The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-13

tA4ee Aiffscuitsss however.
R 10y prove 10 be. to leading
~ nndsr even the best of
- DrotectofAtes. 1t appears to
Sters that the European
ald help them to overcome
1871 0ikfSculties by means OF
a9 ma tActfui protection.
III IN think " uplifting up the
NG1tpfy once ruled by the sue
o9 AlexAnder the great, where
&txllt1Ation reached Its zenith
9ue1Anity WIS born.
- the meaning OF the recent
Qoz1uus over President Wilson's
- - the Paris conwress1 Ac-
q: Y .J[esF C 49, \
Fnea ~, TaFkAy Ia Asia. and
"a p4ed BY the allied troops.
n III assigned to the league OF
80 which would for the time be-
UoGke over the administration OF
" them To one power. Tho
- territories occupied by the
e1 10 not coincide altogether with
&Gfr1tcries Inhabited by Christians
- ara to be efnancipated. hence
authorizations of the conference
0n1y be regarded n first attempt
Arkkle the eastern question. This
4mpf seems. however. to be In
M ~ the idea Of creating In the
" Temporary state, In which the
Tn powers would share the
&t1Ah territory In Asia hitherto
* To Turkey, not with the inten-
A& ruling II az a colony, but
II OF helping II 20 develop as
~ ~ possible irto independent
tnA1 states, modelled on those OF
Muh1
italy willing to Help.
thin be as Il appears To be, the
kAing Of the American proposal
II f6at ltaiY should throw all her
III III Its favor and take her fair
- III this work of recognizing
&1DeaAh Asia Italy can claim the
kk az historic priority in the poll
ok near Asia---rights which no
~ European people can even ap-
E&Eh. italy was a great Asistic
V1r when France and Great Brit
1900 both uncivilized countries
81 the very existence of America
w I'M Known italy has. of course.
~ &oapfo to become a great Asiauc
W4r lOnce more: she knows that
MX# H4Se cHanReH SliCt tHt uaAS "a
n Roman empire. II, however. the
Unmuo scf nations puts its hand TO a,
- 410rk Of reorganization in Asia
Me1&t to win back to western civil
11on the territory of which Islam
y rohbed Il, Italy would wish 10 do
~ dkAfe. Surely such an ambition
4& - called other than legitimate
FL nSh1A. ,~-&
961o. hear Asia problem is great
IA ueriouk problem. Europe mus
x6W Apfseif capable of understand
r. &nA solving IL Alright. Near-Asia
xB04ys Rrourd to Europe. because In
L19 rA&ton part of western civilization
~ born and deveF opad. Europe, ON
~ tettifn 10 these countries as con-
l&&rOr land as The arniieT OF their fu-
~ lot, f1nds there he descendants OF
xobo f46Tlo 10 whom she owes many
4 thssNrsfs.les religious and philoso-
l3c fFine!pies which she has made
~ o&9n for 80 many centuries.
Older Brothers.
& Ih@nA peoples are not savages nor
~ try belong, like the Chinese and
3nQ69, to civilization differing
De4Sl3e from our own, based upon
le1A11plss wholly foreign to our minds.
~ ~ other hand. neither are they in
~ - looked upon as one OF tho
5naybranches OF the European fam
-, ~ the Italians, French. English.
Nol9s&AW. etc. - They are acquainted
Nth western civilization: they are not
ny1noibly opposed 10 it like the Mus
Inlm11k: but we cannot exactly say
l1A& hey belong to 1t and that they
- S1ndily blend with the people OF
IuFU18 aQd-Ansertca, who are the rep
Of that civilization.
J. III what way do they differ? The
DtGkef NICE lies in the fact that while
~ we're included in the Turkish en-
IN, ar removed from the great Eu-
;ApcAI centers which gave birth TO the
nnfL3prcee Of western civilization
and industry--they have
3oen Kept FOR more than century at
~ aka&e OF religious, governmental
md qualitative development attained
N wiA4ern civilization century ago.
Ih1S are. 90 to speak, our elder
,rctA1fa. who have remained faithful
= thea ancient traditions OF our CIV
1ak4tn into which Europe and
kaA4f1ea introduced such sweeping
lSnnins during the nineteenth GEN.
-. they. therefore. stand for q
~ which our modern states have
N hohind. This past must be made
= s3sx4 again, by coming In touch with
vone6kn civilization. It's science ana fts
Uergr, but II has the right to demand
~ = shall not he treated as II IL
1nte Aentical with barbarisn or some
6FeS OF incurabie decadence.
y This Is especially to be borne in
Mind In view OF the fact that west
- civilization. which stand 70 sorely
b need Of discipline. may f,nd in that
i0Qg tpne moral principle that may
Itve ~ a Wholesome check to its en-
TT, which threatens TO become so
fn6rfdled az to crush out Its life.