chaos. Let generous America
give generously II she will-Greeec
does not ask for alms-but she is
voicing her protest again the accusa-
tons of wholesale atrocities, muir
der and rapine publicity and Of
flcially brought against her by Bui-
Saria, In an effort to excite SYM
pathy, and most of all, to distract
attention from the proved and
acknowledged atrocities committed
by her troops, which shocked and
incensed the whole civilized world.
by declaring themselves the VIC
tins, not the perpetrators, OF un-
spcakable cruclties and wanton de-.
struction they have sought to put
the shoe on another foot The ac-
tivities in the broadcast dissamina-
tfon of dcfamatory literature con-
corning the Greeks have reached
every country on Garth. In Amer
lea they have been given unwarrant.
I'D publicity and 'creditAAunwarranllt-
ed in that the dreadful results of
Bulgarian ferocity are n matter Of
public record and are at thc dis.
posal OF any one who will give tho
time to ascertain them.
t"Unfortur ately the 'lurid allcga-
tons proved so colorsul that they
were seized upon with avidity by
certain journalistic interests and,
with no thought of the Injustice in
volved, set forth as facts to the pub
lie. The Greeks OF America are
righteously indignant-they have
not asked help from any other ,coun-
try for their destitute thousands at
hone-they have co-operated in
strenuous self sacrifice to suffice tc
these pressing needs but they do
demand and expect common justice
and fair hearing from the Ameri-
can people The very paper that Is
now conducting whitewasling
campaign and passing around the
hat for Bulgaria printed in its COL
umns not six months ago the fol:
lowing: s. 's'a y
with, the exception OF tile Greeks
who observed the principles of hu-
manity and Christian warfare. the
Balkan peoples have shown them
selves to be hordes OF murderers and
aayapeS Tha nraaan+s ,stt;t,ao ~