MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORK AND THOUGHT
OF ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE
by Teodoro Tagliaferri (University of Naples Federico II)
No. 22 (August 26th, 2023)
WRITINGS ON THE EMPIRES IN WORLD HISTORY, XVIII
Arnold J. Toynbee, The Smyrna Problem. Methods and Aims of the Greek Administration, in «The Manchester Guardian», Friday, March 4, 1921, p. 4. Signed «From our Special Correspondent, Smyrna, February 12». Special Article. See also https://www.academia.edu/66835389/Arnold_J_Toynbee_The_Smyrna_Problem_and_Government
“In my previous article I explained the point of view of the Western Europeans in Smyrna. The Greeks see things very differently. The great majority of the population of Greece has no economic status in Smyrna. For them the occupation of this country means the liberation of their unredeemed fellow-countrymen and an important step on the road towards the recovery of Constantinople, With the local Greeks also nationalism is the first consideration.”
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