Perhaps they think the hour is
at hand for realizing that hope!
Nor is it strange if Greece also has been long hoping that when the
Ottoman Empire did finally crumble--as it must--she might out of the wreck
be able to bring together the long-separated fragments of her race.
God grant there may be no conflict between Greece and Europe. But if it
does come--and if a general overturning follows, as it might--it is not
impossible that Greece may come out of it a new and greater kingdom, by a
reunion of the scattered Hellenic (or Greek) peoples.
It is not at all improbable that some such dream of Hellenic unity
underlies the extraordinary drama we are witnessing in the East.
Of course, it is wise to try and avert a great European war. And of
course, diplomacy and tact are needed in dealing with such a delicate and
complicated situation. But there are two opposing parties in England which
hold different views as to the policy which should be pursued in this
"Eastern Question."
Mr. Gladstone, the great and sagacious statesman, has always insisted that
whatever the result, _the Christians in Turkey should be protected by
Christian Europe_; and that the British policy should be a straightforward
and resolute dealing with the Sultan.
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