The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-31
TURKS HOLD MENACE
over The GREEKS
PRIEST SAYS Hell
LENES FEAR TO JOIN
ALLIES.

the Rev. rather Dakras, of the Nav
ronite Church of Urmia, Northwest
ern Persia. After the Urmia massacr
during the early part of this year thi
Mavronite priest travelled to Tiff
with other Christian refugees and dis
guised as a Greek Orthodox prizes
journeyed through Turkey and final
y, by way of Constantinople, reached
Athens, from which city he writes:
Greece is crowded almost over
crowded with Christian refugees
mostly Greek-from Asia Monor. /
$ estimated that more than 200,
300 Christians of Asia Minor have al
'eady taken refuge in Greece proper
including the islands. To the Greek.
If the Turkish Empire Greece is what
Rome is to Roman Catholic, what
Mecca is to Moslem and what Zion
is to jew. The 1000, 900 Greeks OF
Asia Minor look at Greece proper as
their sole protector.
Under these circumstances who can
justly blame the Hellenic government
for hesitating and wavering in its de-
cision to cast the lot of Hellenism, in
Guiding the 100000 Greeks in Tur-
! key, along with the allies?
True in the early days of the war,
4 NJ. Venezelos was willing to enter the
3war Immediately on the side of the al
i lies, but neither NJ. Venizelos nor|
those of his following had imagined
that the Turk was capable of doingI
| what he has already Accomplished
The extermation of the Armenians|
The regime in Constantinople has al
ready given notice to the Athens gov
|ernment; and this notice is written|
with the blood of the 10000 Armen-|
ans in Turkey.
The government at ConstantinopleI
holding 100000 Greeks through
out the Turkish empire as hostages
and saying in language unmistakable
o the Greek government:
You join our enemies and the fate
of the Greek population of Turkey
will be similar to that of the Armen-
ians.
/ am surprised that the French
which 1 daily read in the
public library of Athens never dwell
upon this phase of the Greek appre-
tension. These newspapers do not
even mention this most Important
fear of the Greek government.
In every cafe, in every barber shop,
wherever Athenians gather, they sol
emnly and sincerely discuss this
phase of the question, "what il on en-
tering the war on the side of the West
ern allies the Moslems massacre our
brothers in Turkey" but l have not
yet seen this all-important consider
alton mentioned in any one of the
twenty French newspapers l have
since my arrival in Athens.
am also told by many Greek friends
who read other languages that no
printed in the language
If the allies of the West, have even
mentioned this vital consideration.
Greece is not afraid to fight
against both Germany and Bulgaria:
he is not afraid for herself, but she
s mindful of the well being of the
900, 900 Greeks in Turkey" These
re the words the stranger hears from
he lips of both government and an
i-government partisans.
1t is unfortunate that the repre-
entatives of the foreign newspapers
and there is an army of them here
n Athens-do not mix and mingle
With the people of Athens, but take
heir cue from their respective en-
assies. One will have to stay in
his city only a short time when he
nds out to his own advantage that
ireek public opinion is to be found
either in foreign embassies nor in
ne NTcch pdIlidihCht, thC VI NC AiSi n
snic public opinion must be sought !
ere in Athens, in the coffee house,
arber shops or in the casinos.
I am informed that since the be-
inning of the Armenian extermina-
on process in Turkey, more than \
fly delegations from the Hellenism
/ Turkey have visited either Venice
IS or the King, pathetically warn
lg them that a worse fate than that
! the Armenians is awaiting Greeks !
Asia Minor. 2
There are other facts that would 3
itound the neutral world and amaze /,
Ie peoples of civilized countries that Q
i've so far been passed over in ST. r
nee, which are continuously being :,
nored by the newspapers of war
ng nations.
Two days after my arrival at Ath-
IS was introduced to Bishop of
e Orthodox Church, and the first 4