The Archive · 1897

The Unfortunate Greeks

With the battle of Domoko the Turko-Grecian hostilities may, we hope, be said to have ended. Although of course the Greeks brought all the trouble upon themselves in the first instance, English sympathy is all with them, and it is sincerely to be hoped that the combined efforts of the Powers will induce the Turks to accept such terms that, although for a time they must necessarily be severely crippled, they may eventually recover. Punch this week has a very clever cartoon from the pencil of Sir John Tenniel, called, My riend—the Enemy." Greece, with his arm ina sling, and looking as though he had been having a very bad time, hands his sword to Turkey with the remark: My mistake, Sir."—""Not at all," replies the jubilant Sultan, "extremely indebted to "you! You've quite set me on my legs again which is probably true, or at any rate most certainly would be, if the Sultan were allowed to get all he asks—ten millions of money and Thessaly, with various minor things thrown in. Luckily for the welfare of Europe generally, the Powers will make it their business to see that something more modest than this is agreed upon.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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