Greece . es who was look-ing today for aman, could put outhis lantern a man was direct-ing the destinies ofGreece. At the mo-ment when Austriaand Germany let loosethe European war, thestatesmen of most ofthe neutral powers,terrified by the mili-tary power ofPrussia, believed inher victory andoriented the policiesof their countries ac-cordingly. The ex-pression of AlphonseXIII. of Spain hasfrequently been cited:In Spain it is onlv 19 19, broughtaid to Rumaniain protecting thesouthern part ofRussia. The reformsintroduced byMr. Venizelos inthe internal ad-ministration ofthe country,
Greece . es who was look-ing today for aman, could put outhis lantern a man was direct-ing the destinies ofGreece. At the mo-ment when Austriaand Germany let loosethe European war, thestatesmen of most ofthe neutral powers,terrified by the mili-tary power ofPrussia, believed inher victory andoriented the policiesof their countries ac-cordingly. The ex-pression of AlphonseXIII. of Spain hasfrequently been cited:In Spain it is onlv 19 19, broughtaid to Rumaniain protecting thesouthern part ofRussia. The reformsintroduced byMr. Venizelos inthe internal ad-ministration ofthe country, as the mob and myself that are for theEntente! In Greece Venizelos did nothesitate. As between the victory ofPrussia, representing the enslavementof humanity, and that of France andEngland which meant its liberation, therecould be no hesitation. Venizelos hadbehind him the mass of the Greek people,but he was brought up full against thenarrow and timorous conceptions ofKing Constantine who, dazzled by the. MISTRA (Peloponnesus).—The Church of Pantanassia, con-structed under the Venetians and restored at the end of thenineteenth century. One of the masterpieces of Byzantinearchitecture. 20 war pomp of William II, believed in asure victory for Germany, and did notwish, for anything in the world, to drawupon himself the anger of the warlord. An uncurbed propaganda, financedwith German gold, demoralized publicopinion in Athens. This was sustainedbv a certain number of Greek politicianswho were so lacking in nobility of soulas to fail to understand the true import-ance of the bloody combat in whichEurope was engaged. Venizelos, repudiated and dismissed byhis sovereign, was not discouraged. Hegathered about him the picked men ofbrain and action and went to Salonika,there to form a Provisional all parts of Greece volunteers re-sponded to his appeal, and the first Greekarmy was soon formed on the Macedon-ian front. Meanwhile the Allies, tiredof the hostility of King C
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