Word: dodecanesians
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Dates: during 1919-1919
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...proclamation of union has just been made of the Dodecanesian Islands with Greece, the inhabitants of which recently cabled the members of this University to support their claims for such a union. The cablegram appealed to students at all American and allied universities to aid the Dodecanesians in their efforts to be joined to Greece...
...appeal, reprinted this morning in another column, from the Dodecanesian Students' Council asking for the University's support in re-establishing Greek claims to certain islands now held by Italy, gives a touching indication of the confidence which exists between students in countries widely separated. It is difficult for American university men, unfamiliar as they are with any form of external oppression, to appreciate fully the part that their brothers-in-learning across the sea, play in securing freedom for many an oppressed fatherland...
...cablegram received yesterday by the College Office from Athens, Greece, and signed by the Executive Committee of the Dodecanesian Students' Council, appeals to all members of the University to support the Greek claims to the Dodecanesian Islands, now held by Italy...
...cable, which was sent from the offices of the Greek government, after expressing joy at the defeat of militarism and imperialism by the allied nations, sends a greeting to students at allied and neutral universities. It goes on to say: "Dodecanesian students residing in Greece and Dodecanesian students of the University of Athens urge your support in favor of the re-establishment of their unhappy country to its former indissoluble union with the rest of Greece...
...Dodecanesian Islands are situated on the western coast of Asia Minor, and although the population is almost entirely Greek, formerly belonged to Turkey. In the Turko-Italian war of 1912, they were seized by Italy, and in spite of frequent protests by the inhabitants, have remained in the possession of that country ever since. The name Dodecanesian, meaning 12 islands, does not appear on any map, for the term has only recently come to be applied to this group of islands...