The Washington herald., 1917-05-10
.VENIzELOS ATTACKED
BY GREEK EDITOR
Writer Opposes U. S. Recognition Of
Revolutionary Government

Editor, The Washington Herald
The local press has Announced tb.t
America Is seriously Considering me
recognition of the revolutionary Greet
government. Although this announce-
ment was not issued by the state De-
partment at Washington, IL has the
appearance OF communique. thus not
leaving any room Tor doubt concerning
the source from which il sprIn1s
The very same Interested allied Ia
cation who was said some dsys ago Ia
have taken up the matter of ,hts
recognition with the State Department
smOcths now the way 10 attain this
recognition, the success of which we
have many and serious reasons TO
doubt.
when our President declared not
long ago officially and cate9oricaIIy
that The land OF the free and the
home OF the brave would not recog-
nize any revolutionary Government.
we did not imagine or course tnat he
did so because of the opinion that a
government springing from a reyoIu-
| ton, ives neither recognizable nor re-
spectacle, and our supposition was
confirmed later by the recognition of
the Russian revolutionary government.
She champion OF Justice and liberty,
talking then concerning revolutionary
governments meant positively the gov
ernmeRts which are not derived from
the will Of the people. he alluded TO
those governments which had been
or might be created by interests for
eign to the people whose will and
representation they would claim
The VeniZelos government was two
months ago government not en-
titled to the honor of recognition
by the United States as not derived
from the free will OF the Greek people.
/ and we are sure that It stin continues
to be unrecogniZable in that nothing
since then has taken place capable to
convince him of the reverse.
As just as is the recognition of the
Russian government, so unjust would
be that of Greece. The one comes from
the Russian people. The other springs
from personal ambiuon-was created
by force, and lives under the protec-
ton OF the allied guns. The people
who talk of oligarchy and militarism
or some other terrorism in Greece,
must either be foreigners without any
knowledge of the Greek life and the
natural Greek cha Cter or employ bad
faith. In the times when the half
wild and bsrbaroUs inhabitants Of the
Siberian steppes overthrow a status quo
which existed for a thousand years.
these men who would dare to assert
that King Constantine reigns in
Greece, but the Greek people do not
dictate would not wrong, but would
insult the liberal character Of the
Greek people.
The allies would count in their
ranks long ago the fighters Of the
Marathon and the Greek throne would
he ruined, If even a bare majority
only Of the Greek people were against
the present form of government or
the political program until today
followed by Greece.
OF course we do not ina gine that
the President in whose hands lies the
destiny and the life OF Greece, does
not know the reasons which dictated
the artificial Greek revolution. so we
are mistakenly convinced that today
he will not recognize government
having nothing common with the de-
sires and the will of the Greek people
The Veniselos movement failed utterly
and its solemnization through the
recognition by the most liberal gov
ernment of the world would only add
bloody pages to the history OF the un-
fortunate Greek country.
c. ZAMBOUNIS,
Editor of the New York Satire.