New-York tribune., 1919-02-07

the union of their race because the
American citizen is essentially demo-
cratic in thought and action and has
never lost sight of the fact that it was
the Greek people who first established
in the world the principles of democ-
racy, which they have never ceased to
uphold and defend throughout their
long, unbroken history.
"ln my interviews or in correspond
ence with such leaders of American
thought as President Lowell, of Har-
ward; President Schurman, of Cornell;
President Nicholas Murray Butler, of
Columbia; Frank A. Vanderlip, Madison
Grant, Charles K. Miller, Emerson Nc
Millin, Elihu Root, Cleveland II. Dodge,
William Howard Taft and many others,
have been very deeply touched by
/ their great generosity and their heart
felt sympathy-in fact their love-for
Greece, who. they feel, deserves bet
ter fate, after all she has done for
humanity, than having so per cent of
her children serve in bondage under the
heel of semi barbarous races. The
kindness and sympathy Of American
scholars and the gracious hospitality
extended to me at university centres,
such as Harvard, Yale and Philadelphia,
will ever be one Of the most cherished
memories of my life.
Among the stanchest American
friends of Greece may be mentioned
men like Colonel Harvey and Frank
Sinonds, who, with profound compre-
hension of the political and moral is
sues, have expressed their appreciation
of the justice of the Greek cause and
their close adherence to its principles
in articles of exceptional lucidity and
briliance.
Praises American Women
"My report would be incomplete if I
failed to mention the women of
America, who, both in New York and
in as many other cities as had the
pleasure of visiting, received me in
their homes with such kind and charm
ing hospitality that l am indeed over
whelmed with gratitude.
"Therc are two other classes of
American citizens whose great interest
in my country have had ample oppor-
tunity of approaching: the numerous
whose pleasure is to study the needs
of others and promote their welfare,
and who are now filled with dismay at
the thought that the Greek people,
alter so many centuries of unjust suf-
ferngs, should still contiue living
under the brutal oppression Of race
which has never accomplished anything
TOR the progress or the happiness of
humanity. The second class includes
the business men of America, who fully
realize that of all the Near Eastern
populations the Greeks have ever shown
the greatest commercial initiative and
ability, as opposed to the Turks, whose
only achievement is to have devastated
and rendered a4 mo Mans Land Of
some of the richest and most fertile
territories in the world
What Greece Wants
"With the claims of Greece the
American public is now becoming
"Epirus-including Himara, Korytsa
kastoria.
"Thrace - including Xanthi, Dedca-
Catch, Adrianoplc.
"Constantinople - either in full pos.
session, with due guarantees for the
naturalization of the straits, or with
Greece as mandatory of the powers.
"Asia Minor - Smyrna and the con-
tiguous territories, inhabited by nearly
2,000,0 Greeks.
"The stands of the Dodecanesus, in
Guiding Rhodes, which is inhabited ex-
clusively by Greeks.
render complete justice to Greece
teel sure we may still count upon
leaders of American thought to retain
their interest and continue their efforts
on behalf of a people whose only desire
is to see the liberation and unity of
their race"