New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-01
THE TURK MUST GO
One Great Object of the VIII Be Accomplished When He Is
Exingubhed

and to-day the national hero Of the Turk.
The land over which the Turk rules to-day
! is the seat Of many civilizations Of antiquity
| the fountain head from which have sprung
! Judaism, Christianity, Mahometanism and the
| first apostles Of Reformation, is the connect
| Ing link between Europe, Asia and Africa
and In the healthfulness Of It's climate, IN
the richness Of its soil and the abundance
| Of its natural resources has no superior on
earth. What sort Of civilization do We find
here? Once a garden spot Of the world, one
\ travels to-day from the Bosporus 70 the eau
casus and the plains Of Mesopotamia and is
forcbly impressed by the air Of dependency
unrest and uncertainty in the attitude Of its
people and the uniformity Of the wretched-
ness OF its cities, towns, streets and high
ways.
And why? Turkish misrule. The rule Of
the Turk has not only been negative, but it
has been destructive; the Turk has not only
not encouraged growth, but he has persist
emily stifed all efforts at growth and de-
stroyed that which others have built His
rule has been cruel not only to the non
i Moslem, but il has been oppressive to the
II Mosem. From his stock has sprung not
single thinker, scientist, artist or statesman.
Why? Because, an Asiatic invader, he con-
uuered with the sword in the course Of 25O
years a dozen kingdoms and principalities,
and in his new environment chung tenaciously
to his native instincts and habits-sensual-
ity, brutality and deceit He found the full
est enjoyment in the qualification OF his
carnal appetite in the suffering OF others and
in deceving.
/ To the question put by foreign ambassa-
dor to the Turkish Minister of War last year
as 10 why the Turks tortured and murdered
IL. IL s.
answered the Turk. Irrespective of educa-
ton. garment or manners, the Turkish race
has a uniform character The Turk with the
Prince Albert who speaks several languages,
who with facility recites and champions the
inalienable rights of men, who condemns
msrule and corruption, who conhdentially
reveals to you his earnest ambition for the
| civilization of his country, whose behavior
would not suggest the slightest suspicion OIL
capacity for improper deed and would even
| convince you that the Turk is the most
maligned person on earth-that innocent and
civilized appearing Turk is exactly OF the
same moral fibre and conviction as his other
brother who wears green and white turoan
and q long mantle, and who religiously car
ries tho butchers knife about convenient
part Of his person, except that the tame
looking Turk is apt to deceive more easily
and more successfully. He is more calcu-
lating than his seemingly uncouth brother,
but in a blood feast their apparent differ
ences disappear and they feel equally at
home.
The Turk is utterly false and treacherous.
| Without England Turkey would have been a
memory for the last hundred years. England
fought for her, supported her. protected her
and kept her as a state. With the motives
n-,X Or -
tie credit as they reflect upon the sagacity
Of British craftsmanship. But the fact re-
mains that England steadfastly acted the part
Of friend to Turkey and kept her SIS nation.
Yet, once she found England engaged in a
death grapple, she forgot all about the past
and rushed Justify at the throat of her bene-
factor. Just as certain as the law of causa-
| ton works infallibly, will the Turk, be-
! fore the treaty Of peace has been concluded
repudate and betray Germany, will slaughter
and outrage German men and women, and
Germany will feel Inundated and mortified
at the thought of ever having engaged in
serious business with a race of professional
freebooters and adventurous. Germany can
not do more for Turkey than England has
done; and England has already received part
compensation for her services.
Third-The record the Turk has made dur
| ing the war is remarkable by his proclama-
ton of holy war and by his attempt to ex-
terminate the Armenian race in Turkey. Why
did the Turks want to get rid OF the Ar
menians, despite the fact that, according to
the recent declaration of the Turkish Foreign
Minister, they have rendered notable SER
vices to Turkey AS tillers of the soil, fnan-
cers and administrators Because the Ar
menian, a European and Christian race,
was industrious, thrifty and progressive and
possessed a language and literature of high
order, all of which the Turk heartily ABB
horred, and also because the Armenian had
demanded before the war, and would again
demand after the war; protection for life,
honor and property, which the Turk was un-
able and unwilling to give and which might
result In European intervention or In the
severance of the Armenian from the Turks
rule
The question that will therefore confront
the Entente Allies after the war is this:
Can civilization further intrust the Turk with
power, in the light Of his history and the
record he made during the war; An affirma-
tive answer will clearly amount to approval
and conformation of the Turk rule and would
give absolutely no justification or excuse to
the Entente to take away from the Turk
even one inch Of territory. Whereas a mega
tive answer, which is the only answer that
the dictates of morality, humanity, reason
and common decency would prescribe, would
impose upon them the duty to terminate the
Turk rule absolutely. The charge again
the Turk is not one of physical insuficien. ",
which would imply that he may do better
with less responsibility but IL Is one of
moral unftness to rule TO be intrusted
with any responsibility at all. The Turk
must gol
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