The Detroit times., 1917-02-17
Break With Ottoman
Empire w ould En-
danger Missionaries.
-NTERNED FOLKS
WOULD SUFFER
Interests of Allies Now
In American
Hands.
az Tne RELIGIOUS RAMsLER

Informed mCa and women are icck
ing toward developms nts IN he neal
east morc .gnihcant for ms
UniteG sta,es than anything tha'
nay harpcn Ia connection with Ger
many
\ breaS eth Iurkty mperilr
American ivrs. American props rty
nd American stewardship -. Ideals
held in trust for CIVILIZATION IL y
he church people who are best in
formed upon this extraordinary 81
aation. and who are most closely
watchine developments This Is no,
merely because most 81 the Amer
cans n Turkey are mis- sionAries. anc
most OF the American property be
ongs 20 churches in this country
bGt d T. primarily hecaus". Of sh
ne gen raj American public, these
friends 81 n ssions alone have been
0ng time students OF the conditions
n the near east
The tremendous importance OF b.
fuenclng Turkey not TO follow heE
German overload IN b ) ing a rc
.agious with the United States may
b. made clear in a few paragraphs
Within the Ottoman empire. since
the outbreak Of the war has driven
out British and French and Rus sian
consgls and nationals. America alone
has reprt sented civilization. 1ht
Teutonic powers have Joined in with
The Turks in a reign OF terroriLa
ton Their part In the Armenian
deportatious. FOR Instance. has Ger
.ainly not been that OF a restrainins
inriu sace. r. Is said. on good author
ity. that The British prisoners have
suffered worst in places where Ger.
mans were most in evidence.
Once he gets out OF hand. the
Turk very easily revsrts TO his natu.
raj sayagery Only the presence OF
the great powers has maintained the
seurblance OF modern civilized gov
eminent in the Ottoman empire The
outbreak Of the war placed all this
vast responsibility upon American
houlders.
American consuls and mission.
aries had 10 take over the work and
interests OF the British and FrencL
md Italian and Russian consulate
nd missions Some day history III.
give full credi; to the Americans r
Turkey, from the ambassador dor q
70 the remotest consul and mission
AIRY FIR hc uuprecedentsd iabcr,
hey have performed In looking af
ter All ne varied and delicate anc
slfneuls AFFAIR o. these other IA
ions. bsslcss bsing The slmonsrs Of
relief amid unprecedented conci
tons Of distress
s ~ ff7ygEfs AZ. EiFfs4aes 49,
prisoners governments. by way d.
b. American embassy a. Corst1u
lnople Bul The only possible 1888
BE embassy hss of reaching ar-
ersins the mcn H. thru a mission
,ry resident q Konia. Thus il comes
bout that this large company Fl
saTious nationalltics. are literally
dependent upon one American NO
nan for their daily bread.
All the relief that has thus far
been given 10 the survivors Of the
Armenian deportatlons-an S2.500.
90 mas been sent thus lar from
America has been distributed ~
American missionaries and American
consuls. There is reasonable pros
pect that. II present conditions con
iinue. a considerable remnant Of ths
Armenian race wfll be saved
But II America il obliged 10 With
draw all her representative from
Turkey. there viii be nobody left .,
distribute relief The Armenian,
will die by additional tens OF thou
'ands. Germany forbade her ma
ionals 10 have any part in Armenian
elief work: the Turks themselve.
could not be trusted 20 apply ~
funds for the purpose designate
md there r. nobody else In the Ian,
10 do the work.
Many millions OF dollars. not q
nention hundreds OF devoted lives
nave been invested IN Turkey By ~
American churches The principa
educational Institutions In NE land
Ike the famous Syrian Pro'estsn
ollege. Beirut. with sDou, 900 81
tents. Robert college, on the Pc.
ihorus, with only few hundre
ess, and the Constantinople Colleg
,or Women, all are controlled b
cards OF directors in New Yor
Is and they are the greatest edr
1tional institutions IN the near eas
Already. during this war. the ten
per II the Turks hss been shown. d
me disdatn OF international righf.
% trained has the situsti8H BeH
hat all missionaries have been On
permission by their boards d
cave the country At their own d.
retion. Most OF them have chose
o remain. Anybody leaving his st'
ion. for any purpose whatsoever.
aot permitted by the Ottoman got
eminent TO return No new mission
ries, or other foreigners. are ALLOW
ed 10 enter Turkey.
Nov. should relations with the q