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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt:... PART I THE POLICY OF THE YOUNG TURKS TOWARD THE GREEKS FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHAM "CONSTITUTIONAL REGIME" UP TO THE BALKAN WAR The investigation into the events in Turkey subsequent to the restoration of the "Constitution" proves conclusively that the elimination of the Greek element in Turkey, which began, generally speaking, in 1913, was not a decision taken on the spur of the moment nor a simple result of the Balkan War, nor did it arise from a mistaken policy on the part of the Greeks in Turkey nor from their own desire to expatriate themselves, as the Young Turks maintain, but was the application of a pre-existent well-arranged program, a policy which was applied to the very limit at a time when political conditions permitted it and external instigation and support rendered easy what had previously been regarded as difficult. It is well known how Hellenism received the Young Turk revolution. Even though this was a purely Turkish nationalistic uprising, it was enthusiastically greeted because it was represented as being at the same time a liberalizing movement, and because it promised equality to all the races in the Ottoman Empire. It is well known how the Greek element, which in the time preceding the proclamation of the Constitution had, under the system of special "privileges," insured its national progress and development, and its general prosperity, it is well known, I say, how the Greek element in the early days of the movement co-operated with the Young Turks and contributed materially to their success. Although the revolution dissipated the national hopes of Hellenism, the Greeks, nevertheless, manifested inde r scribable enthusiasm over it, in the hope at least of the attainment of a future way of living like human...