The Arizona copper camp., 1915-11-12
GREEcE's DILEMMA

Greece is looking upon the fighting
IN the Balkans with much uneasi-
ness and, no doubt, with some degree
OF lndecision. 1t is of Greece, primar-
lily, that her king and her responsible
statesmen are thinking, and they see
before them a series of difficult prob
lens. They know what has already
happened and what is in the process
OF happening, but the future is dark
and battling. Many of her statesmen,
perhaps most of them, feel the moral
responsibility that the treaty of Greece
with Serbia puts upon them, but the
present situation makes the fullfilment
OF these obligations difficult. Possibly
to undertake their fulfilment would
mean to commit suicide. Such an out
look must necessarily make Greece
pause and consider.
The interests of Greece are in most
respects identical with the interests
OF Serbia. In some respects the in
terests of both these countries are
identical with those of Bulgaria, but
in other respects Bulgaria finds her
self opposed to her two former allies.
1t was not long ago that the three
countries joined in war against
Turkey, from which they emerged
successful and with the spoils of war
to be divided among them. It was
on the terms Of this division that they
coud not agree; the first conditions of
peace were rejected and Bulgaria
found herself fighting Greece and
Serbia, with Roumania aligned with
her enemies. When this second Bal
kan war came to an end, Greece,
Serbia and Roumania had taken from
Bulgaria some of the spoils that had
at first fallen to her, and there has
been bad blood in the Balkans ever
since.
Greece and Serbia were reasonably
content with what they had gained
They both had further ambitions, but
they were willing to bide their time
The theft of Boznia and the Herzi-
govinas ranked in the breasts of the
: 'Sefbfans, ard Greece saw for herself
a larger destiny i:1~the Aegean Sea
and in Asia Minor. This was about
the situation when the great European
war broke out, and as this progressed
the little Balkan countries saw possi-
bilities of turning it in their own fav-
or. Roumania looked upon the neigh
boring provinces of Austria, in which
dwell people of the same blood, and
she expected the allies to help her
be made to see that the allies could
be of much advantage to her, since
the allies were tied up with Serbia
and Greece, her rivals in Macedonia
and Thrace. They couldn't offer her
what she wanted and she beheld the
great defeat and retreat of the Rus
sian armies through the long summer,
the apparent failure Of the campaign
in the Dardanelles and the inactivity
of the allies in the west. Teutonic
victories and promises dazzled her,
and she cast in her lot with CEN
tral powers.
Thus threatened by the Teutonic
forces from the north and west and
the Bulgarians from the east, Serbias
plight was serious. The Grecian peo-
pie felt anxiety over Serbia's fate, but
they felt equal anxiety over their
own. 1t did not appear clear to them
that they could save Serbia if they
tried, and they feared that to go to
Serbia's aid would be to bring the
Teutonic hordes down upon them.
selves. King Constantine's alliance
with the German ruler no doubt con-
tributed to the uncertainty of Greece,
but it may be safely assumed that
lack of confidence weighed more
heavily in their deliberations.
There is no reason to doubt that a
large majority of the people of Greece
and a majority of her statesmen de-
sired and still desire to help Serbia.
They rejoiced that the allies were
about to undertake what they hesi-
tated to do themselves, and they well