The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-06
Lustice to Greece

Senator Lodges resolution declaring in
favor OF giving Northern Epirus and
twelve islands In the Aegean sea to
Greece has been favorsbly reported, and
should be adopted and given to the
world as this countrys desire to do JUS
tice 20 Greece. Northern Eplrus Is
essentially Greek, and to Greece owes
whatever OF civilization. progress
wealth and development It enjoys The
population Is Overwhelmingly Greek
The Aegean islands belong TO Greece
have always belonged to Greece and
the classic country should be left in
quiet and undisputed possession Of them.
Italy's claims should be ignored, no
matter how blusteringy and insistently
they are made.
II is a great triumph for NeniEeos
and great defeat for Nttti and his
crowd. who have had their hearts and
minds set on robbng Greece of her ter.
ritory
Because of its material wealth, North
ern 'Epirus is highly priced by Greece,
Here, also. is the home Of great his
N@AANaA thN hit IdiA
OF Greece and are interviewer with her
in history and mythology, long ante
dating history and Christianity The
Big Three OF the classics. Aeschylus,
Sophoclcs and Euripidec. have drawn
largely on these Islands for materials for
their dramas, which are the high water
mark in classic and all other literature
And the island Of Crete, or Gambia, in
the Mediterranean south Of the Aegean,
is particularly rich in history, tradition
and mythology. For this reason, II for
no other. Greece should be left in peace
full possession Of IT, Here the tabled
Minos ruled and governed and gave
laws Here the labyrinth WAS built by
Daedalus. who, with his unwisely dar-
ing son, lcarus, are the fathers OF AVl.
alton Here Theseus slew the minotaur
and escaped by the aid of Ariadres
clew. deserving her afterward with base
ingratitude. Here, and in the other
islands, clusters everything that srhol.
ars hold dear and treasure UP in their
memories. and while Athens. the city
OF Pallas, is the central point classic
literature binds It indissoubly to the
insular possessions OF Greece. and any
severance Of the unity OF these Islands
and Greece seems like a sacrilegious
destruction OF the worlds greatest lit
erary edifice
The action OF the American senate,
while not final. will exert powerful
Influence on the action Of the peace
conference. and perhaps be the means
OF doing justice to long mistrcated
Greece, Restoring these islands per.
manently to the mother country VIII
crafty and case the minds Of those
throughout the world who are IA
miliar with the nobility Of thought and
the majestic style Of Aeschylus. the
chaste classlcism Of Sophocles. the
mordant wit and profouad philosophy
OF Euripides, and the binding bril-.
liancy, the poetic eNaltatiop, the poetry
and wit and the keen, contrapuntal ga
tire Of Arstophanes
Greece should be given back her own
She is the particular ward of literature
and civilization She is the connect.
ing link between the present and the
past, and Greek genius made the past
glorious and unmatched. five centuries
and more before tho christian era Il
his been slow. disappointing and dis,
couraging work, hut II justice can he
done In the end the work viii be album.
dainty repaid.