The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-29

acha, spokesman for Turkey, made publi c,tcrIay in Paris The affection for the r CT may wear oii, to be sure. but one ri-, rom his communication on behalf of the al c~ with the feeling that he has said cNactl that should have been said, aud done it pcr cctIy. Not an inch is he swcrcd from h ath by Damad Pacha's torrent of vapid or ory; yet he also rcirains from pouring e, he vials of wrath which are justified l. turkeys atrocious conduct With magnii cuty polite irony he accepts at their fac auc the assertions of Turkeys good inter ion:
 (We) do not, indecd doubt that the
 present government of Turkey profound
 Iy disapprove, of the policy pursued by its
 predecessors. Even if considerations of
 morality did not weigh with a, doubt
 less they did consideration oi cNpcdi-
 ency would be conclusive.
 The only savor of deliberate iana-
 ticiom pcrccptibIc * * was the mas
 ~acrc of Christian Armcnians by order oi
 the Turkish government. But your cNccI-
 1cncy has pointed out that, at the very
 time and by the very same authority un-
 offending NosIcms were being slaughter
 cd in circumstances sufficiently horrible
 and in numbers sufficiently large to miti-
 gate, ii not wholly to remove, any sus-
 picion of religious partiality #
 In an impressive passage of your
 memorandum you declare 1t to be your
 countrv's mission to devote itself to an
 intensive economic and intellectual cuI-
 turc. No change could be moro startling
 or impressive; none could be more bcnc-
 ficia1. Ii your excccncy is able to ini-
 tiatc this great process of development in
 men of the Turkish race, you will de-
 serve and will certainly receive all the
 assistance we are able to give you.
 NJ. CIcmcnceau took far more troub with his reply than the Turkish note dcscrycC \ more hypocritical compound of laIschoo nd crocodile tears 1t would be hard to in zine Damad Pacha threatens in vciIc lnguagc revolt of 5OO,OOOOOO Moscms turkey is not given control oI the regions bl ond the Taurus mountains between l. and Arabian seas He bIaml turkeys whole share in the war and d he atrocities on the Revolutionary commi cc" the members of which are, he claim practically BoIsheviki; he asks the allies { rec Turkey from their devastating inlIucnc $ the Slavic people, are being freed. Sine c says all the members of this obnoNior "occupy high positions in the state { present. his won exact status must be a trl bscurc But, anyhow, he continues, the 'I,u1 ish people were from the start mislcd by ant Russian propaganda. And they didn't mean tl Christians any harm, because see all the innc cnt AIoslems they put to death as proof C Will the allies please Withdra rom all Turkish territory at once, bcCaus orrid eNcesses have been committed { myrna.
 This note comes near to breaking tn ,orlds record for monumental ctfronter, >here is no shadow of excuse for the lurthC Nistence of the Turkish empire; if Gre; Britain hcsitated briefly at the prospect of d' loIition she gives no signs of reluctance nov turkey was the worlds worst failure as aC illustrator; the continuance of the empr ,oud prove our war aims a hollow mockery )amad Pachas thin pipings may be heard fC moment, and then he must be swept ava ito the dustbin with his universally and just dcspised masters.
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