The Washington herald., 1914-07-27

Second LINCOLN
Greek Editor Says He Has
Given Hellenes Immunity
from Turks.
LIBERTY HIS PRINCIPLE
Declares Mr.. Wilson. by His Acts.
Gives Lie to Suggestion that Wealth
Is Supreme American Principle.

The following editorial translated into
English for The Washington Herald by
Soterios Nicholson. a Washington law
yer, appeared recently in Akropolis. the
leading Greek newspaper Of Athens In
this editorial Vlasios GabrielIdes. owner
and editor of the paper. praises President
Wilson for making possible the purchase
of the two American battleships by
Greece
Mr.. 'Gabrilides is dean Of the Greek
Newspaper Association and plays an i'm
portant role in the political arena of
Greece. The editorial says:
When Europe ceased producing states
men Of the calfber OF Gladstone and MAJ
zini, civilization and peace and Justice
so desired II that Woodrow Wilson
should appear on the political arena Of
the United States Of America, that coun-
try Of quick progress. Of bold invention.
of skyscrapers shooting up into dizzy
heights. OF adventuresome enterprise,
and Of abounding wealth.
Liberty the American Principle.
IF. as the result OF superficial observa-
ton, one were to suggest that egotism
and wealth are the supreme duties In
the Pantheon Of the American people, 4
We would. in refutation, point him to
President Wilson whose recent magnanI-
nous act whereby Greece was assured
immunity from the attacks Of a bar
barous neighbor that for four centuries
has ruled over peoples 10 whom he was
morally and intellectually inferior. and
that now, once more lahors TO disturb
the Peace in the Balkans whose act,
say. gives the lie to such 4 suggestion
The scholarly President OF the United
States, through his endeavors to uphold
the rights OF a nation which was in
danger Of being deprived Of its liberty.
hRg aal -HW.HW
that the principles for which, a few
decades ago, his own people fought the
battles Of emancipation OF the negro. are
still omnipotent forces in the minds Of
the country's statesmen. The nation that
in years past has given birth to Lincoln
and Washington and Franklin has now
produced Woodrow Wilson, whose gener-
Gus policies do but evidence his resolution
to carry on TO fuller realization the ideals
OF his great predecessors.
We Greeks, attach profound signihc-
ance to the fact that we owe TO Mr. |
Wilson'S own initiative the opportunity
Of buying the two battleshIps. and In !
his persistent refusal to be swayed from
his path by the malicious suggestions |
or. and the obstacles put in his way by. |
the enemy OF Greece, We discern an ele- !
walton above the standards Of CONNER |
cial transaction, on to the realms Of moral |
obligation and intercourse. He was pos !
sessed by the consciousness that II was
his duty to help preserve the freedom (
OF a nation which has proved itself wor-
thy OF It,
And indeed was il not a wonderful |
thing to see when. at the outbreak of |
the Turco- Balkan war. all those masses |
of comparatively poor immigrants eking |
out their respective livings by dint OF |
hard and honorable labor, took leave Of /
w an
chance for work. without the least pang
OF sorrow In their hearts and made their ,
way not where Joy and profit and quiet /
awaited them, but where they were TO be
called upon to sacrifice their lives for
their suffering fellow-countrymen. The
deep import OF this remarkable phenomen
was lost TO Europe in whose diplomatic
centers self-interest has been the govern
ing motive. but II was impossible that II
should fail 10 make its appeal to the
soul Of the first magistrate Of this Ameri-
can nation.
Praise for Williams.
Upon the altars of Europe's temples
OF International diplomacy no fire of
altruism and moral enthusiasm is kept
and their high priests have
turned a deaf ear to the heart-rending
appeals OF the Eperotes. 1t was again
the American Minister at Athens. Nh
Williams who. unlike Nero, instead OF
content the conhagration OF
the hearths of a nation, was reused to
righteous indignation and to cordial
assistance. And although Europe has
remained unmoved at the spectacle oil
the brutal numbering Of 1000 Of multi
tudes insulted by rough bashi bazouks,
of $4,000 dead and wounded in the two
wars. Of hundreds OF thousands OF )
VI
0ut OF their homes and thrown away
like so much rubbish into the cold and
he wind OF the islands, of the burning
" entire villages and towns, of the sys-
tematic persecution, for two years now, q,
Df a people OF 100000. inhabitinC all ..
the land from Chimarra TO Idi. from
Rodope to Icaria, and to CasteIorizo-
and who in spite of all this have. perse-
rered undaunted. fighting since Of old the
Dattles of civilization and sacrificing
themselves at the altar OF Iibsrty-al-
hough. / say. Europe has remained cal l
Gus at the sight OF these Calamities, II q
vas only natural that the representa- !
ives Of a people which has won for It.
'alr emancipation which in its history T
las anticipated the French Revolution. c
which has hated all kinds Of tyrrany. and o
which has always kept open the gates Il
" its heart TO all refugees fleeing from c
fire. massacre. religious fl
anaricism. wholesale robbery, and sup $
,-ess:on OF the liberty OF conscience d
hculd be quite differently impressed b
Win the sight. .
Savior of European Peace. >,
All! Europe has grown old in sin. It d
s indeed time that the country of the q
-nited States of America. which has
occurred to itself under Washington the a
Of an independent national Il
has proclaimed to the world h
n terms OF the Monroe doctrine that 4 Il
brooks the interference of nobody in the u
Lffairs OF the Western Continent. and b
which even now under the leadership of
dr. Wilson has kept the peace and has T.
aved Europe from an impending catas- n
rophe. should take the old continent un- p
Ter its tutelage In order to guide It
nto the paths of higher citizenship.
NEARLY MOB PRISONER.