New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
FEARED TO
 OFFEND BULGARIA
lever Unwilling at Any Price to
 Abandon Her Neutrality
(Dispatch Delayed by Censor

1f Greece, brother of King Constan- *5ne and military governor of the in- Ebrior zone, has authorized the Asso- Hated Press to publish an open let Ar addressed by him to Emile kfebrard, of the Paris Temps, under EpS clearing up the grave misunder- Banding which has arisen precisely at Ehe moment Greece might have hoped Eb see the fact recognized that she Hoes not forget a debt of gratitude Ehcred to her.
 M Greece has remained neutral'' '' hys the letter. "She has never de- Eared herself unwilling at any price Ep abandon neutrality. The contrary N proved by several propositions Ehade during the course of the pres [nt war to the entente powers, Ehich are we'll known in the Euro Eean chancellories.
 Persons Mistaken. E Those persons have been mistaken Eho have, claimed that Greece's pre- Esntions were exaggerated. Such cer- Eainty was not the case in the condi- Bon for Greek participation in the war Imposed by the Gounaris cabinet, Eamely, that the territorial integrity Hf the kingdom should be respected turing the war and until the signing If peace treaty by those very powers Et the side of whom Greece declared serself ready to fight.
 'sThe condition was not accepted, as |lch promise at that juncture was |apable of offending Bulgaria. Is it he fault of our government and therefore of Greece, if the negotia- ions failed?
 Tn Awkward Position.
 "At the beginning of the war one roup of belligerents-the central for Greece's partici- |ation in the war, while the entente overs insisted that she remain tran uil. so as not to extend the conflict Q the Balkans Later, the situation hanged diametrically. The second i roup asked Greece to join with it, 1 vhiIe the first group desired her to 1 ontinue her inaction. Greece still i neutral.
 stIs it just to insinuate that she did 1 0 through pro-Germanism when it is
  riginal course toward the two groups f beIligerents."
 After reciting the benefits to the ntente of Greece's benevolent neu- raIity." Prince Nicholas continues:
 Eff it is considered for a moment that the operations of the entente overs would have been without this lasticity, given the notion of neu- rality it doubtless cannot fail to be nderstood what Greece has been to he cause of the entente during the gar.
 Reproaches Against Greece.
 sBut there have been reproaches hat Greece did not keep her engage rents with Serbia, that she deserted er ally at a critical moment, despite 1 he assurances of all these govern lents that the terms of he Greece erbian treaty would be compiled | rith
 ss* I personally have very pecial reasons to appreciate our al ance with Serbia, as I myself took n active part in the negotiations eading to the alliance.
 s'I can affirm that the treaty did not bligate Greece to enter a campaign 3 defend Serbia, simultaneously at acked by Bulgaria and the Central overs. It is a Balkan treaty, apply 1g only to Balkan policy"
 The prince goes to to say that the reaty engaged Serbia to furnish cer- ain forces under conditions which roved materially impossible of fulfill nent and observes that The entente overs failed to make up the deficit.
 Refers to Serbia.
 ''Had Greece participated" he con- inues, "she could not have saved the 'erbian army operating at such a dis ance that our forces would not have .een able to effect a junction in time he Greek army would probably have uffered the fate of the Serbian army. nd the Bu1garians, with the Austro- serrnans and Turks, would today, as nemies, be in our territory. Would reece weakened to this point, be to nv use to Serbia, and therefore to the llied cause?
 sHThe entente press repeats no every, ccasion that we ought to enter the truggIe to save the Balkan equilib- inn. The equilibrium is as necessary , us as to the other Balkan peoples; re shall do all possible to safeguard :. But would it be any better main aimed were we beaten and crushed? vas this equilibrium always so dear Q the entente powers, which some ines employed pressure on us, and ven though their ally, Serbia, to reak it up in favor of Bulgaria %
 After referring to the 'humiliations nd gratutious insults" which Greece las suffered at the hands of the en- ente powers, Prince Nicholas makes special complaint of ''the doubt ex- pressed in the Anglo-French press of be good faith and sincerity of our ting and his government and of the entiments of the Hellenic people to- yards the allied troops" "a 5 No suspicion he says, could more deeply wound the nation Il pride of the Hellenic people thar nistrust of their tradition hospitality