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"We shall begin to have peace İn the Near East as soon as the W est droJl5 its wholly futile habit of hating hirn.''
f7'he thc folloıciıın rırticlc The Glarlstonian " bag and bag- responsible under the capitulaıtions, Europe ha,·e ı;tained the name of th'!' j not an eııenl\· of the Tuı·k: and no-
ıcriter of
. tıflkes ıcithoırt apo/llrJZI or l'o111pro- gaı;o; " policy which sought to >;olve not to the Turkish Governmcnt, but Turk. Far fronı deslring to extermi- lıody knows theo welı of cnnunon in~
:.: :.1e a1ı csli11ıale of llıe ,\'crır 1-:a.1t- the Near Ea><t:crn prohlem by _drlv- to thcir own Consuls. Thus ·under nate bis non-Moslem neighhors, h:ı 1 terest.~ which bind thc two ııeoıılt>s
ern aitııatio1ı, uttrrly oııııosecl to that ing 'l'uFkcy out of Europe (there the Turkish flag a numlıer of semi- has "'atcbed them ı·ise to the high- hetter than the t wo peoples them-
prncra/ly accevtcd iıı thk< coıı ntry "·otıld he no Near · Ea.stern problem lndependent communities exiı;ted est rıosltions in his empire. In thou- selve;; knol\' it. Even today v•hP.n
nıul in ll'e.•tern f:urop t>. it is to be to<lay iC fifty years ago Europe had side by side, the 'l'urkish Government sands of provincial to·.vns and vil- the Aı-meniaııs of l'aris, Loııdon and
_:niıf for hiııı that he lı<t.'! .•ııcıır snme hl'cn driven out of Turkey) has had maintaining its contact with them lages he h'ts lived as neighbors with New York havc filled the world wlth
"mc iıı .tlıc tro:ıb/ed rcyi»ıı -• of u-1ıic1ı itı< chance since the Turkish armi- thı-ough their relig~ous heads in . them. Even today, when a Turkish · hat~ed of the Turk. the Arnıenian's
.. :r ıcrilC"s.] stice was sİ:;ned ıate in ıı.ns. Far Con ..-tantlnople and, ın the case of 1peasant goes on a journey he leave" j of rurkC'y are \vorking with the
from l<olving an:ı.·thing whatever, this ~orelgnerM, through their C-011>--uls. Jt hiM valua.bles \\•ith his Armenlau . Turks to Pl'.E:ser\·e the territorial in-
By CL.4IR PRICE lm.g and baggage buı;ln'ess has not ıs an excellent fact to remember. neighhor, and \\'hen an Armenlan 1 tegrlty of their country in .the Turk-
only hurled Greek lroops agaİnst when thc Turk is ::ı.ccused of not pcasant ıe.-..,,·es his home he depo,,it,; ish Nationallst ("'..overnment. MUMta-
HE Greco-Turkish ·war is
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r . drooping to its end, and it has .
the o;ort of pro- itı; present ruler. Constantine , b••ing he first so;i foot on European soil women and boys and girls by hiding Coıistantinople
and \Vhich in West-
i!:iı....t-altoµ-etho;ı
.., ~ _,...ı one rould finıl issııing from no ı;tyled. not ı..:ing of Grcece,
hut King do\\·n to thc present the Turk, ·as n them iıı their homes, and that U: em eyes have sta.ined the name of
Turkish Calılph. But Constnnti-
.ce on earth except that charminl! of the Helleneı;_ This (•ommunity ruler of subject peoples, haı> becn large number of theı;c Armenians lts
up to .the nople ha.<ı never permitted itself · to
• :_~:e aı<ylum "'hich Is F.uroııe. sy~em of guvernınent io; dceply em- characteriz<'d by a broad live-and- who ha\·e since been given
investigated. •
\\'t-ver. the Gı·eco-Turkish 'var İı< lıed<lc<l in the ..ocial fabric of the ıet-live tolerance. He hewed out his Amerlcans or the Near East_· Relief be
·,.· . ·.ring ·the end of ltş pitiful course Near East and Is C'arried down to the great empiı·e in a day \vhen savagl' have taken the first opportunity to
·Howcver, the· old ring "·hlch ran
thelr Turklsh the Turkish Govemnıent . in Con-
:,,nd_the Si'vres Trcaty i" even more very smallest ı;roups, e\·cn the ninety fighting abİlity "'as the slngle stand- e><eaı.>e and return to
-_ : aıl nol\' than it 'vas on the after- Abys..~inians in Jerusalem havlng ard by which natlons rose and fell; homeı;. \\'hen one has
seen Turks stantinople is gone. Talaat is ılen.J.
is in Go;rnıany anıl F.ın· cr i:;
-:>on of Jlla~· 11. 10-LO. It is once thelr own community organi7.a- he is stili a great soldier, but he ha,; and Armenlans .ılining together, one Djemal
nıor<.> Jl(lssible to make :ı freo;h "tart tions. Indeed, it lo; carried further never lıeen a fanatlc. NÔ such gra- renli:ı:es lhat thelr problem is not supposed to he in ı.;,alıul ur ı.;:ıır.-1i . ;
J\Iusmplııı · ı..: ..111·:1
in thc :'l!<>ar East. to appralse the t.ha_n the native ·populations, for he- tuitous nıll3Sacres for rellglon's sake one of a simple · rachıl or religious tan .or . lx;th.
Tıırk for l\'hat he . İı< and to begin ·rorc the \\'ar foreigners in Turkey as have st<ılned the name of almost feud. The Turk is not an enemy of
· ·
d th e A rmenıan ·
ıs
. C Contı'nu~'
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on Pagc 2:! ) "''
-'!!i!ding on hinı accordingly. also had theİl' O\vn group><, \vho \\'ere every oth~r nation in Southeastrrıı the Armenıan an
· For the last century Ttırkey han 1 representatıve ot the Turks and their
neveı- had a chance. Tbroughont a i minority communities,, and a Rus-
century of steady ·;sabotage by the sian ·G6vernment exists which Is not
most po"·erful polif?Cal influenccs in hostilc.
ı Etırope the Near ·Eastern problem · Meanwhile. it is high time tha.'t the
1 ha.cı . been slowly built up to · the pro- '\rest, "~hicb bas produced one ghast-
portions of a world scandal. Euro- ly mess after a_nother in the .Ne.a r
pean intrigue at Constantlnople nev~.. Ea.st by hating the Turk-it is time
has and nc\·er ·.vill succeed in reach- tbs.t the \Vest gave the Turk a
ing any permanent solutlon of it, for chancc.