Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-24
icy staff Correspondent Of the Assoc
ciatcd Press.

I ICY STAFF Correspondent Of the Assoc
1 ciatcd I'rcss.l
ATHENS. January liking CON
stan,inc received the Associated Press
correspondent in audience this morn
inE. just before he left for America.
II am sorry YOU ar" leaving us.
King Constantine began abruptly II
don't believe that there is Il man or
woman in Greece who does not feel
very profoundly what ~ great thing i;
has been for us during this most crit
ical period in our national history 10
have correspondent Of tho Assoc
riatcd Press here Ia toll tho world. with
absolute impartiality, Tie truth Of what
is taking place. They tell me. how
ever, that good many of your tclc-
grams to tho Associated Press never
Get through the ccnsorS?" the King
laughed Il little rucfully You have
nothing on me he added. Neither
do mine.
"'rhc most ridiculous. the most out
raGc"us nonsense about what is hap
pcniuc in Greece is published daily in
lie Europcan press. presumably writ
zen by journalists who are not even
on The spot To SOC the facts for them
selves Ani when my government
sends official dcnialS Of them. the t.u-
ropcan new spapcrs viii not even pub
li$h the dcnaIs.
After all. all We ask is fair play
Eui IL seems almost hopeless to try
I" set the truth out Of Greece to tho
rest OF ih" world under present cir
cumSianccS. We have been SorclN tried
these pest Nv" years. and we don't pre-
toad To have always been angels under
the constant irritation of the ever
increasing allied control Of every little
thing IN our own private lifc-lct;crs
kilograms, police--cvcrything
MAKING GREECE ray
ron THEIR ERtOitS
Moreover. 10y taking an active hand
IN our own Internal politics England
aud France. especially. have succeeded
IN alternating AN admiration. n Sympa-
thy and q devotion towards them on
tho part Of the Greek people that. at
the beginning OF the war was virtually
a unanimous tradition. quite under
stand how those responsible for such
Il result seek to excuse thmsclycs by
cNaCGcrating the difficulties they have
had 10 contend with in Greece. hy talk
inc about Greek ircachcry. and the
immense sinister organization of Ger
'''''' W 'i'' @'l'Vd t'al lldS Iplt'n lnpnl
at every turn and 50 on. The ONLY
tr"uhi" with that is that they make US
pay Tor the errors Of their policy. Tho
pc"rlc Of Greece are paying FOR them
nov ia suffering and death from OK
posture and hunger. while Franco and
England StarNc uS out because they
haN' made tn" mistake Of assuming
that their man. NruiHcl"s. could do
IL no q.
people {" the entente powers whom
ever they wanted TO use Greece for. their
ADVANTAGE, regardless Of the in,nr-
cStS "f Cree" AS an independent nation
There arc just two things about our
d"Sr"'atc *;ruTSl" 10 save ourselves
from destruction that | ann going 10
ask III" Associated l'rcss 10 try q, make
clear l" tho people of America.
''fhc first point IS this: W. hav,
~" problems on our hands here in
';rcccc--an internal one and an cN-
tcrnal one. Tho entente bowers have
mad" tho fundamental mistake Of con
@ih"r'nS them both as ono They said
I" themselves: 'NcnizcI"s is tho strong
cS, man in Greece. and he is heart
"nh soul with us. TIo can deliver The
creeks whenever lie wants to- Lot
Us hacli N"ni2clos. therefore. and when
we need tho Greek army he will turn
it over =" us
ENIIEIOS BECOMES