Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-05
Discrimination.

There are those who seem to wonder
why Americans do not more fully SYM
pathize with Bulgaria in her MaCedon-
lar campaign The Bulgars are Chris
tianS, they say, and surely we ought
to sympathize with Christians against
Moslems. Twenty odd years ago, when
Schuyler and MacGahan exposed the
infamies of bGshibazouk rule. Amer
lea sympathized with Bulgaria. Why
does she not now? So. too, they clamor-
ed because we did not side with the
Transvaal against England. The Trans
vaal they said, was a republic and
England a monarchy: and surely We
ought 20 STAND for a republic against a
monarchy. the same critics thought
Americans should always approve eV
erything MIR. Gladstone did and con
denim everything Lord Salisbury did,
because the one was a liberal and the
other q conservative, and America
ought to sympathze with liberalism
rather than with conservatism
To deal with these cases in inverse
order, it may be remarked that in many
respects English conservatism more
nearly approaches the American ideal
than does English liberalism. To that
extent, therefore, Americans properly
and naturally sympathize with the
former rather than with the latter.
Americans saw, too, that, no matter
what the two countries and their gov
ernments might technically be called,
England was in practical fact very
much more of republic than was the
Transvaal. Finally. in the present
case, while they do sympathize most
heartily with the victims C Turkish
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ance out of their woes, Americans can
not sympathize with the alien brigands
and murderers who have invaded Mace
donia and who are trying to plunge
that country into civil war for the sake
of loot and of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of
Bulgaria. Americans would be glad to
sec the powers intervene for the re-
demption of Macedonia in some such
fashion as the redemption of Bosnia
and Herzegovina was effected. They
would not rejoice in seeing Macedonia
ACQUIRED by Bulgaria, because bulgaria
h1s no good title to it. ana because Bul-
earian rule Of it would mean bulgarian
oppression of the Greeks scarcely less
bitter than Turkish oppression of the
BulSars. They would like to see Mace
donia get out of the frying pan, but not
into the fire.
Discrimination is needed in sympa-
thies. It will rot do to say that re-
public should always stand by another
republic against II. monarchy. There
are some monarchies that are better
and freer than some republics. If a
bad republic should wage an unjust
war against q good monarchy. it would
be well for other republics to side with
the monarchy rather than with the re-
public. Neither will it do to say that
Christians must always support al who
call themselves Christians against Mos
lens or other nom Christians. 1t is
quite possible for enc who Gals himself
a Christian to be dishonest and evil.
and it is quite possible for Moslem OF
a Buddhist or a pagan TIC be honest anc
just. If a Christian does wrong to d
Moslem, it is the duty OF other Chris
tians to take the Moslem's side. 1t was
abominable for Shylock to say of An
tonic. Il hate him, for he is a Chris
tan" But it is not enc whit less
abominable for Christian to say of
fellow man, Il hate him, for he is a
Jew" or Il hate him, for he is Mos
lem," In all things there should be
Just discrimination; or, if we are to eX-
crcise any feelings without discrimira-
ton, they should be those of tolerance
lova Tribune.