In the chapter on Edirne, I associated myself with the feeling of indignation felt by the Greeks against the beasts of Bulgaria, but I have noticed today that the Greeks have been even worse in their ferocity, cheating and lying. Moreover, it was not only yesterday that they were revealed as such. If I am not mistaken, Voltaire was the first of us to celebrate their warlike virtues and their loyalty – in reverberating alexandrines:

Later, at the time of their revolt against the Turkish yoke, their boasting, already shameless in ancient times, attracted a cavalryman who had escaped from the armies of Napoleon I, called Maurice Persat. But he was only able to be with them briefly and was misled by them, shocked almost immediately by the cowardly savagery of their fighters. He could not endure the spectacle of the very first battle in which he witnessed the conquered (the Turks) vilely slaughtered by the conquerors, and he went over to the enemy into the Muslim ranks and even saved a poor Turkish family whose daughter he legally married on his return to France.

Several years later, it was Edmond About who, having arrived full of enthusiasm, left, having seen things too closely; in memory of his passing through, he bequeathed to Greece the following scathing quotation: ‘The only thing the Greeks have not stolen is their reputation.’

Even nowadays, to crown it all, a charming northern princess, down from the banks of the Spree, came to graft her cold Hohenzollern cruelty onto their barbarity. She was the sister of Wilhelm and it is well known what these two satanic beings, brother and sister, inflicted on the world: bloodshed, tears and destruction.

The young Valkyrie from the north freely pursued her petty fury, after the defeat of her woeful army, just about everywhere, but especially in the region of Yalova – a region previously perfectly happy. One scarcely dares to repeat what happened in this area, something which will remain not only the disgrace of vile unimportant Greece, but also that of the whole of the Christian world who were not afraid to support her.