The Turks, however, are the weaker in two important points: their means of
providing food for their soldiers, and in facilities for carrying them
quickly from one point to another.
An army that is weak in these two very important points loses a good deal
of its usefulness.
As we have seen in Cuba, men cannot fight well when they are hungry. It
is also a fatal thing to have no good roads or railroads, along which
large bodies of men may be sent when they are needed.
The Greek army is not nearly so well drilled as the Turkish, nor so well
officered. The Turks have in Edhem Pasha a splendid leader, while the
Greeks have no great general to lead them, and at present no general who
seems even particularly clever. But that need not worry the friends of
Greece. The history of the world has taught us that every great occasion
has brought with it a great man capable of dealing with it. The French
Revolution brought forth Napoleon, the War of Independence gave us
Washington. We can therefore trust that what has happened before may occur
again, and that the Greek crisis may produce its Washington, to lead the
brave little country safely to success.
The great strength of the Greeks lies in their navy, which is one of the
finest in Europe. The Greek ships are modern, well manned, and well armed.
The Turkish navy, on the other hand, has been the joke of Europe for many
years.
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