Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-11
SAYS TURK CRUEL,
BUT HUN IS WORSE
Consul GIazebro0k Discusses
Lands Released From
Ottoman Tyranny.
THEIR FUTURE BRIGHT

In an address at the Church of the
consul general to Jerusalem. last night
told of what events convinced him
would be glorious future for Palentine.
Mesapotamia and that section recently
released from Turkish tyranny.
In an interview DR.. Glazebrook said
the unspeakable Turk was not quite as
'unspeakable as the Hun He was in
ert a large part of his time and tyran-
NAL all the time, but in the light of
the established German atrocities, the
Turk by comparison was almost virtu-
Gus. DR. Glazebrook said his chief re-
Sret was that he had been obliged to
leave Jerusalem before Gen. Allenby re-
deemed the Holy Land from Turkish
bondage
When God told Moses that He was
going to take the oppressed children
Pharaoh and give them land flowing
with milk and honey for their home,
He correctly described the country
from which the British recently drove
the Turk said DR.. Glazebrook.
Turks Redeeming Traits.
The Turk, Dr. Glazebrook said. never
destroys religious edifces. He never
insults enemy officers. He never finds
it necessary to deliberately arront
diplomats. At least such was DR..
GlaZebrook's experience while attend
ing to British and French interests In
the Holy Land before America entered
the war.
"For months the consulate was sur
rounded by-2O 900 troops. part of the
division commanded by Rafaat Pasha,
who won the battle of GAIA, and l was
Glazebrook. THE Turk shines as an
angel compared with the Hun. Gen.
TownShend. who was captured at kut-
el-Amara, was treated with every con-
sheraton This doesn't mean that
like the Turk or would care to be I'M
der his dominion. ] only tell you this
to show you that he is not quite as
unspeakable as the Hun"
DR.. Glazebrook left Jerusalem May
IS a year ago. He was twenty-five
days on the way to Constantinople,
a thousand miles away. He Travelled
in automobiles, with military trains.
and on any available vehicle. He
went over the AnimoS mountains and
through the Taurus range The rail-
road from Berlin to Bagdad had not
been completed and only part of his
journey was made over the rails on
the historic route.
DR.. Glazebrook said he looked for
glorious spiritual and industrial renais-
SdHce Ill lHc I1Oly lLstilO anu IhSSOpO-
tamia. Religious tolerance, political
liberty and industrial energy will make
the whole region one Of the most pro-
gressive parts of the earth.
THE British" said DR.. Glazebrook.
have built a double track European
gauge railway from the Suez canal to
the Holy Land before America entered
pertinacity after the defeat at Kut, they
fought as they built, carrying water
through conduits from the Nile on either
side nf the railxx-av for fhop
two hundred miles. 1t was this wonder
full transportation system inaugurated
by Sir Eric Geddes that made possible
the recent disaster to the Turk.
But at no time was / fearful of the
result of the war. I knew the Turk
would be driven out Of that whole fer
tile section, and that the work begun
by the crusaders would be accomplished
by their descendants, assisted by Mos
lens from India and Arabia, Protestants
from Great Britain and her overseas
dominions and Catholics from France
In the development of those re-
g1onS the natives and the British. who
will, with the assistance of the French,
direct their destinies for some time, the
Arabs will heartily Cooperate. The
Arabs despise the Turks far more
heartily than do the Europeans. They
contend-and they are historically
right-that the head and center Of the
church is at Mecca. OF course, the
ID AliSl VII hui lutcTlcTc WITH their
religious views and practices and the
result will be a closer attachment"
DR.. Glazebrook said the hanging
gardens of Babylon will probably not
be restored. but Mesopotamia will
be restored to greater real grandeur
than she enjoyed under Nebuchad-
nezZar.
Literal "Milk and Honey Land.
Palestine is a land literally flow
Ing with milk and honey" said DR..
GlaZebrook.
''The world is going to have another
garden of Eden. 1t will be larger
richer and more productive" said the
consul general. But to effectively
operate it America must supply vast
quantities of farm equipment. Turk
iSh inertia has closed this granary
10 the world for many centuries. But
i have no doubt it will soon become
prosperous territory. American ma