. Constantine I and the Greek people. current coins at a dis-count that carried with it a superficial but un-fortunate impression of impaired Allied intelligence service was recruited among theriff-raff of the refugees from Thrace and AsiaMinor—Armenians, Levantines, islanders of un-certain citizenship and dubious honesty. Thearmy purchasing was recklessly frugal Greeks were appalled by the waste,the confusion, the lack of intelligent the other hand the mere sight of the Greeksinactive while the French were fighting enragedthe latter. The dirt and diso
. Constantine I and the Greek people. current coins at a dis-count that carried with it a superficial but un-fortunate impression of impaired Allied intelligence service was recruited among theriff-raff of the refugees from Thrace and AsiaMinor—Armenians, Levantines, islanders of un-certain citizenship and dubious honesty. Thearmy purchasing was recklessly frugal Greeks were appalled by the waste,the confusion, the lack of intelligent the other hand the mere sight of the Greeksinactive while the French were fighting enragedthe latter. The dirt and disorder of Saloniki, sorecently a Turkish city, filled both the Frenchand the British with disgust. The strange cos-tumes of the local population gave an impres-sion of lack of civilization, and the French andBritish promptly treated and spoke of the Greeksas natives. Moreover, the Greeks, resentfulof the presence of a foreign army on their soil,were far from helpful. The Jewish tradesmenfound the opportunity golden to put up their 74. SERBIA ABANDONED prices. The Greek soldiers, on mere routemarches, filled the roads where the Allies wantedto move troops that were going to do railroad service in civilian hands was inade-quate for efficient military transport. TheGreek customs officers made endless difficultiesabout the landing of supplies; the port authoritiesgave preference to Greek merchant vessels whileAllied troop ships hung about the harbor, wait-ing to dock. The telegraph service was wretched,the Greek censorship infinitely annoying. The Allies were also at a language disadvan-tage. Greek-Enghsh and Greek-French inter-preters were rare, high-priced, and untrust-worthy. An officer who sent his orderly to buya stamp might wait half a day for it—the mansecure in the excuse that he could not make him-self understood. Worst of all, the presence ofGermans, Austrians, and Turks among themwas unbearable to many, especially the , at war with the Germans, m
Size: 1198px × 2086px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectworldwar19141918
