Sia,—In reading your article last week on Greece's expectations I
should like to object to one passage. You say that though the King is a faithful ally, the Greek nation was and is much more so. It is difficult to compare one individual with several millions, but I am sure you could not find a Greek who was a more faithful ally than the King. Looking back on the dark days of spring, 1941, when Greece was faced with certain defeat, though the majority of the Greek people remained loyal to their honour and their ally, there were undoubtedly many who listened to German propaganda and favoured appeasement. Such was the hopelessness of the situation that M. Korizis shot himself and no one politician had enough support to form a cabinet. In these days the Greek nation wished to fight on by our side rather than make a disgraceful peace like France, but the will of the people could not have availed had they not found a leader ; they would have been like sheep without a shepherd. That leader they found in their King. Amidst all the confusion King George II remained calm and determined. He even undertook for a short time the onerous duties of Prime Minister. Trained from birth to know and love the people he would one day rule, he understood the wishes of his people better than did the politicians, and led them on in the path' of honour. Many writers who were in Greece at the time have testified to the vital part played by King George at this time, arid particularly I would like to mention Greek Fire, by M. Michaelopoulos, himself a Liberal and so much an opponent of the Royalist party that he twice refused a place in the cabinet.—Yours faithfully, P. JOSEPH.
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