Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-30

to seize 1t before tho cosaack, IL
ou, their hands In that dircctior
VIII have tho best share in them
sion OF the world There AM
lands which offer greater advanta
LOT coionization than Mesopotamia
Syria" $50 -
Ihis learneSsGerma goes on toll
mat, althoughythere are great onA
,nnities for Development in this ~
Try. tnere Is Ia wilderness to on
come no pioneessng to BIO done.
SIooho, III his own words. has bud
De scratched and planted. H.,
cei'es. although lie does NOT aay
so many words. that for this rcaxo
10 the German opportunity pre.emin)l
Ioi the Germans are not njoneei |
h1.ioh' hke the Anglo-Saxons. al
are not explorers. Their specIalt1
ton. ptd
Frances political claims to5
country are hardly more valid
nose on Germany. but she haY2A1
cn ,na tnoush unwritten. claim ~
comes IRON centuries Of wclcou,,l
nuence. In treaty dated 1871
tween the French monarch ay1
sultan OF Turkey. called the "caJaI
lions, France was given the ri
protect Christians In Syria. Evd \
then she has maintained schooheA
ana built up n French cuIturd
eoucated Syrian speaks Frenchlhf
socially and intellectually a IsV
man. SO far as an Oriental card
AS to the Syrian himself. ten
pres to some sort Of freedom ior}
country. Many Syrians are partia |
Oh me Arabian nationalist moveme
which has resulted I'M widespread
volt against the Turks. Probably6mS
OF them hope for some kind OF 81
tonomy for their country. Real!ziI
that In world of land hungry pow1
TINS autonomy can only be had und
some sort of protectorate, theysA
willing to accept a French protectl
rate. because the French have treat
them we'll. The greatest object ID
drive out the Turks.
France In Syria's Hope.
French influence would proba
develop Syria. and be not uncon&H
TO most Syrians. but IL would IN
to Syrian independence An scsN
tatire French journalist says,H
France wants. mot sanctionleAM l.
thority limited by rcvokable conf
TONS" but the whole Of Syria d
the Taurus Mountains to Mesopotal
for her own. None the less. Fr}
influence is Syria's brightest hope,l
one for which every Syrian is ID
Turks seized Father Joseph Hayei
Syrian priest, and accused HIM
treason on the strength OF an inl
cepted letter TO his son. In which
told OF Turkish expressions. They u
him on the gallows with a nod
around his neck. and then offered
let him go IL he would shout for Gl
shouted 'Vive la Francew Ono md
chance was given. and once more
old man shouted with all his miE|
"Vive la France Then hims
kicked the stood from under his Il
and died.
The American Syrians who "a
fight for Syria will be tightins4Sl
liberty and for the rights Of 81
nations. and they Will be fighting H.
left that country for one of larger.oI
portunity. but their imaGinations dw}
upon IL lovingly. They delight to III
you Of its wonderful climate, of d
rich fields and orchards and the slDnej
vastness OF the desert. y people hal
ing the serenity and patience ofSt
Orient in their blood. their far
darken and they talk hoarscly viii
telling how the Turks have starv}
and ~ronged their beloved land. Som
thing OF their feeling. set forth VI
the Oriental wealth OF imagery. IL
this poem. which was written by
Syrian poet who lives in Amerfc
Amin Mishrik-and translated by 81
c. Holmes. The poet apostrophizes
native land:
81 shall return soon to defend
with my right arm. my oppressed
loved one. I shall come in vcngd
upon the spoilers OF the daughtc
princes. Thy torn robe Is ever b
my eyes. They b!ood-stained feel
as thorns in my breast. Il
come to crush the enemies who de
the daughters Of the mightics. u
breast hate Growcth. In my
everlasting rage boileth. am
OF retaliation, into whose billo
fame thy enemies shall be cast
we shall soon meet. o beloved
o place Of my dreams and pivot R4
thought . my beloved Sy