The sun., 1919-10-19
a, STERLING HEILIc.
Pants, Oct 1. 1919.

II she has not fallen. she %
/ " ready to fall while. the nations
s,cuss-or put on discussing--who
sh.il have care Of her. the gioriou5
h.sIlica Of. Justinian "of beauty and
Aoliness, an earthly heaven. the abode
q angels" 49, ~.
And, since 1883. a Turkish mosque.
IN May, 1919, the representatives Of
Episcopal. Presbyterian. Congrega-
uonal. Friend and Baptist churches in
various American cities petitioned the
Peace Conference for the restoration
II st. Sophia as a Christian place Of
worship.
Already the Established Church Of
England had been Joined by the Free
Churches Of all Ensiand in similar
petitions.
Both the Roman Catholic and Greek
Orthodox Churches OF Christendom are
equally at one with all the others on
the one essential point-the giving
back OF the unique basilica to Chris
3 tan worship. .or which IL was built
A. D. 532. and for which 1t was used
unintei ruptedly- into the 1000 years,
until the Turks burst into CONSTANT
nople with fire, sword and slave irons,
,nd Sultan Mahomet II. rode his horse
beneath its incompatible dome.
Mr., Wilson'S Aid Asked.
In the same month OF May, 1919, at
Q meeting in Philadelphia, the Rev.
william H. Roberts, personal friend
Of President Wilson. being in the chair,
The united Episcopal. Presbyterian,
Congregational, Friend and baptist
churches cabled q special resolution to
sr. Wilson calling personal attention
10 these petitions. and further de-
caring that the right of the Turk to
nyereignty over Eastern Christen-
tln has gone forever, centuries OF
nisrule having eliminated In massa-
ers and atrocities that appal the con-
science Of Christian people"
Then the cabled resolution Of the
churches went on TO indorse the mem.
srsndum presented by NJ. Venizelos as
conservative and moderate express
ton OF Greek claims, and to beg Tin
harmony with similar petitions of the
Established and Free chuches Of Eng
hndD for the restoration OF st. Sophia
to the Greek Orthodox Church, from
which it was looted by the Turks in
1853
Since these petitions much has hap.
| pened.
We are told (by the Islamic Infor.
nation Bureau) that Turkey Is "ths
most popular Power in the world" We
are told that words used by Lloyt
George in 1918 were accepted by the
Mqslems Of the British Empire (India
Egypt &C., as England's solemn prom.
ise that "she was not fighting to de.
prive Turkey Of Its capital or Of thu
rich and renowned lands Of Asia MinoI
and Thrace"; and that the feeling o.
AL Asiatics' on this subject Is 90 in
tense that II that promise" is broker
there will be no more love and loyalty
for England in the East" f.i.
A threat Marmaduke Pickthal
rgns 1t.
Gen. Hsrbord's Report Awaited.
Meanwhile, as the despairins hope o.
Armenia-iet us say the lives OF Ar
menian men, the safety of Armenian
women. the shipping trade OF Russi,
to the Mediterranean. the prosperit!
and hygiene OF the Near East and th'
trembling honor OF the West ar
wrapped up In the American army
commission to Constantinople. the re
port of Major-Gen. Harbord. its no
table chief. and the way In which thi
report shall be received by the s. F
Z R. Senate and people Of the Unite'
Rtes Of America).
Meanwhile. st. Sophia threatens I
collapse structurally.
Simply that. without exaggeration.
This is handing out no propaganda
simply a combination of circumstances
quite unexpected. makes it possible 70
me TO publish by mail details Of tn
astonishing fact which will be pub
lshed by cable shortly before yo
read these lines st. Sophia threaten
to sink in a formless mass, like tn
Tower OF San Marco at Venice, whicl
collapsed in one day. il you remember
few years before the war.
The danger has been dragging on 70
years, but only now It's acceleratior
suddenly revealed In the further set
tlement Of subterranean pier. ha
Get them buzzing among themselve
around the Hotel Criiion.
How wish that ! might give tn
name Of my informant; but I hav
promised. All are fearful Of maxim
public utterance. even the Der
great, II is not President Wilson
This I can prove without betrayin,