Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-10-13
GIsEECE'S DEBT TO AMERICA.
"Hcr Debt To America is and Will DO
Unpayable."

The following ~'Htement was made
to the Associated Pres correspondent
at Athens Tuesday Dl NJ. VeniZelos
| before his resignation ds premier, and
was filed at the Greek capital a short
| time before the unexpected change in
| the situation took place.
The Greek Policy.
Athens, Oct. AT the close OF a
| decisive meeting OF the Greek Cham
| be last evening and early this morn
| ing, Premier NeniZcloS gave the AS
| SOciated Press a statement Of the
| policy Greece would pursue in the
impending Balkan conflict.
"One thing is absolutely certain"
said NJ. NeniZelos, "Greece will abide
by the terms OF the alliance with Ser
bia not only in letter. but in spirit. to
the last man and the last drachma.
The GreCo-Serbian treaty foresaw
only the possibility of Balkan war.
When it was made none could predict
the present European conflict with its
'u'Spit eau COlll pllCdJlOuS. But the
spirit OF alliance was one of mutual
defense and because the dangers
threatened our ally increased with
unforeseen conditions there is no en-
cuse for hiding behind the vcrbiagc
Of the treaty to escape the response
bility OF our pledge.
Greece to Remain True.
"ThOugh the entire available forces
Of the central Empires be added TO
those of Bulgaria in an attempt 10
crush Serbia, Greece will unilinching-
Is remain true to her passed word.
The honor Of Greece is at stake. You
may bc certain it will not be be-
trayod.
Nor, indeed. has there ever been
at che bottom the slightest wayering
about the Greek people respecting
their responsibility to enter the war
Ill defense OF their a';v under the
terms OF alliance, although every des-
perate effort has been made to be-
cloud the issue. The spectacle OF
part OF her press subseryient to for
cign influences has siamed and hu-
inflated Greece. \ people so eager
to read-so much so that every boot
black while he shines your shoes is
reading a book or ncwspaper--has
been temporarily confused by an in
spire and venal propaganda. But
10 Of
Obligations never for a moment has
been really affected. What Greece has
said she will do, she will do. She is
ready to fight, and if Serbia needs her
she will fight.
Prospecting the landing Of French
troops at Saloniki there is but one
thing to be said. We have protested,
Of course, for we have wished to re-
main neutral in this European strug-
gle, and we wish it now ii it were
consistent with our rights and duties.
But the Greek people cannot war on
France. and wouldn't if they could.
What France has done for Greece no
Greek can forget. Comes now
France, asking nothing 0: Grece, de-
claring categorically her sole intcn-
tiOn is to support Greece'S ally in the
case of a need wherein Greece herself
would be bound to support her neigh
Dor. 1t is something offered, not
something asked. Indeed, since |
have been premier | may say quite
iC1 n |. " ~ n.En
one concession OF Greece. Therefore.
when France gives every guarantee
respecting the integrity OF Greece,
| when Frances motives for landing
| troops on Greek soil are explained as
| in the nature Of accomplishing the
| very purpose OF Greecc's treaty Of al
| lance with Serbia, we can sec no rea-
son why Greece should resist what
she cannot help and what ultimately
cannot fail to be TO her advantage.
Realization of Nations Dream.
1T must not be forgotten that
while no sacrifice has been asked OF
| Greece to which her international OBJ
| legations do not already impel her,
| the realization OF the dream which
sleeps in the heart Of every true
Greek has been held out to her with
out conditions. For centuries the
Greeks have wanted two things: A
| free and united Greece and freedom
for Greeks wherever they might be-
! The former we have gained with
blood. heroism and sacrifice extend
! In III &. wv. ln