The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21
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Enigma Of the Present War.
Described by a Geo
! graphic Society.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2o- Greece,
1.-THE enigma Of the world war, whose
political moods today form the most,
absorbing topic of Interest and study
among the foremost diplomats OF the
'lentente and alliance elifgerents, is
\ described by Ia long time friend of
1.-THE people Of this country IN q COM
slmunica ton TO the National Geo.
4 graphic Society, by George Higgins
i Moses, former United States ambass
\ sador to Greece. "A sketch Of Mr.;
4 Mosess intimate study of Greece Of.
to-day. its aspir ions, its accomplish
ments, and its sympatt HES, has just.
been prepared for the press by the
society. or the attitude of the mod
fern Greek, Mr.. Moses says:
Classic Past.
Greece of today deems itself
'|.and lis in truth the heir to the ages.
l Not only from its classic past, but.
from every era Of foreign DONNA
ton, its Incompatible spirit has taxi;
len and assimilated some feature now
dtstingufshable in its everyday life.
! Roman Venetian and Moslsm have
Il thus paid tribute to the brave people
whom they have overriden, but whom
n they could not subd1e. There. are;
lew parallel indeed at theapresent
moment, 4 can recall but oneto the
striking racial phenome non OF HELEN
lie continuity throughout the victssi-,
Etudes OF two thousand years, Mod
Tern research has netrated the dark
1byways Of med ieval Greek: history,
and we now know that the Greeks,
whatever their temporary fate, have
preserved unbroken the thread Of
their national existence a
As the central Inspiration OF Greek
political development, Mr.. Moses tells
LOT their great idea. :, This great
tdea, the writer says, has exerted9
Ia powerful influence both upon inter-
lnal and external politics Of the ma
Ition for nearly half, a century. In.
brief. it's nothing less than dream
|of re-estab lishing the Byzantine eln-
lpire under the standard of modern
Greece. It Is the most dazzling and
isteadfast Inspiration of the modern
lHellenes: and, in the present turbu-
llent and conflicting policies Of the
Greeks. Its varying application will
likely be apparent more often than
lany other Greek motive. 5ss|
Free Creeks
"out Of the great idea arises that
term Of classification which refers tot
those OF Greek blood who exist un-
der Turkish, Serb or Bulgarian jur-
| isdiction as the .enslaved bret I'M
contradistinction to those who are
free Greeks, Of the little. kingdom 81
the Hellenes; and the effort blood and
treasure expended by the free Greek
| In behalf 81 their subjugated kindred
in Crete and Mace donia, even prior to
the late Balkan wars are incredible
| in amount. &. 4
g"In pursuit of the great idea. Greek
bands for years ravaged those portions
of Macedonia and Epirus which are
not preponderantly Hellenic in blood
and aggravated the age long hatred
between Greek and Bulgar which with
difficulty was laid aside but once, and
then only long enough to disposses
the Ottoman oppress0r, when 1t broke
forth once more with redoubleds fury.
Because of the great idea Crete was
periodicals. upset in revolution and
for century this, the largest and the
most fertile Of the Aegean isles. was
rendered useless to either Turk OF
Greek. Spurred on by the great idea
Constantine's flying columns crossed
the Thessalian 'front.' Ter, forced the Me-
luna pass, wiping out its tragic mem
cries from the war of 1897, and came
in triumph to Salonid. 1t, was the
great idea which drove the southern
Epirotes to their revolt against incor.
poration in the autonomous Albania,
which the ambassadors had so sum-
marily set up at London"
Accomplished Much.
Modern Greece, the writer says, has
accomplished SO much in so short a
time-for its independence only be-
gan with the conclusion OF the Lon-
don protocol in that great praise
can not be withheld from its energetic
people. It is, he continues, essentially !,
a land OF agriculture, prominently in
tended to be such; but, owing to the
tremendous drain by emigration from
the rural districts, the progress OF ag-
riculture has been painfully deficient;
and in many places the land is titled
ed by an aeroplane instead OF her
traditional wings. Captain Ferber
dismounted his mast and anchored
acroplane, and thereafter used the
American device, until French in
yentors began their development of
|moroplanes and other devices.
Letter Retained. 4
The French aviation experts still
retain in their archives a letter
which they call a document his
torique.n It is signed by Wilbur
and Orville Wright, Dated at Day-i
ton, December IL, 80 s, before their I