Bush speech crusade
When Asia Minor was first mentioned to the Greek Minister in London, that shrewd diplomat answered Greece would not commit such a folly, for the day she set foot in 26 Asia Minor she would find herself up against Great Powers as well as against Turkey.Even the grant of 28 a loan to Sofia by the Central Powers appears to have produced bush speech crusade little or no impression upon those concerned.Venizelos became an impassioned advocate of the policy of which he had hitherto been an impassioned opponent, and he would have us believe that the King, persuaded by his eloquence, authorised him to carry out his new plan.Momentarily infected by the Cretan's enthusiasm, nearly all present bush speech crusade urged upon the King the acceptance of his proposal one of them, M.The matter was 23 urgent, for, were Servia crushed, though the ultimate defeat of Austria and Germany would not be thereby affected, there would during the War come about in the Balkans accomplished facts which would make it difficult or even impossible for either Servia or Greece to obtain afterwards arrangements as favourable as those actually in view.41 bush speech crusade 2, 98.From the first greater importance was attached to Bulgarian co operation than to Greek.119, bush speech crusade 128.Rallis and the other ex Premiers in less than a fortnight gratefully recognised the justness of the King's opposition to their views, and thenceforth parted company with M.Venizelos's bush speech crusade strategy.), 1914.Having made a systematic study of the Dardanelles problem, bush speech crusade they judged that the Allies' enterprise, even under the most skilful handling, presented but few chances, and those chances had been discounted in advance by utter want of skilful handling the bombardment of the Straits in the previous November had given the Turks warning of the blow and ample time to prepare against it and the Turks were no longer the happy go lucky fellows upon whose inefficiency one might formerly have counted they now mounted guard over the gates of their capital equipped with German guns and commanded by German officers.(O.Venizelos for the King's dispatch is but a summary of an identical declaration made by bush speech crusade M.