Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
!, BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
HATE. Father kind

D n
fercer the hate"
In certain distant regions
of the Balkans the lowly
peasant. sighted, aggrieved, bitter
over fancied or real sights. often-
times, kneels and asks that the burn
Ing, fires within him be increased, for
with. greater rage comes eventual set
tlement. more frequently than not,
swift, sure-deadly. ..,,-.-.- .-.
a.. Many times during the centuries
hates of primitive Balkan peoples
have become fierce furnaces devour-
ing-possessor and enemy as well. ON
many. occasions the rough. rocky
slopes of southeastern Europe have
been bathed in blood because of the
soldihed, marshaled and directed
hates of peoples who have been
schooled as past masters in the man
ner of striking low ones enemy.
Through these centuries there have
been builded up jealousies and antlp,
athies. racial and otherwise that VIII
not in as many centuries more De
eradicated owing to the force OF IN
creasinG suspicion and strife.
Balkans Torn Since 1912.
Since 1912 the Balkans have been
torn by surging, conflicting tides or
governmental and personal emotion
alism. The greatest war in history
was born of the act of Serbian
fanatic. Balkan peoples once more
are kindling TO fighting pitch the
hatreds of old. They are tanning
them with paranoiac justification OF
false political premise. Lessons OF
the Balkan wars and the world war
mean nothing. for. in the snaKe-up
territorial. political and financial. that
followed the general REIMBURSEMENT OF
Balkan affairs there has been no at
tempt TO disguise general dlssatlsfac-
ton.
or the Turks there has been con.
slant suspicion. Member nations OF
the little entente. spurred on by
France and united by kindred desires
have prepared more for war than the!
have for peace, for. much 8 the resi-
Of the world would theorize. these
theories are not adaDta hle at the mo-
ment in the Balkans. Foundations OF
strife are settlements that are not
settlements and wherein individual.
rational chronological and territorial
desires are unachieved or where IN
justices of other character have oeen
done.
The present critical situation is due
principally to after-war events pc
tween Greece and Turkey. Followin
the world war there was conflict In
Anatolia Then there were threats OF
war between the allies and the Turks
The Grecian armies were routed and
there was an armistice. Then came
the first Lausanne-then the second.
NotUith sta nding the cOntriyingS and
ambitions OF multitudinous statesmen
Of Europe and the near east. there
have been no settlements. and all the
work that has been accomplished in
attempts TO iron out the difficult
situation may be rulled within the
space of the next thirty days.
Greece threatens to go to war upon
Turkey if Turkey insists on ire
mendous sum in reparations.
Greece Plans Revenge.
Greek forces withdrew from Anatolfa,
then and there steps were initiated in
Greece looking toward the overthrow
OF all arrangements considered
hindrance to the accomplishment OF
Greece's desire-at least, preservation
of some of the fruits achieved by
Nenizelos in the conference of peace
in Paris.
Beaten in efforts to restore the old
Byzantine empire. King Constantine
was defeated in Turkey and over
thrown. the leaders Of the revolution,
all militarist in being and sympathies,
set in motion reorganization processes
designed to preserve Grecian aspira-
tions in Macedonia and Thrace.
In the armistice terms the Martha
river arbitrarily was set as the
boundary line between Turkish and
Grecian influence in Thrace. But in
the minds and hearts of the Greeks
and Turks this never has been the
boundary. The Turks. notwith stand
ing statements TO the contrary. have,
ever since they first lost Macedonia
and outlets on the Adriatic. planned
TO one dav restore Turkey in Europe
to it's old limits. Having suffered the
results of Turkish control in these
regions, the Balkan countries con-
tiguous to the old Turkey likewise
have aspired TO Illustrate Turkish pur-
pose. Greece being the keenest of the