Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

entente
Internal relations in Bulgaria would be
grave.
NJ: Stratos believes that in the end Bull
CARA, because OF her pro-Slav sympa-
thies, would be on the side Of the triple
entente. In that case each of the BAL
kin states could act in accordance with
its own interests and CONFORMITY.
Once the Dardanelles are occurie8 Y
Will be necessary TO solve tho problem Of
Constantinople II will not
Future he difficult for landing par
pr.hI.n, ties to occupy the city, but
unless the Turkish army in
Thrace is dispossessed this army would
hesiege the occupants Of ConstantinopIe.
NJ. Stratos believes that the relations be
tween bulgaria and Greece were very
much improved and in that connection
there was strong hope Of Ralkanic en-
tente in the form Of Ralkanic league.
The obstacles to this league are ser'
Gus. Serbia has consented TO cedA
Rociana and Istip TO Bulgaria, nut
Serbs strongly oppose the surrender or
Mona stir. The question OF the sur
render Of Kavalla has not heer
hroached The taking Of the Darda
nelles VIII lead to MANY changes. ana
about that time there may be a scrar-
BILE to make any bargain possible
The question of the nardanelles has
doubtless ouiokened action in italy.
The knowledge Of this situation rem
ders NJ. Nenizelos all the more I'm
patient and has caused him IN his dis
couragement to eNclaim: THE hour
Of hellenism that will not rome again.
notwithstanding what NJ VenizeIos
has said about the futilitv Of Greek
.lnyr nfr,a
with its 25n.ono Creeks is the greatest
~ hellenic cities (Athens has less than
$50 oo0)
Constantinorle for the Creek. 10 tho
city which from Constantine the Great
to Constantine NJ (3oS-1i5s, survived
the wreck of nations and is stu re-
earded as the verita BILE historic can.
ital of he1lerism Constanttnople \,
the seat of the erumen'cal patriarch.
the chter of that orthodoxy which NAV
he defined as the hellenic Christian
ism" II is Consta ntinonle, indeed.
which has saved modern Greece fron,
Turkish hs"rntion: from Mohamet "
to 1921 .te nathriarchat was the officiat
representative of the Heilenes and
their only refuge ConstantfnopIe thus
was for the Greeks what Rome was,
prior to 1870. for the Italians.
BulEarfans have no historical or eth
biological rights over Constantinople.
They have obtained
Bulgarians an outlet on the
Not Entitled Aegean sea. Never
part of their littoral is on the Black
sea. and by reason of the lack of
natural frontier on the southeast side
they are condemned to submit to the
influence of any powerful nation
1t results from the preceding that il
one of the Balkanic nations should
establish itself at Constantinople the
national interests. economical or politi-
cal. of the others would be injured.
Thus all who dream Of the Balkani,:
confederation have very well under
stood that so far as the Balkan ma
tions are concerned the naturalization
and the autonomy of Constantinople
and the straits are an absolute neces-
sity.
Such solution would have the ad-
vantage of tallying with the interests
of European powers. Today all Europe
the wrong perpetrated
against Russia Of depriving her of an
issue to the open sea Read" says IL
Russian writer, what Gorianinow has
written about the straits, and you Will
see that for more than a century tbs
essential aspirations of Petrograd have
never passed beyond the liberty to GO
out of the Black sea and the protec-
order to protect the southern coasts
Of Russia
Greece has nourished the idea of tn.
constitution of an oriental confedera-
ton since several years. Twenty-thres
years ago NJ. Victor Berard wrote:
''Rumanians. Serbs. Greeks and Bull
gars all desire a Balkanic entente: tha
Greeks are especially inclined that way
The events Of 1912-1913 prove the
national temperament. But the ideal
to the Greeks-the great Greek revolu-
ton was a pan-Christian not a mar
row. nationalist movement. In this
connection the revolutions Of 1762-177O
and 1s21-1s2S may be recalled; the
struggles of the Armatoles and the
all the revolutions in Crete
and the individual bravery displayed
in 1897. Before 1900 Rhigaes Ferraios.
the Tyrtee of the Hellenic regenera-
ton. wrote: "Soulistes and Maniates,
lions of glory, tigers of Montenegro,
eagles of Olympus, vultures of Agrapha.
be only single soul, And you Chris
tan brothers of the Save and the Dan
ube. Bulgars. Aibanians. Serbs and
of the same spirit. draw saber for lib
erty! The Hellade calls you and opens
to you her arms.
On the eve of 1921 the Greeks nego-
tiated with the Albanians and Serbs.
1psilanti made
First Greek treaty with Kara
C.+:44; georgevitch, and at
tempts We're made to
stir the Rumanians to revolt The
first Greek constitution voted at Ire
zene in 1922 was inspired by the prin-
ciples of liberty dear to the Greek
soul and it proclaimed: "All the in
habitants of Turkey who believe ia
Jesus Christ are included in the new
nationality.
Once the Greek kingdom was found
I'd 1t persevered in the Inspiration ~
never to absorb them. cypriau Robert.
noted Bulgarophile, testified in 1s4i
20 the growing friendship of Bull
yarians for the Greeks and explained
t by this double reason.
First, that the ca binet at Athens was
he only government which held no in.
.erested intentions against Bulgaria,
second. that Bulgarians considered thu
creeks as those who had civilized thej"
ancestors and who would give them
pack the arts they had lost"
In 1S66-lS6S a treaty of alliance be-
ween Greece. Serbia and Ruman mia was
IN the point of being signed, when mis-
realty was abandoned. Then followed
he treaties of San Stefano and Berlin:
he Serbo- Bulgarian war; the Bulgaro.
Turk treaty of alliance: the advent OF
he Young Turk: the wars of the Bal
fans and the peace at Bucharest.
In these latter events Greece has
played a heroic part. and the mention
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