The Washington herald., 1921-02-18
Many go out for wool and come home
shorn Observation-Disclosures.
Europe's Greatest Citizen.


statesman. 1t requires like greatness Of
character A statesman must be d patriot He
IS washed clean of that selhshncss and egoism
which leads him to regard himself essential to
his country's welfare His objective is to give
of himself. not to get for himself
OF the public men OF Europe Ncnizeios towers
above all others in every quality which makes the
true statesman. From the inception of the first
Balkan today he has not made false step,
has he once failed to place Greece FIRST regard
less of his personal fortunes
He has steadily gained for his country in ter
ritory historically Greek and Greek in population,
to restore her greatness He has steadily advanced
her influence and her standing having depend
able, unwavering international policy. He has
purged her Of pro-Germanism. Regardless Of Con-
Stantine, Greece is pro-ally.
He has been wise in not asking too much and
never going beyond what has been plainly just,
fair and desirable for the stability OF Near East
conditions He has won by force of character as
much as by force OF mental ability.
After a service not equallcd by any other
tional leader, he rejected and personally humili-
ated by his own people But he did not for a mo
ment sulk, nor claim lngratitudc. lie did not run
away, nor hide himself. He did not desert Greece
because the Greeks deserted him.
He has stayed on the scene OF action to be
ready when Greece needed him, he knew she
would. He recognized with that common sense
which rises superior to the seli-interest OF human
nature, that his fortunes a result Of situa-
ton which came from conditions he could not con-
troll He knew his people and how they, war
weary, burdened, bound in poverty and not
able to as he the distant hills, made
10 turn against him.
When the time came that Greece seemed dcs-
tined TO lose Thrace, almost wholly Greek, and
Su1yr a so he al hen
and now in London interccdng for her. He holds
that he and Constantine are alike but incidents"
At their remaining span is but a few years.
They and their personality, their immediate
policies personal to themselves, must not be weighed
against justice to Greece and the good Of that
whole region. Opportunism, immediate stua-
lion, must not outweigh what is fundamentally
sound wise and Tor future international stability.
He has to combat the national jealousies OF
Italy and France. He has to prove that the status
quo even with Constantine on the throne provides
greater present stability and far greater future
surance to both those countries, than a restoration
Of the Turk.
He has to overcome the inordnate ambition
the treachery trickery and militant insistence OF
the Turks. He offers the dependable for the
known indispensable; the historic Greece for the
historic Turk; people that has led in civilization
in all that is decent and best, for one that has
been just the opposite.
1t cannot be that all the hoped-for results OF
the war in the Near East will be scrapped and the
Turks restored to power only to again become the
"unspeakable" ulcer 1t cannot be that Greece will
be Inundated to exalt the Turk But if this does
not come, it will again be Venzeos who will save
the situation By again offering himself as the sac
r6ce, he will gain for himself glory and renown
above price.