Greece . a c t e r wasenough to co-ordinate a 1 1the active andcapable in e nof the countryand to giveGreece an ex-ceptional for-ward move-ment. By ap-pealing toFrance for amilitary mis-sion in order to reorganize the to England for a naval missionto do the same forthe n a v y , he puthis country inshape to participategloriously in the Bal-kan War againstTurkey in 1912-1913,and victoriously tocounter the treach-ery of Bulgariain June, 1913, andto cooperate active-1 y and effectivelywith the Ententeallies in Mace-donia in 1917 and1918. This samelittle Greek armv, in The Monastery of Da
Greece . a c t e r wasenough to co-ordinate a 1 1the active andcapable in e nof the countryand to giveGreece an ex-ceptional for-ward move-ment. By ap-pealing toFrance for amilitary mis-sion in order to reorganize the to England for a naval missionto do the same forthe n a v y , he puthis country inshape to participategloriously in the Bal-kan War againstTurkey in 1912-1913,and victoriously tocounter the treach-ery of Bulgariain June, 1913, andto cooperate active-1 y and effectivelywith the Ententeallies in Mace-donia in 1917 and1918. This samelittle Greek armv, in The Monastery of Daphni, on the road from Athens to Eleusis. 19 HI m m 4. well in the domain ofeconomics and financeas in the elaborationof the laws of a socialnature, assured himthe enthusiastic sup-port of the Greekproletariat. A Dio-genes 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 hesitati
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