The new map of Europe (1911-1914); the story of the recent European diplomatic crises and wars and of Europe's present catastrophe . igltutle F* Eiisi- 20. THE YOUNG TURK REGIME Greek Church failed. The patriarch refused to sur-render his privileges. The Greek clergy and theLay Council held out under persecution and October, 1910, when the Lay Council met inConstantinople, its members were arrested, andthrown into jail. In Macedonia and Thrace, in theiEgean Islands, along the coast of Asia Minor, thebishops and clergy suffered tmtold were even assassinated. I shall
The new map of Europe (1911-1914); the story of the recent European diplomatic crises and wars and of Europe's present catastrophe . igltutle F* Eiisi- 20. THE YOUNG TURK REGIME Greek Church failed. The patriarch refused to sur-render his privileges. The Greek clergy and theLay Council held out under persecution and October, 1910, when the Lay Council met inConstantinople, its members were arrested, andthrown into jail. In Macedonia and Thrace, in theiEgean Islands, along the coast of Asia Minor, thebishops and clergy suffered tmtold were even assassinated. I shall never forget amemorable interview I had with Joachim III, duringthat crisis. His Holiness untied with tremblingfingers the dossier of persecutions, which containedletters and sworn statements from a dozen treat us like dogs! he cried. Never underAbdul Hamid or any Sultan have my people sufferedas they are suffering now. But we are too strong forthem. We refuse to be exterminated. I see allEurope stained with blood because of these these words as I record them now! The Turk could not hope to assimilate the Greekby p
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