Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-15
GREEKS LAY CL AIMS
To OCONSTANT|NOPLE
Also Ask Peace Conference for All
Near East Islands; Protest
Italy's Demands.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

Paris. Tuesday Jan ! 4 Greece has
LAID before the peace conference memo
randnm signed tx Premier NenIzeio@
setting forth the situation Of Greece and
her CLAIMS in The settlement of the war
The memorandum says the helene na-
tion consists If S.256. 600 persons, of
whom 55 per cent live il the Kingdom
of Greece and the remainder outside
it's limits Half a million Greeks IN Ameri-
ca are included in the figures submitted
Wishing to rcIinIte the Greek popuia-
fion IN the Balkans Ana-Mmor and
the islands adjacent ~ the Kingdom
Greece asks. first northern Epirus which
contains 40 900 Greeks against s0.OD
Albanians 1t says that the former,
besides beng IN the majority, also possess
il higher form Of civilization
As q seccnd demand. Greece asks
for Thrace, wifhout ConstanGinople.
Thrace, according 70 the memorandum
il peopled largely ny Greeks
Since Constantinople. according 10
the twelfth point of President Wilson :
program, cannot remain under Turkish
rule. the memorandum declares. the
natural solution would be TO award
constantinople to Greece and to establish
international guarantees Tor the freedom
ii the straits
Il Is pointed out that the principle
native element of the population Of
ConstantinopIe Is Greek. being numerical
~ greater han all the other nauonaiitles
put together except the Turks.
But if a society 81 nations be es
tabhshed immediately the memorandum
continues, "Constantinnpie might, IN
consequence Of great international IN
tereSts connected with the possession Of
the straits. be formed Is q separate entity
bv the society of nations which would
nominate It's governor for certain fixed
periods
The third territorial claim made by
Greece IS for parts OF Nllayets in Asia
Minor These have population, it IS
said, IF ,SSS. .000 Greeks against |. .042-.
0O0 AFohammedans and are claimed
to be both geographically and histor-
ically integral parts OF Greece.
The Armenian provinces, with Rus
sian Armenia the memorandum says.
should be erected into separate State
organization Of which should be en-
trusted to one ot the great powers BY
the society Of nations. Il IS admitted that
the Nilayets Of TrehlSond and Adana,
although having respectively, $4,000
and 10000 Greek inhabitants, might
Dc 3tidfIct 10 tlt0 itSN -tltut4udAi NNdtc-
All islands IN The near east ethno-
graphically. geographically and econonl-
icallv Greek must return to the Hellenic
State. These should include islands
hich, according to the treaty made in
London in April, 1915, are TO DC annexed
to Italy
All the figures gwen IN the memorandum
arc said to have been taken from Turkish
statistics There is a long discussion Of
Bulgarian claims, in which that nation ;
attempts TO dominate the Balkans with
a view 10 realizing her dream to possess
four seas-the Black Sea. the Sea OF
Marmora. the .Fgean and the Adriatic--
are detailed The memorandum ends
by saving:
'.NIihtarism is as deeply rooted in
Bulgaria rs in Prussia The Bulgarians
have every right to boast Of being the
Prussians Of the Balkans They resemble
the Prussiaus III nilltarism, in their
worship Of brute strength and IN their
inhuman manner q making war, but
are far from equallng the Prussians
IN the domain of science, letters and
art