The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-11
new DAY At HAND
World Sees the Dawn Of univer.
sal Democracy.
With the Downfall % the Turk and the
Hun Santa Sophia VIII -
Restored % Q chris.
tian Temple.

Ss'"o"1 s"S "0UpS SeJosSsu8s u
these victory days we are inexpress.
IDLY glad that the war did not end
until the unspcakable Turk was well
started down the t0b0RKan Of defeat
toward the bOttOmless pit. writes DR..
Charles Edward Locke. II Ia a mighty
triumph for democracy. With Jerusa.
lem and Damascus In the hands OF the
Christians. and with Constantinopls
no longer desecratetl AZ the capital Of
filthy Mohammedanism. the foul Turk
II now getting his ong,delayed de-
serts. Constantinople was named for
jealous Christian prince. II was
made the imposing headquarters Of the
Greek church. aud u beautiful temple
was built In the year S7 by Justinian
which IL 80 stately and gorgeous that
this proud builder on tho dedication
day exclaimed: 20 Solomon. I have
surpassed thee"
But In lIi3 the city Was captured
BY the sacrilegeous and infidcl Sara.
cen. and for iOS years II has been
the center Of Moslcm worship ana
propaganda. II Is beautifully Situ.
ntcd on the western slopes OF the
Bosporous. aud looks out upon the
picturesque Marmora. Justinlnn's min.
lister grand MAS transformed into
crosses and frcscocs and insignia of
Christianity were ruthlessly removed.
and for nearly five centuries. Instead
OF the worship Of the most high God
rcsounding beneath wonderful dome
which Michael Angelo said was like
a part of tho heavens brought down
to earth.
With tho victories Of this war, no
doubt magnificent Santa Sophia will
be restored. and once again the
praises Of Christ will rcsound through
sanctuary and cioister: aud the muir.
vclous frcsro of Jesus and his diScI.
pies In the high dome. which for cen.
turtles has becn concealed behind the
incrustationS Of 'lctcstable Moslcn.
ism. will once again utter Its inspir.
ms and artistic messages to reverent
Christian worshipcrS,
Until the savage Prussinn Hun MP
pcared the Turk had conferred upon
him the ignominy Of being the most
brutal degenerate of all human
history. A religion Of lust. REINFORCED
hy the bloody xcimitcr. the Turk cut
his way through human bodies to nm
iHnobie place Of power In Europe and
Asia and his mur,icrous hate venting
itself on the dcfcnscless Christians. and
especially. upon the innocent Arine-
mans.
With the collapse Of the Turkish
government. the Dar,iancllcs will be.
come highway for the commerce Of
the free nations Of the world. In place
Of a waterway held by piratcs:" the
Balkan terror comes to nm end. and
the ignoblc crescent fades out Of sight
before the increasing effulgcncc OF the
blazing cross Of the Christ Of truth
and freedom.
The years have waited long for the
tremendous historic events which nre
now being enacted in bcwildering sue.
cession. It was only yesterday that
there were four powerful autocracies
TINT seemed so intrenchetl In Opulence
and might that the centuries would
not overthrow: but today. Russia. and
Austria, and Turkey. and Germany.
have all fallen. and great has been
the fall thereof: the twilight Of the
kings has deepened into night, and tho
dawn Of universal democracy Is al.
ready reddenlng the eastern sky With
premOnitions Of the new day OF the
people; and the harblngcrs OF the
morning are shouting on all hilltops
., 4. 81 ,nou,,oooa UDror1s i'm 1lh.