Evening star., 1943-05-05

the country's productive capacities
Factories will have to be fooled and
opened. housing provided, families
separated and brought together.
"Only when tools and other equip
ment are available to workers can
the plundered cities and ruined
communities be restored and politi-
cal. social and economic stability
brought about.
"As for the aims of the Greek
people at the peace conference
this is a question the people them
selves will have to answer after their
liberation.
II can tell you. however, that
the Greek pec..'e have no imperial
istic designs or intentions. Never
theless, they hope that the inteera-
ton of national unity will be insured
and they hope they will be made
safe against the fear Of q recurrence
Of new invasions In the future
Experience In this and the last wal
shows that this only can be achieved
by appropriate measures for the
safety of frontiers.
"As for the maintenance of future
peace-one answer to this question
can be found in the Balkan unior
pact which Greece signed with
Yugoslavia January IS, l942.
But we also are very much in
terested in broader policy Of union
among the various Allied Nations
along the, lines Prime Minister
Churchill, President Roosevelt and
other leaders Of the United Nations
have expounded in recent addresses
THE necessity Of basing the
worlds peace on q system of re-
gional agreements concluded by gov
ernments representing the freely
manifested will of their peoples was
felt and accomplishments far rs
it depended on them-by the Greek
people In the period between the
two wars.
You are aware, of course, OF
the contribution of Greece to the
efforts for organiza ton Of a Balkan
system in which Greek statesmen
were pioneers. After \ struggle of
many centuries. they achieved an
agreement with Turkey which was a
necessary premise to the Balkan
Entente, which began materializing
in 1894. The Greek people had
always considered their struggles
not in \ selfish light but As a fight
for the liberation OF all peoples.
Ideals Deeply Rooted.
Even before we obtained our
independence and became a free
state, enlightened leaders Of the
Green nation. like Rhigas Pheraios,
gave a signal of solidarity and CO.
operation among all the peoples
of the Balkans. tRhigas Pheraios
was patriot and poet, the first
martyr of the Greek War Of Inde-
pendence, put to death by the Turks
In 1882 From that moment on. II
was one OF the ideals OF our people
and brought inspiration to the
great statesmen Of Greece like Tri-
coupis and Eleuthertos Venizelos
(Charilaos Tricoupis was a 10Th
century Premier; Venizelos died in
1857
Belief in the necessity Of soli-
darity and cooperation always has
been deeply rooted in the Greek
people, even in times before the
present period Of carnage.
But even now. during the present
bitter struggle, the Greeks are
lighting both In the front lines and
behind the scenes. For instance
In sabotage and strikes and in the
underground press published in
Greece despite the persecution and
ruthlessness Of the occupation au-
thorities
The Greek ideal is that the ma
tion is fighting not only for II self but
for the whole Of humanity 50 that
all may live In an interna tiona
society founded on an actual under
standing OF cooperation. peace and
justice"