The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-06
GREEK TO FILL
"sHoEs" OF TURK
Prof. Andreade, Athens, Says
Countrymen Cover Region
Down to DardaneIIes.
WOULD Be BAR TO GERMANS
Hellenic Preponderance In CONSTANT
nopIe and Adrisnople Basis for
Ciaim-PrInciple Of National
ity Hitherto Ignored.


Athens.--Tf the Turk is to leave Eu-
rope, as the entente allies have re-
quired I'm their war terms, then there
Is a we'll defined belief In the Balkans
that two results will occur of high i'm
portance to Greece and all Europe:
/. That the Greek inevitably will
succeed the Turk throughout Thrace
and I'm the whole region down to the
Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.
2. That new zone of territory
stretched horizontally straight across
the Balkans as barrier to the Ger
man dream OF making the Balkans a
German high road to the Orient.
Professor Andreade of the Univer-
sity Of Athens, one OF the foremost
authorities on international affairs re-
lating to the Balkans, holds this view,
and In the course of talk he ex-
planned how these two results would
naturally come about In the final peace
adjustment, by reason of the principle
Of nationalities now accepted by the
entente allies as basis for territoEial
readjustment.
Points to Greek Predominance.
Professor Andreade, who Is a spe-
cialist ON the extent of Greek citizen
ship beyond the Greek frontiers-in
Macedonia and the other Balkans, In
Turkey, Syria and Asia Minor-point'
ed out the great predominance of the
Greeks I'm the regions to be evacuated
by the Turks Ii they are to leave Eu-
rope.
The whole vilayet, or province OF
Adrianople, extending from the Bal.
kans down to Constantinople, he de-
clared, Is as much Greek as Ii Is Turk
and with the Turks out Ii Is practically
all Greek. "Eyen Constantinople. he
said. rs Greek city-the largest OF
Greek clties-with a population OF
$4,000 Greeks. That gives m idea OF
the extent of Greek citizenship In all
this section down TO the straits, which
win have to be considered, on the basis
of nationality and race, when the Turh
leaves Europe.
"That Is why I say" added Profes
sor Andreade. "that IL the Turk Is Il
withdraw, the principle OF nationality
which recognizes the racial condition
OF community, will lead TO the recog
milton of Greek paramount influence
In that section. Thus far. the principl
of nationality has been ignored an,
violated In all Balkan settlements. ant
force has prevailed. Austria and Bul
garia have not occupied any of tn
territory annexed In recent years b.
reason that their race or nationalit
prevailed In these sections, but solel
by reason of their military force. Tha
has been the cause of the endless war
In the Balkans, for people are neve
satisfied when their race Is ignored
and they are attached to foreign con
Queror by force"
Two Barriers to Germany.
Professor Andreade, referring to tn
Balkan map. showed how the readjust
ment of Balkan boundaries. based ol
nationalities, would interpose two bar
riers to Germanic expansion towar
Asia Minor and the Orient--one, tn
Greek zone across Thrace. and ar
other, the Serb-Roumanian link Of tel
ritory which lies as dam betwee
Hungary and Bulgaria. This Sert
Roumanian link Is only fifty mile
across, but with Roumania getting tn
Banat region. to which Professor Al
dreade says she Is entitled by the prir
ciple of nationality, this entente lin
will be $50 miles across.
"And thus entente Europe can AZ
complish what 1t chiefly seeks In th
Balkans" said Professor Andread,
friendly entente zones interceptin
the natural route of Germanic expar
sion toward the Orient, and this ca
be accomplished. not by force, but b
J the principle Of nationality now o.
contad hv tho outapfo nnunrav