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Show GREEKS START FORTHE WAR Salt Lake. Oct. IS. Responding to the call to arms f5om the "Father- jland." between 400 and 500 Greeks from Salt Lake and vicinity have left for Greec? "to fight against Turkey in the Balkan war. Before the end of the month H.000 will have left Utah on the same patriotic mission, accord. Ing to local officers of the National Pan-Hollenlo association. Evangelos G. Skliris, brother of Leonidas G. Skliris, and manager of the local Pan-Hellenic association. Is proparlng to loavo within the next ton days to Join his regiment, the Royal EvEoncs, which to th army I of Grceco is what tb.o Old Guard was to Napoleon's forces. Skliris Is a lieutenant of that corps, having fought under the famous General Alexander ln the war again3t Turkc in 1897. Fifty Thousand to Go. Leonidas G. Skliris, said to be one of tho wealthiest Greeks In America, whoso namo figured so prominently In the Blnsham strike owing to his former posltlou as employment agent for the Utah Copper company, baa no Immediate plans for returning to Greece," though ho may do so lator. At crogent lie is engagea im u& brother in the work of equipping local Grecl-B who are answering tho call to arms. He said yesterday : Thero le no doubt that ."0 000 Greeks, all men of former scrvlco In the army, will leave America under the present call. Should a second call be Issued, G0.000 moro would go. From Utah fully 3.000 arc preparing to answer the first call, which Includes only tho ro-scnes ro-scnes from 1000 to 1000: that Is. thoso men who oorvod in the army during thoso years. Nearly Near-ly 500 havo left already. AH who aro able to do so pay tbo'r own way home. Those who have no moans are being sent back through the aid of the National Na-tional Pan-Hellenic association, of which my brother. Evangelos, Is tho local manager. The call to arms from Greece means much to her sons, and thero Is hardlv a man who has ser'.d ln tho army at home but who will respond. Each Greek, after his service. Is known thereafter there-after as a membor of tho re serves, still maintaining his military mili-tary connections. Every man of service Is carried on the rolls ana Is subject to call. I am confident thai if the European Euro-pean powers will stand off and let the Balkan states and Turkey fight the war to a finish, the Turkish omplro will bo driven permanently from Europe. The Turks came from Asia and the feeling that thoy are intruders upon European soil has never died out In Greece and other neighboring states. If tho war becomes general there is no doubt in mv mind that Constantinople will fall and rlso again as an European city. The army of Greece and the navy were never In hotter condition condi-tion In modem times than they are at presonL Bulgaria hiiB a superb standing army, while Montenegro, Mon-tenegro, despite its limited resources re-sources and territory, has long been known as the "scrappiest" little kingdom In th world. Its army already has demonstrated Its ability to cope with the Turks. Combined, there is no question that those nations can drive Turkey from the map of Europe permanently. To be aurc, the empire em-pire of the" Ottoman Is great and Us soldlerfl aro fierce and fanatic fighters, but history haa yet to show whore tho Caucasian race, with anything like equal numbers, ever went down to defeat In a war so general and lmpoitant as this will be. The Turk In Europe Is doomed unless the groat powers pow-ers lntorfcre. |
