Greece . SMYRNA.—The Rug Bazaar. stantinople and since they know by ex-perience that an international organiza-tion is bound to degenerate into internalrivalries—to return to Hellenism its tra-ditional capital, for which it has been forcenturies waiting? Greece would guar-antee to all the Powers free commercialrights, and would content herself withadministrating the government of thecity and its suburbs, in which she has365,000 of her children and which hasbeen the true capital of Hellenism frommost distant times. If the above solution is not adoptedthis will not in any way modify thehistorica
Greece . SMYRNA.—The Rug Bazaar. stantinople and since they know by ex-perience that an international organiza-tion is bound to degenerate into internalrivalries—to return to Hellenism its tra-ditional capital, for which it has been forcenturies waiting? Greece would guar-antee to all the Powers free commercialrights, and would content herself withadministrating the government of thecity and its suburbs, in which she has365,000 of her children and which hasbeen the true capital of Hellenism frommost distant times. If the above solution is not adoptedthis will not in any way modify thehistorical claims of Greece, and the hourwill only be postponed when, whether wewill or no, Constantinople will be , in fact, has the sovereign vir-ture of an invincible will, combined withgreat capacities for assimilation, hard. SMYRNA.—A street in the Greek work and development. The race is,furthermore, prolific and vigorous. Itrepresents in the East the civilizing ele-ment which will progressively replacethe decadent Turk. Far better would itbe, for the sake of the general good, toresolve the oriental problem once and forall, than to be satisfied with half-waymeasures which will leave the field openfor new complications, for struggleswhose distant consequences can never beforeseen. power by which the different states wereto have a force nearly equivalent, andthis balance was to guarantee the main-tenance of peace. Experience hasshown that this was an illusion, sinceeverything depended on the use that eachstate intended to make of its power. Theconclusion has been reached that thebest safeguard is to weaken the wicked,in order to take from them all desire tointerfere with international law andorder.
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