Evening star., 1925-10-24

! Will Greece. the belligerent, obey
! The edict of the League of Nations
| TO cease her aggression against SUI
| gariar Will she withdraw her troops
! from Bulgarian territory. and cease
to mobilize her forces. OF TO take any
other steps antasonistic. & obilSa ted
| hv her membership in the league /!
| The league may occupy SIX months
! in it's inquiry, and hostillties must
| wait three months after the deci-
| sion.
Within week after the world had
/ reioiced over the result of the con
! ference OF the powers al Locarno,
| whereby Germany on one side and
! France and Belgium on the other
agreed to arbitrate all differences and
| ia respect the present international
! boundary tan agreement guaranteed
| bv Great Britain and Italy as sure
! ties} there came an unexpected OUT
! break of actual hostilities in the
! Balkans plainly pointing 10 new
war.
For six wears the world has waited
| for the League of Nations 10 function
in it's war-prevention. but hitherto II
has stopped no wars. 1t failed TO
prevent the aggression OF Greece
| against Turkey or the terrible PUNISH
| ment of the Greeks by the Turks
| which followed. 1t failed TO prevent
Italy from bombardins Corfu after
the murder of the Italian general
a member of the League OF Nations
| commission to determine the merits
of the dispute of the boundary be-
! r,yeen Greece and Alba MIA.
No powers of the league have pre-
! vailed TO stop the French and Span
! ish wars against the Riffs, nShtlns
| for independence. nor the French
/ against the Druses. nor the British
! against the kurds, nor the Chinese
| rebellions.
Greece Ia member state of the
! lea que. hound by all its obligations
! to refrain from war. vet Greece. with
out referring it's cla inns to the league
proceeded in the old style of 'diplo
macy at the canron's mouth 10 in
wade the territory of It's neighbor
| seize cities and lombard unarmed and
| unresisting citizens. What viii the
| league do in the case Greece now re
| fuses to obey it's direct orders TO with
draw it's forces and cease all move
ments of troops?
! There can he no understanding
! the burden put upon Greece since the
| ,iebacle in Turkey In 1929, wher
! Greece was ST. disastrousiy de1eateo
As result of that rout Greek reiu
gees poured into Greece, and oy tne
mutual exchange of nationals between
| Greece and Turkey Greece now nnds
| within her boundaries more than
million refugees, homeless and unem
ployed.
That Infiux amounted 10 one-sixtf
of the normal population 10 be carec
fora most tremendous burden. !,
would be paralleled in the United
States IL the entire population o.
! Mexico-l5, 900. 600 or 1s.o00,oOo-
we're 10 march into Texas and gradu-
allv spread over the other States
mostly the nearby States. With al
Of our general prosperity, such an In
f,ux OF refugees. distressed unem
ploved, helpless and desperate through
| suffering. would cause panic anc
| would perplex the Government anc
all charitable organiza tons to find
WAYS and means for lis care.
The condition Of Greece after It.
jparticipa tion In the World War. fol
lowed by It's great defeat by Turkey
cannot be compared with the f1nan
cial and social condition Of the United
States; hence its predtcament undel
the burden Of the million refugees i
in inverse proportion to the ratio o.
It's ability to meet the situation.
Greece felt that she must posses.
Iall territory she could claim under
Iany preteXt in order TO locate hel
added population. Its government
leaders thereupon para phrased th'
icrv of old Come over into Macedoni:
land help U.S." by crying Get the Bul