Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-06
NEW CHAPTER IN
! GREEK DISPUTE
Statements of Charge Vouros
Denied by Editor of Ven
ezeIist Newspaper.
SPECIFIC CONTRADICTIONS

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the issue of The Evening Star OF
May 90 there appears a communication
over the signature Of S. Vouros. charge
daffaires Of the Greek legation at Wash
ington. purporting to be a response to
two of my ow-countrymen. These
two countrymen are not in any way
officially identified with the Venizelos
government. They are simply ardent
f-lpatriots. who smart under the injustice
and misrule of the pro-German King
Constantine, and have taken it upon
themselves of their own volition and
out of their small means to make argu-
ment in defense of their countrymen:
Their logic in the premises avowedly
Is neither here nor there. Yet the rec
ords will show that everything they
have said is substantially true. The
records will also show that at no time
since Venizelos has become the head
of the provisional government at Sa-
loniki has any Misrepresentation ever
authoritatively arisen. The facts be-
fore me in question are simply these:
Mr.. Vouros declares in answer to
specific accusations against the crown
that:
/. Gen. Hatzopulo acted on his own
Initiative and actually surrendered to
the Bulgar-Germans the 4th Greek
Army Corps. but without the consent
of the Greek government, which Tor
this reason repudiated the general for
having enslaved a Greek army.
The Hatzopulo Surrender.
1. (Answer.) Not alone Hatzopulo:
but the government of the court OF
Athens is responsible for the surren-
der of these troops, as is proved by
series of official documents, verified
and sworn to before a notary, and pub
lished in Greek. French and English.
l. 49, II ,ctry
Of the War. February volume) These
official documents prove that the sur
rendering of the whole Of Macedonia,
with II forts, 300 guns, $4,000 weapons,
done according to plan and secret
convention between Constantine and
the kaiser. The government has not
"rep1diated" Hatzopulo. Col. Salaki.
for his surrender to the Anglo-French
troops at Fort Karabournou. to Gen
Sarrail, was brought before the Greek
courts and prosecuted HatZopulo, VINO
surrendered to the hereditary enemy OF
Greece, the Bulgarians. was not only
not prosecuted, but was left entirely
unmolested, is receiving double salary
and has been praised by the king.
Furthermore, the royal government
has made no move to demand the re-
turn of the Creek troops captured at
the time of Hatzopulo's surrender, al
though these forces are suffering in
the German prison camps and are even
compelled to fight by the side Of the
Bulgarians on the Macedonian front
The failure of King Constantine to
demand the return of these troops
points without question to the fact
that their surrender was in accordance
with plans formulated between the
Greek crown and the Teutonic powers.
2 Mr.. Vouros declares that no trap
was set against the Anglo-French army
on its landing on the list OF December.
The Slaughters in Athens.
2. (Answer.) The affidavits of trust
worthy witnesses, both Greek and Tor
eiRners can be obtained concerning the
slaughters in Athens. The reports OF
Mr.. -Guillemain, French ambassador at
Athens, contain full details OF the
atrocities which have been committed.
mr. Droppers, the American ambassa-
dor 1t Athens, has also made accusatory
statements concerning the conduct OF
Greek troops on the LIST and I'd of De-
cember last. At this point 1t may be
well to quote the words OF Crown
Prince George, true son of his mother.
who, upon reviewing his troops. said:
Look out. not Frenchman must re-
main alive"
8. Mr. vouros denies that pogrons
took place against the liberal followers
Of Venizelos. by the royalists.
8. (Answer) The victims of the
royal government number 5000 of the
followers Of Venizelos-this number is
admitted by the government of Con-.
stantine. On the 31st of December the
allies handed an ultimatum to the Con-
Stantine government, and the fourth ar
tfcle therein was a demand that repa-
ration be made to those of the Veni-
Selists who had suffered at the hands
of the crown. The Greek government
did not dispute the accusation and
promised to give satisfaction. In de-
nying SO we'll substantiated an accusa-
ton Mr.. youros should more carefully
,I~x - ..4. HA lrVNtc sci
the government he serves.
Greeks in America.
There are 100000 Greeks in the United
States. fully so per cent of whom are
followers Of Venizelos. Great Britain and
France have both recognized the Vent
Eelos government. Mr. Frank B. Polk.
in a letter to Senator Calder of New
York, made a statement to this effect.
and further added that the govern
ment of the United States was con-
sidering the proper attitude OF this
country in the matter!
Mr. Vouros knows that he has no ar
gument to cite before the United States
government that will alter the attitude
Of the American people toward Greece
every act of King Constantine during
the war has been one OF decidedly pro-
German tendency. He also knows that
Baron Schenck. the German propa-
BanQiDI, mas poured nlihioIS Oh ildFhs
OF German gold into Constantine's
treasury. and that Constantine himself
r. simply a king in pawn.
Resignation Of Constantinidi.
On the first page of The Star in the
same issue in which appears the Vouros
Communication is an article announcing
the resignation of Mr.. Oonstantinidi,
the first secretary of the Greek legation
ct Washington. Herewith Is an extract
from The Star embracing an interview
with Mr.. Constantinidi, in the course Of
which he said:
".As see it. it is the duty of every
humane and honest man to arraign
himself on the side of America and the
entente. The whole terrible situation
has narrowed down to a simple ques-
tion of humanity and civilization against
German barbarity and bestiality of a
type almost beyond human belief. When
Q nation of people calling themselves
civilized human beings begins to sink
hospital ships. murder women and chill
dren and use its dead for manure, it is
time for all decent men to turn their
faces away