The Greek Chamber was opened on October 21st by the
King in person, and the speech is very determined. The King declares the situation serious, but thanks the Powers "whose arbitrament has given Greece a new frontier, strengthening and extending her boundaries." The "execution of their decision imposes upon us action, the regulation of which will chiefly engage your deliberations." The "nation has undertaken heavy obligations, for the army will not be disbanded until the attainment of our object,—namely, the establishment of the new order of things in the territory awarded to Greece." " I also am resolved to effect as speedily as possible the object for which I am prepared." The Greek Army now present with the colours numbers 40,000 men, and will be raised as rapidly as possible to 70,000. Volunteers are flocking in from the Greek provinces of Turkey, and 1,800 have arrived from Roumania, many of whom will make excellent non-commissioned officers. As the matter becomes serious, the Garibaldini, who number many good officers, will begin to stream in, and there will be no lack of men competent to -command. It is quite impossible, as the King admits, for the Government to dismiss this army, unless the provinces have been rescued, and equally impossible to maintain it long in inactivity. Unless, therefore, the Powers interfere to carry out the Berlin Award, to which the King refers, there must be war, and the whole Eastern Question will be afoot again.
