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M. Venezelos displayed more statesmanship than any one else in Europe. He is evidently a great political leader—far the greatest Greece or any Balkan Power has ever had. 'He sees that the victory of the Allies will mean liberty and justice for the Balkan States, and, with fine powers of political vision, he is willing to sacrifice small things to attain great. He is willing to meet the grievances of Bulgaria. We always said that Bulgaria was too hardly treated after the Balkan War, in spite of her reckless folly. But for that treatment the Balkan States would probably all be with the Allies now. It is not too late to repair the mischief, but M. Venezelos is the only man who has courageously advocated the right method of doing it. We ought to add that King Constantine has since denied that he approved of the cession of Greek territory. We can only say that he suffers on his own confession from political blindness. He need not have feared to ask the Greek people to make an apparent sacrifice. They would have trusted the judgment of H. Venezelos.
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