Let us continue the fight; let us win, maintaining our principles
without compromise. We shall thus be sure of winning the commendation
of humanity.
But we must understand that in order to achieve this result, the
complete liberation of the world, we must submit to great sacrifices of
men and of money.
It is the need of our making these sacrifices which are being utilized
by the German propaganda in order to obtain an immediate peace which is
to the Germans an absolute necessity.
Through its secret agents, she tries to convince us that in order to
obtain the victory against her, our sacrifices will be enormous,
while, if we satisfy some of her aspirations, she will be ready to
respect the liberty of the world.
We must close our ears to these insidious suggestions. Everything that
comes from the enemy camp must arouse our distrust, for Germany wishes
indirectly to obtain what she has originally sought when she let loose
upon the world the dogs of war.
Russia lies prostrate, and Germany wishes to reanimate her, but to
raise her with a German soul. When she has at her disposal the enormous
power of Russia, organized with Prussian efficiency, a more terrible
war awaits the world. The sacrifices to which we shall then be obliged
to submit will be much more terrific.
If we wish to put our programme into operation, we must set ourselves
to change the German mind, showing the ruins that its inhumane
conceptions have accumulated, and the fall of German power that must
result from it. We have to do with fanatics of a peculiar kind, whom
only reality can bring to their senses. The Germans are fighting
in order to impose their civilization on the world by establishing
a domination like that of the Mussulmans, who have slaughtered the
Christians in order to assure their happiness in the future life.
If our victory is incomplete, if the liberty of the nations is not
completely restored, we shall have simply an interlude between acts.
The curtain will rise upon a more terrible tragedy.
Let us endeavor to see beyond the limits of the present. Let us rise to
meet the emergency. The responsibility of our rulers is tremendous, but
they are endowed with the necessary ability to rise to these heights.
Let them not be influenced by these crafty serpents which are subtly
attempting to weaken our moral fiber, for the confidence of the leaders
will maintain the strength of our peoples, which up to the present
nothing has been able to affect, and which constitutes our best means
to win.
Following the example of the countries that for four years have been
shedding their precious blood to conquer the monster, and consenting
to undergo the same sacrifices, we can be absolutely sure that our
victory will be complete.
In the name of the Government which I have the honor to represent, I
can assure you that Greece’s determination to see the struggle through
to the bitter end, is unshakable.
OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY
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