The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08

that they should continue to remain
at-of from the fray. 80 that he shall
be free tn turn all his attention to the
drive upon Calais and to the invasion
OF England. II is equally important
To England and to her allies that these
three Kingdoms OF the southeast Of
Europe should not remain neutral, but
should adhere to the cause Of the
Quadruple Entente.
The three Kingdoms in question are
taking advantage Of this unprece-
dented situation to haggle with the
two sets o, helligerents, with the OBJ
ject Of obtaining the best possible
terms. While they cannot be banned
unduly for this. since they have to
consider their own interests before
any others. II may he questioned
whether II Is an altogether wise policy.
since they are piling up an intense
AMOUNT Of resentment against them
selves. not only at Berlin. Vienna and
Constantinople. but also in petrograd,
Rome, Paris and especially in London
1t Is a resentment which ~ liable to
! persist. no matter to which side they
lean. and hat cannot fail materially
to impair the good viii and gratitude
which they would otherwise have won
by deciding upon one course or upon
the other. Indeed. after the var l.
over the three kingdoms concerned
are liable To find themselves more or
less friendless and both economically
and politically at the mercy OF the
victors. no matter how great the as
sistance which they may now accord
To the latter.
Thus neither Great Britain nor
France Is liable t. forgive nor forget
the. fact that the terribly heavy losses
which they nave sustained on the
Peninsula OF Gallipoli have been en-
tirely due to a breach Of faith on the
part Of Greece. II may he recalled
that the Anglo-French operations IN
IN" Dardanplles commenced with n
purely naval attack. unsupported 10y
any land forces, and that Winston
Spencer Churchill. then First Lord of
the Admiralty. was severely blamed
for his alleged foolishness In attempt
ing TO force the strait and to secure
possession thereof, az well as of Con
stantinople. by means OF warships
only. Indeed, he was compelled to re-
sign the direction OF the Admiralty
owing to the popular clamor against
what was asserted to be an unpar-
donable blunder, due to his Ignorance
and presumption, and was forced Ia
accept in lieu thereof the compare
lively insignificant and Sinecurc Office
If Chancellor OF the Duchy Of I.ancas-
ter. What was not known by the gen
eral public at the time vas the fact
that II he had despatched "A strong
naval force to reduce the dcfences OF
the Dardanelles and Of the Bosporus
and to seize Constantinople. II was
because the Greek Government had
solcmnly pledged itself. through the
then Premier, Nenizclos, to despatch
an army of 1870, 900 men to the Gallip-
oil Peninsula to support on land tho
naval operations of the British and
French warsh!ps. In return Or this
assistance Great Britain ANA France
had promised Greece not only to hclr
her in n financial way, but also tC
reward her by a considerable access
sion of territory In Europe and by the
grant of a large tract of minerally
rich land in Asia Minor extending
from Smyrna to the Gulf Of Adalia
these extensions of the area OF tn.
kingdom involving the transfer OF
some 1000, 900 Greeks from Turkish
oppression to Hellenic rule.
At the last minute, however, Kinp
~C""'tantine, yielding TO the ~infiuenc.
Of his German consort and ( hei
Teuton advisers at Athens. declined
to fulhl the official engagement s q
Premier Venizelos or to despatch an,
Greek army to Gallipoli. declaring