The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-26
EVENTS JUSTIFY
ENTENTE ACTION
AGAINST GREECE
Vlscount Grey Replies To Critics
OF Allies Attitude and Points
To Unconstitutional Behavior
Of King Constantine

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\ls""nnt Grey SAYS:
II has sometimes been said. NOT Nv
orr rncuics Lrt La. or;.;oo T.. -,
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WI" "'' no. VOC wen d1s
posed toward u.s. that our presence in
Greece does not differ appreeiabiv
from tho rrasonco Of cha coru,o =.
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' '"'' - ""' meant 70
hlht mat our troops lave ever been
guilty Of the excuses and atrocities
which prr now r.ocb;bc ,b6r oErn.x
., cha pol,;o, ,o,.,...e;, 49,.
Wv f'' "u' thh'
rue 'ahu'hE on our troops at Salonika
can u" more De det"nd'' from Juris-
"' P"'ht OF view imam the German in
NnS'"h by way OF lleGe IN August,
IS'f'
"n '"IH ~ lH"', treaty was signed
containing tn" following a. its third
ar1"l':
NI'rce uhhcr me sovereignty OF
Ii'h'' NlIilhm or Denmark and the
"hhr"n'r" "i the three courts, forms q
S'hi"'
'hr hrst article Of the same treaty
pr"'lu"S mat 'tr'"k sovereignty should
u" h'r"dItnry, =" that Prince william
was aflrrward known as King George.
MS descendants are on precisely the
same terms IN tins respect. II is there
fore III" duty OF the protecting powers
10 insure that the tTeek state should
fethlh the three chararteristtcs men,
'lOhed IN the third article, and the
means by "hlch thry must do 70 In a
'aSt resort ar" Indicated IN an unre-
r"lru at'lcP IN the Pfotocol treaty
OF rep. !, lSdo' when King otto wes
plhced on the throne, to the effect that
II" troops belonging to one OF the
contracting powers snail be allowed 20
enter the territory of the new Greek
state without the consent or the two
OTHER courts VINO signed the treaty"
lhe unconstitutional behavior OF
N'ng constantine. his refusal TO abide
hY the terms or the creek treaty with
serbia, and the houtlnG OF the de-
customs OF NJ. Vemzel"s and his parlia.
mentnry majority haruIy ADMIT OF de-
NAL even by the Germans themselves,
who content themselves with saying
be the best interests OF MS country.
AS GREAT Britain France ana Russia
nave uniformly acted together, the
whole matter OF their landing troops
70 n"ntral'2e the hlng unconstltu.
+ t,onal action was Doth thelr right ana
thrr d"tN'
Objections may possibly De pronght
that the arguments up TO inns point
/
ana IN ORDER 10 JUSTIFY our aeloh, NJ
any rate morally we must sho" tnat
we were not acting agaI"St tne WISHES
OF the Nreek people 10 thls may %
feplled aDsolutely, "lthOut tne Possi-
blllty or controVerHon, that our troops
went TO Saiohlka WIN the express ap'
proNal OF the tnen head OF the creek
HoVerhmeht ana thht ne naa hIhseit
proposed the stlPulatlon In tne dreeo,
serbian treaty Tor provision py
"hlch the SERBIAN government needs
could, IN view OF the detauit OF ureeee
on TINS point be fuihlied hy the des-
patch INTO "reek territory or an equiv
aient force by Great Britain ana
France. n
| NothlnG that mas happened since
IN" lahnlhg OF Halonlka can OF course,
enect the legal Positloh OF the Aines
IN sehulhg troops there; put pToots
nave come timex ana tast OF the uneon,
St''u'iM"al p"licy OF the hlng ana OF
the "kouloudls ministry, whlch ex'
isteu SIMPLY 10 carry out ms Pohey'
Nne" w. HN0nloGulS was taxed Y
some Vi MS ueceiHeu coileagues WIN
th' surrender OF r. huPel, ne SnoWed
tnem a document from the German
, M'u'S'Tr guaranteeing that the tort
"ou'u oe returned 10 "reeee lateI on
ana TINS document was uateG tnIea
uays Oeiore l'S SURRENDER, proving iha,
th'rT was no question oi SEIZURE ana