Arizona republican., 1919-10-31
Where The People
May Have a Hearing
A Hellenic Reply

To the Editor of The Republican. Sir;
In answer to the calumnies of the
CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago Daily
News L. E. Brown against the Greeks,
how does Mr.. Brown know that a great
part of the representatives of the allies
are Directing to the giving up OF
Thrace to Greeks, when it is commonly
known that England, France, Italy and
japan are in favor of giving the most
Hellenic Thrace to Greece? He insists
that the Greeks do not constitute
majority of the voters while during the
elections for the Turkish parliament in
1911 there were elected six Greek SEN
ators and but one Bulgarian.
But Mr.. Brown admits that the
Greek people belong to the most COM
mercial and the best educated class in
that region. And in Macedonia, again
he talks about the Greek principle, that
the Greeks are very able traders. Yes
let Mr.. Brown know then that wher-
ever Greeks are there is progress and
civilization. 1 see that Mr.. Brown in
connection with the professors OF Rob-
erts college, not only in Thrace but the
whole of Macedonia, want to be given
their dear Bulgaria Do they think the
Bulgarians are more competent to
govern foreign people?
We have very recent events showing
that the Turks and the Jews of Mace
donia every day favor the Greeks.
Groaning under the Bulgarian rule
Greeks, Serbs and Turks are seeking
for their deliverance. Yet Mr.. Brown
accuses the Greek army whose man
ners and character were praised by the
best leaders of the armies of France
and England. Mr.. Brown also says
that those who are best acquainted
with affairs-that is those who belong
to Roberts college say that If Thrace
is given to Greece great emigration Is
foreseen and that 60 per cent of the
population will move to Bulgaria. And
what are these so per cent, Turks or
Greeks? If they are Turks they ask
every day from the allies for the Greek
government. That, of course, Mr..
Brown cannot contradict. 1t is rather
sad that a countryman of Washington
and Lilcoln should write and say that
the Bulgarians psychologically re-
semble the Americans more than any
other people in eastern Europe. Where
is the civilization, the history of Bull
garia? If one runs back through Bull
garian history he'll find but felonies
persecution and pillage. This is the
civilization of Bulgaria. And the great
philosopher of France, the ever re
membered Fracois de Voltaire in his
work Philosophical Dictionary, Book
III, Vol. III page 294 speaks against
them from ancient times
With grief | also see that Mr.. Brown
contradicts the reports of the Ameri-
can Red Cross as well as that of the
other nations, concerning Bulgarian
brutalities. 1t is indeed a surprise
that some Americans are found to sup
port the ideas of the allies of Germany
against their own allies and those of
Greece. "Sark'' the Turkish newspa-
per published in Constantinople con-
tains many articles concerning the
cruelties of the Bulgarians. Also the
Turkish senator, Tzemal Bel, made a
long speech before the Sobranii about
the immigration of the Mussulmans of
Thrace and said that they were favor
ably welcomed by the Greek autkori-
ties.
How can there exist Greek news
paper scrutinizing every other news
paper publishing against the interests
of Greece, republishing those articles
without comment? But such a news
paper is worthy of the contempt of the
Greeks of the United States. I praise
the Greeks of Los Angeles and San
Diego for the contempt they show to-