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Show GREECE S COMPLAINTS M Skouloud s King Constantina s premier str kes a plaintive note as he dwells upon the woes of Greece and the s ns of the entente We tried to play the game he is quoted as saving and if we fa led it is not we who are respons ble but the entente M Skoulondis declares that the al lies have flouted and angered Greece instead of placating her that the co quetted with Bulgaria wh le treating the GreeRs with disdain that they sought to have Greece surrender tern torv to Bulgaria including the ports of Seres and Kavala and that they refused to adopt a plan of forcing the Dardanelles suggested by Greece lou k e bullied ns and we ha e w turned the other cheek uncomplaining i ly he says K To jndge whether Greece has good I tgzoonds for these compla nts it is nec j ssar to take a br ef h stor c e v I 1 of the Balkan situation -Above everv thing else it must be kept constant lv m mind that Greece had made a treatv with Serbia to aid her with the mill tary forees of Greece m case she were attacked by Bulgaria. To show how saereo was 'Greece s obligation to keep that treatv it is essential to describe tiie events whieh led up to it The first Balkan war was undertaken what was known as the Balkan league comprising Greece Serbia and Bulgaria. The three allies attacked afed eonquered Turkey taking from her" aH of Macedonia which still remained fet her possession and other territory along the Black and Aegean seas ( At the outbreak of the conflict M Venizelos the premier of Greece de , elaed to enter into an agreement with ; Bulgaria as to the distribution of con quered territory after the war Ser bia however made the mistake of eu ienng into such an agreement By this compact Bulgaria was to get most of Macedonia while Serbia was to take I the territory north of Mace Ion a and Ehave a free hand to extend her luns Mfektion through -Albania to the Adn Patic roast The territory aro d I n Hkup over which a diagreement aro c was to be left to the arbitrament of K the ezar K After the war Bulgaria n a 1 lit on to the ast amount of terntorv on the K Black and Aegean seas insisted ufon K tak ng all of Macedon a and the port of Seres Ka ala and Halonik Her p bia asked for a rev sion of the treat P but Bulgaria refuse 1 Serb a was on 1 strained to take tb s act on be a ne I Austria Hungary backe 1 bv Termanv F hal interfere 1 an 1 warne I Serr a away r" from the Adnat free e ha taken part of Macedonia and ha 1 o e I Salorik Witho t wa ting for 1 flomat ne got at on i to make m eh progrenn and without thp onsent or rarl ament the Bulgarian arn atta ked the "trbian army Greece Jes r ug to h Id baton k an part of Ma elo a went to the aid of Serbia wb le Ruman a at the suggeit on of the mr entere 1 B lga r a terr torv from the n rtb The rm It was that B Igar a was r 'Id con pletely R nan a t ok the i ov n en ( SI tru a 1 I br I -i f on B Igar a Herl a hell ran of Ma elo nia a d the I Bknr rpg n an 1 Ireepe retime 1 Val n k Herrs an Ka flla ar i the n ghl oring terr torv to the orth an I ortbwost Orcc e anl H rr u then s gned a v for m t al defense ho II B 1 p or CPk to rega n the 1 nt ter I v for e of arms h n v as thp i t at o wh oh on f tp I t p tentp all pi after T rkey I Germany an 1 A str a n the ( cscnt war They we dp ompelle I to rp k x th H Igar a Tla n ntry nm rt ng with lefeat e grr It to cnp an I lo gi g to retakp th lost terr tory was nit rally n I Del to n le w th Oprmanv anl A str a anl the latter i tr en were anr oub t ol ta n B Igann sadleasp tw H ope p t tl em a ro te I y wh h they o 1 1 loin hanii with the T rkn To keep th rot tP close I the entcntp lirlonnts pxp te 1 all t p r pffor n an I the best mefl d KPernP I to bp thp res ntl n 1 thp Balkan long i t wh h H m in a h I I p a i Ip I Thp p t te noil t gin t hp p hp n y s on f I p Ip tr p I a p f w I ha p n u 1 1 ornp nl I f h t the n p I p w t I gar b Tl J Ion ats asked Serb a to s rrender a 1 art of Macedon a and she refused at first They asked Creece if we n aj bel e e Prem er Sko lo dis to rel n q sh Ka ala "and e es The prem e ho ve e fa 1 to state that they ot f e e I (. reeec con pen at ons n r h sla ds of the Med terranean and 4e gea Meant n e to get R n a a nto the leag e Fran e anl England rj,el R s a to s rren ler Be sarab a to R man a 1 t R ss a as then w nn ng and saw no reason to y eld any of her terr to v It s nnecessary to folio v all the Convolut ons of the diplomat c maneu ver ng It s merely necessary to Say that the entente d plomats failed to placate B Igar a h ch went o er to Germany and Austria. If the entente statesmen had had to deal onlv w th the people of Creece Bulgar a and Ru man a thev probabh wo Id ha e tri umphed b t they vere hanl capped bj the fact that n each countr there was a pro Cerman k ng The consp cuous fact n Cree e s s n mn is that she had a treat to help Serbia and fa led to keep t She had been w lhng to share w th Serb a in the spoils but when the t n e can e to protect the spo Is he broke her com pact It was a d sbonorable act aga nst wh ch M en zelos protested in an Moreover he saw that noth ng was to be won b s d ng v th German an 1 Austr a and that Bulgaria wo Id be come the great nat on of the Balkans if she were permitted to s de w th lie manv without be ng attacked hj Greece M Skouloud s compla ns beca se he al! es refuse 1 a proposal made bv C r ek staff for he fore ng of the 1 ar danelles He does not state wha h plan was b t t is ;rett gene a known The Greek staff propose i tba Greece th the help of the al should n arch on Constant nople through B Igar a This of course meant n med ate war th Bulgar a and at h t me the entente d plomats s II 1 e to re on truct the Balkan leagi p h sat sf ng the terntor al dps re of B gana Whethe t no 11 ha p wise for the allies to ac e( t the o posal s not the q e t on h re Th question merely 8 whethe Cree e ha , a right to compla n ot thp t pa pn j accorded her n e v of h fa she broke her sa ed obi ga n Serb a Those obi gatiou erp a because Greece had obta np I Salon k Kaiala and Spre an 1 th p th o , temtor through Rp h a a Greece had rema hp 1 n hn n aHPe as long as the k g th ght was to her advantage and e r p! h all anee as soon a ange th ea n Thns her treacbp v wai grea pr that of Italv n lesert ng thp tr p alljan e and io n n the pntentp po prs beca se Ital o Id x hpr e on the ground that nhe nas lo nl t 9d Austria anl ( er nan on y n a dofeus p warfare Thp final on r la t f M s o o 1 is that C reece t a ug I a rnel relentlpn wa hp a bp he a Iipi ha e ba I v II n If r a I I mat as npll as a ta lense If ree p h ra agel b va now t s lea sp xhp I I not g lo the a I of feerl a an I fight he I r aus n B gar a |