The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-10
KINGDOM OF GREECE
BETWEEN TWO FIRES
Threatened by Germans on Land and
by Allies ON Sea.

time when the first spark ilIum1
mated the present struggle the Balk
Ian States felt the commencement O.
hostilities among the great powers
was to be terminated on Balkan sol
with a complete change of the maj
to the satisfaction Of the stronger
Thus nations that have been com
lpelled to fight on one side or the
Iother, some for cause and some with
out any, doubtless have wished they
need not fire at all but might suffer
and wait the Judgment to be render
ed after the close of the conflict.
| But here we have a case where
whatever the nation will do will be
to her detriment. The neutrality of
Greece! Shall Greece fight against
the Teutons, the allies, or remain
neutral? These are the questions
propounded to her and which she
must decide. But can Greece decide
now, and, if SO, what course should
she take? The Germans and their
allies are almost on the border of
Greece. The British and French
feet have blockaded all ports of
Greece and have refused to allow
commercial intercourse with that
country. She cannot fight against
the allies and she cannot fight
against Austro German troops. But
she must decide, she is told, one way
or the other.
The allies have sent no reinforce
ments to support Greece and drive
their enemy out of Servia, and Ger
manys fleet is beyond reach to pro-
tect Greek interests. To remain
neutral? Here are the conditions:
The allies say: "You must not
disarm our soldiers when they re-
treat into your territory, for if you
do we will have to press our block
ade against you and will consider
you an enemy"
The Germans say: define your
policy whether you will maintain
neutrality or become our enemy. If
you want to be neutral you must
disarm our foe as soon as they enter
into your border. Otherwise we will
consider you as one of our enemies
and pursue you accordingly"
If Greece, in accordance with the
opinion of King Constantine and his
staff, had 100000 Anglo
French troops to assist her and check
the Teuton advance, they would turn
easily toward Constantinople-th
prize and goal of the present strug-
gle.
The Greek people have cast their
with the allies ever since
heir independence was granted.
They want to help them, but how
AN they do it? They are, not strong
enough to resist German invasion.
King Constantine's thoughts and
ympathies are purely Greek and not
German or any other nationality.
lie looks for the interests of Greece.
lie watches the opportunity to strike
or the defense of Greece; not for
he benefit Of the allies or of the
entral powers, but for the benefit of
ireece. He has learned the loss of
S97, of the Greco-T Turkish war, and !
e is very careful to use his power.
ling Constantine told the allies at
he time they undertook to open the
)ardalelles that they only were los Y
lg their time life and treasure in {
he course they pursued. If the allies
ad given to the Grecian king 50O,- {
90 troops or less at the time they {
tarted to force the opening of the t
)ardanelles they would be in Con- t
tantinople now, and the war, per- t
APPS, ended. But Russia objected to S
UGH a course, and the protests from t
'etrograd poured into the British e
nd French capitals changed the
land operations and
ollowed the naval demonstration t
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