GREEK ATROCITIES

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 301, 6 December 1922, Page 4

GREEK ATROCITIES

Jliey'SiM tig Government T-lie Gmeks have ■executed tile Government that led i.uto.,d's.aster in .Asia JVJinor. If we believed in capital punishment antl snooting', we jKvould say this was a bad precedent tor •"vvar-iMouge'rmg governments. ■'■'■■ liememher, however, .that. \he .ex>G.euted Ministers that they aeteiX-rat ttve insftgatfem a«.d with the •sujjlfcsi'.t; of the Lloyd v&eoi'ge Government. -This came out an the' House of .Utniiajaris '-debate On Bonav .Law's decision to withdraw tho British reprewt Athens. It ,wa4s to extricate the exf.cui.6d. Government-'from its military d.lillcuiti.es. other tilings, that Winsi.on. Chjireinll sent his recen'c inflamuiory appeal to Mr. Mass-ey. In the House of Commons debate Bonar Lo-w's men contGKued it. vrtvs wrong to execute .MinistovH foi* a "mistalven policy." That "jrjistaktvu policy' , v.-as set goi3>g by Lloyd George and Co. and Mr. Masse;,- appe-aieti i° New (o α-e for it. Now, who i« the ei'il geniu.s in this villainy? Who used.Die Greek Govonrmeut and Lloyd ■ George - -sis liis tools'^ Why;' "Sir" Basii Zidrtxrorff. "'Read'-what follows ''of ilvis gent, taken from the "Sunday Express" (Tory), ovvJitid by Lord "Beaverbrook: "HE IS A .SHAREHOLDER IN A PROMINENT PRO-GQALITIGN ■(LEiOYB G/EORGB) LO-\DON' NEWSPAPER, BUT HE IS NEVER SEEN IN FLEET BTR3SEI , .-" '•He is a Greek, but live;? most of his time in Paris. HE OWNS IMONTB CMLO i but the -gaming tables do not Hiteres't" iiim. -Tnsteaa.. 7HB DE- : -BTrivrßS :OF NATIONS . ARE HIS SPORT, THE MOVEMENTS OF AK>J- ; lES :4ND THE APPAJItS OF GOV-ER'NM-EKT ,HIS SPECIAL. DSLIGIIT- ; ' COLOSSAL-I^TKKESTS ".In t&e- wake of war this-.myster-ious figure mev.es o.ver the tortured T3,t-e«is -jcj£ jEarope. i-i c - nuudreds lOf -ttususanda or pounds ,on putthig M. Venizelos into power and organising the Hellenic of.conquest. Through his imppeis HEJ GAINS CONTROL OF NEWSPAPERS in MANY COUNTRIES. He has the ear of Presicfents and Prime Ministers, Bis charities are tatmlous, and HIS INTERESTS TN -MUNITIONS AND OIL COLOSSAL. HE CAN HARDLT ESTIMATE HIS OWN WEALTH, FOR TT SO PERMEATES THE .FINANCIAL ARTERIES OF EUROPE THAT EVERY MOVE OF THE POLITICAL NERVOUS SYSTEM REACTS ON HIS "Greece Is beaten. "Greece is in the throes of revolution. 1 "AND SIR BASIL 7AHAROFF T«. COMING TO LONDON. "The •'• v oinula{y. Express 1 ' -demands ihat this man's influence in Britain's : affairs; ccmae to an immediate stop. The doors o£ Government oinces lnus.t ■be closed to -liiiri, and his agents. Our Near East burtVen is a suftic'-ont ?n----':heritagee fron\ wealth. We want wo merei" ' '•' -Now from "Lonsicm ovinlon" (7/10/22) we ls,a,rn of -33asil, that he gave Greece 21 millions -amvuaily dur-in-g the Balkan war and IV minions annvraily clruing tbo war to l-laiig iifieICniser. He controls -banks Ike ihe Ci'edir, (he is also a ■director ' of Barclay 3' Bank in L;:-ndon) :is a cojifcrOilmg ■sliai'-tholder iJn Vickers.\fa>:im, and in. steamship lines and t-lieatres. -Mr. Henry ■'jMorsaiithau. the : <K<-American Amtefsario , ;. - , iv. his ■"Atttob'Jogvapliy, ,, -sayii that Vcniae'ios tcrld him it-v.-as pressure? from Haanjeiers that inditced h?m to enlarge h-s ; ttemamls for Greek territory at I he ■expense of Turkey before tbe Yersail'los Conference. ■- . >\*€ must allow that -ho happeti out of O , rec.ee in time. But. what a beauty for New Zealanclurs to 'li& Cor!