Show RESIGNED PREMIER OF GREECE GiVES Il OF MUDDLE The following statement was made to the Associated Press correspondent corre corre- i at Athens Tuesday by M. M Venizelos before his resignation as I premier and was filed tiled at the Greek capital a short time before the unI unA un- un A I ch change In 11 the situation took place S i i Oct 5 1 p. p m m. m Via Paris Oct 6 At G-At At the close of ot a aI I decisive meeting of or the Greek chamber last evening and early this this morning Premier Venizelos 1 gave th the thu Associated Press a statement state ment meat of or the policy Greece would pursue in the impending Balkan conflict One thing is absolutely certain said M. M Venizelos Greece will abide by the terms of her alliance with Serbia not only in letter but In spirit to the last man and to the tha last dra bm More the Greco- Greco Serbian treaty foresaw only the possibility of a Balkan war When it was was' made none could predict the present European conflict with all aU Its widespread complications but the spirit of alliance was one of mutual defense and because the dangers threatening our ally increased increased in in- creased with unforeseen conditions there is no excuse for hiding be hind the verbiage of the treaty to escape the responsibility of our pledge Though the entire available forces of the central empires be added to those of ot Bulgaria in an attempt to crush Serbia Greece will unflinchingly remain true to her passed word The honor of Greece is at stake you may be certain it i I I will not be bb b betrayed Nor indeed has there ever been at bottom the slightest wavering about the Greek people respecting their responsibility to enter the war warIn warin warin in defense of ot their ally under the terms of her alliance although every desperate effort has been made to becloud the issue The spectacle of part of ot her press subservient to foreign influences has shamed and humiliated Greece A people so soe e eager ger to read read so so much so that every bootblack while he shines yo your r shoes is reading a paper or or book has book has been temporarily confused con confused fused by an inspired and venal propaganda But th the feeling of loyalty loyalty loy loy- alty to our c national obligations never for a moment has been really affected What Greece has said she will do she will do She is ready to fight and if Serbia needs her she will fight Respecting the landing of French troops troops' at there is but one thing to be said We have protested of course for we have wished to remain neutral In this European struggle and we wish It now If It it were consistent with our rights and duties But the Greek people cannot war on France and would not If they could What France Franc has done for Greece no Greek can forget forgot Comes now France asking nothing pf Greece declaring categorically ally her sole Intention intention in In- to be to support Greece's ally in the case of a need wherein Greece herself would be bound to support her neighbor It If is something something some some- thing offered not something asked I Indeed since I have been premier i I may say quite frankly the en tente has asked ask not one concession I of Greece Therefore when France gives every guarantee respecting the integrity of Greece when Frances France's motives for landing troops on Greek soil are explained as in the nature of accomplishing the very purpose I of ot Greece's treaty of alliance with Serbia we can see no reason why Greece should resist what she cannot can not help and what ultimately cannot cannot can ean not fail tail to be to her advantage It must not be forgotten that while no sacrifice has been asked of Greece to which her international international international obligations do not already impel impel im im- im- im pel pet her the realization of the dream which sleeps in the heart of every true Greek has been held out to her without conditions For centuries the wanted two things a a free and united Greece and free- free doom for Greeks wherever they the might be The former we have havo gained with blood heroism and sacrifice sacrifice sac sac- extending over thirty centuries cen tunes the latter in a larger degree degree de de- de gree than we could hope to achieve unaided for centuries to come perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps is suddenly made possible for us Who thinks what it would woul mean to Greece that those of our blood bloodline bloodline bloodline line on the opposite shore may mat one d day y soon come under our flag nag cannot cannot cannot can can- not be indifferent to the realization of a greater Greece for which weare we weare are asked to pay nothing save the keeping of our pledged word to toJ 1 J which our honor binds us in any case This is the position of Greece today which I am more than glad to make clear to America because I have Just justo been approached by William Hamilton of New York with a most generous offer of assist assistance as as- nce for Greek refugees on behalf behalf be be- half halt of the American mercy and relief re reo re- re lief lid committee I scarcely know how to express the profound gratitude tude tucle which I am convinced each of ot my countrymen will feel over this new evidence of the great heart of America The Greek Greel government is doing all it can to help more than homeless refugees from Asia Minor Macedonia and Thrace Seventy thousand now are in In Chios Clues over in and the remainder scattered over Macedonia Macedonia Macedonia Mace Mace- donia all aU In direst want especially of clothing The government Isable is isable isable able to keep them from actual starvation but an expense of franc a month is very heavy for tor a small country That help should be offered from America Amer Amer- ica lea at this Juncture is a source of most sincere Joy to me For do not forget torget that I am a Cretan I remember for tor the liberty of Crete and the puissant aid and generosity of ot America in 1906 1900 No Greek certainly no could over ever forget whatever the destinies destinies' of Greece may be in iii the way upon which she is now embarked that her debt to America Is and will be S i |