The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26

in Asia Minor, increasing and strength
ening the Hellenic population there.
Under such conditions, your Majesty.
II is my firm conviction tnat We ought
to lay all hesitation aside.
1t would be difficult and altogether
unlikely that such an opportunity as
appears to-day should present itself
again to Hellenism of establishing a
complete national settlepent.
II we do not take part in the war,
whatever may be it's result, In all
human probability Hellenism in Asia
Minor is definitely lost to us. For "
the Triple Entente should conquer it's
selves. or together with Italy, Asia Minor
and the rest of Turkey and If GER
many. together with Turkey, should
| conquer not only will the 200 900 Greeks
already expelled from Asia Minor have
no hope of returning to their homes,
hut the number Of those expelled will
have still greater additions. In any
event the domination of Gcrmanism Will
secure for itself the absorption Of tho
whole of Asa Minor.
, How. then. Is il possible, things be
J ing 80. for us to allow this opportunity
supplied by Divine Providence to pass
the opportunity of realizing our most
daring national ideas? It is an oppor-
tunity of creating a Greece Including
nearly all the lands in which I"llenism
prevailed during its Ions life history
a Greece including cxtents of the
greatest fertility and assuring for us
hegemony in the .F;Rcan Sea.
The members Of the General stan
seem, curiouslv enough, not strongly
enough attracted by these prospects.
They fear, so they say, on the one side
the difficulty in governing SO great an
extent Of new country, and on the other,
lest through, our sharing in the war
we hould he more exhausted than the
Bulgarians and they should take al.
vantage of our exhaustion after the wal
to attack us.
The first difficulty no one can ignore,
hut I think that this difficulty cannot
lead us TO resign the realization Of the
ideals Of our race in face of the unique
opportunity which is presented to US
to-day.
Moreover, the results which on the
whole have been obtained by Helleni,
government in Macedonia prove that
I'm spite OF many difficulties, such q work
does not exceed the powers of Greece
and Hellenism.
The second fear is less justified. The
Balkan wars have proved thMi We are
not reduced by eNsrtion moro quickly
than the Bulgarians.
II IS. however. true that for some
term of years. until. that iS Ia say We
organize the whole Of our military power
upon the basis of the supply of men
which consumption i'm greater Greece
will give us, We shall IN tn" event OF
war in the Balkan peninsula find our
selves I'm need OF devotiuc part ~ oui
forces in Asia Minor to guard against
any local uprising there. Such an up
rising. however. would he altogether un'
likely. since the ottoman state being
altogether out Of account. our Moslcn
subjects will he excellent AVID law
abiding citizens. Moreover, any force
engaged there will he supplied within
a short space Of time by the iIellcni,
populatiou Of Asiatic Greece. And the'
II Is easy to assure ourselves agaius'
all danger from Bulgaria by ARRANGING
an oral agreement with the Powers Of
the Triple Entente uron the basis o
which they should help us n duriui
the period aforesaid we We're TO h'
attacked W Bulgaria.