The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
ASIA MINOR TREASURE HOUSES
NONR READY FOR DEVELOPMENT

DH DLH LLQi niAh
or every kind il ~ that there awaits de-
ynlnpmcut. In that great peninsula. 800
miles long and 4QD miles across. ar"
some Of the most fertile corn lands, the
riCn"&t mines. tn" most splendid forests
Of the whnI" world. and all Of them AZ
;hc very threshold OF the markets OF
Europe.
Population is Industrious.
IN" population nf the country is hon
est and industrious. II is wrong 10 form
ones ldca nt IN" Turks from Constants
nrpIr alone III" Turk who is semi
Eurnp"anIE"d has los: many Of the good
qualities OF his RAG" and acquired some
of thu bad qualities Of western nations.
Il ~ the vices OF civilization that are the
easiest 10 learn.
But the Turkish peasant or Anatulia.
on The Other hand. is 4 sturdy and intel
l;Irnt fellow IN hiH'- primitive way.
ila:d-wCrklus ana peaceful enough. tnu.
when not wurn"d ny 10 violence by
rrrr.It government for it's own ends.
In t., hn:,i,l schools for engineering ami
the Iikr that FAY" b.-u established III
connection with III" bagdad railway.
Turks have been found t. make faster
progress in learning Ia handle clhpo-
rate machinery than is made hy the
ordinary apprentices in European conn-
trIcs. and there. too. Arm"nlanS anu
Turks. instead Of attacking onr another.
work N 4 racial rivalry. which results
all 10 tn. benefit "r their employers.
II !. had government that has kept
ASIA Minor IN rs present back ward
state. The Turkish peasant. equally
with the Christian. was plund"r"d by
his rul"rs and became a prey 20 uSur-
ers and prot ;rrr>. Instead Of payl.iS
,hc statutory tan Of I@Es per cen. on
IN. pr,miucH he was mmlcted under "a
rinas rrclrxts " far mur:. Yet. on
Tho o;htr hand. when his honesty was
p;:t - the test II proved almost always
right
Th, Easdad railway. before IN" war,
in order 10 increase ITS own irhi.lc re-
cripts, started a sy*t"m %: supplying
tn: peasants with uloughs NJ Il sprclai
type suited Ia the country Tor when
they paid half ia" pic" ut one" anu
ihc other half after me harvest or when
ih.y could. Hardly Il plough was loft
uuraid fer. III" sam" plan Of girIuS
crr,Ii, was appli"d Ia corn for sowing.
When thr local Turkish authorities on
SOM" Hr;itinus prct"Nt. prevented thH
peasants frnn signing engagements !"
repay tn" corn advanced ia them bJ tnE
railway company. il was delivered NY
tn. villaG"r" with n" other pledges IMAM
a verbal promise. get al the corn was
reimbursed II Iln".
Agricultural Schools Needed.
tn" 1ntiv" poW:lati"n III A*la Minor
: q; indeed I" ~" raised :" S'a nuatu
,r Twin. nitnr"Ih:r Cher 'hnn any
lining They haS" known under the ~
,s,inr ,n..tIa"vaI INSTITUTIONS OF III"
rur<ish government. There IS no rra
.pn whv Inc. civilization nf AnaIolih
should Ia b,5rr7T5t that or Hungary or
any uf lii. great Agricultural. regions "i
fHIr1ir.
schools OF agriculture" and Industry
p..d In b,, opened thrr", opened hot
un,.n. he d.moraliziag inhunces "t
Ccrsinntinoplr but on the spot in ASIA
Minor wh"r" ,hr b-St typ" "l iuFhIS"
peasant. has his HON" ana hf"9 :'.s
s;mrln lifc. Under European dir"c''oh
and with 2 control Of the Turkish gov
'r,,,.r. nv tho western powers that *
close con; .nual. and authoritative
.rouyh Ia insure just Administrations
in, rnurla;iou nf Ana toiia VIII n" cav
,hIc rr being used in conjunction WIN
L.,Irapran capital tn bring IN" faS'
natural resources lying IDLE mere ny
contribution for ;hc n"cdR or the ~"' va
'rb,rc ARE grca; areas uf soil so ricn
tbst for ion years they would h"ar Eo'u
rams without needing 10 u" manurcd'
.r,bc- irnrts of wide extent require pH'
:, simple .y*tcm Of irrigation 10 Inah'
rhsn, extremely productive. sun 'heH
Get IN plenty and III" other laeNol Vi
f.r.iliiv water. is croS" Al mana ana
,nuId he brought Ia them. Rraia"H 'Aho
NEEDING irrigation. ihrr" are lnH'r'iHe
,rnruhcs like thoS-: around Adam "hiTn
drainage would iurn INFO rich corhIah Eos
In times MS old ns history itself INC!
brr, fat rruna and rrd great rtttcS ut
which only thu dust remains. In" can
al. and drainage ditrhN1 OF these oin-
/ limo farmers remain plainly 10 ne seen
; hu. siItrd up by tho neEIcct OF centuries
| Lac, Of hdana there ia place "ht'''
carved in relief upon a rock. IL IN" nh
.u-c of an hssyrian KING. crowned WIN
car. of gian; barley and Gtrdrd win
lunches or grapes that hang below ms
Hnccs His right HAND points 10 INC
! snn, whrrr starts Il series Of ancient ir-
r;r,IInn works. AS IL he had been l"l'
rhrrc for these thousands az years aS
nropbrt in ston" preaching the secret o.
J rho wealth hy which remote CIVILIZATION
ncur,shcd here.
II is indeed not work OF develop
mont hu, ono Of redemption that Europe
ina. ia do in Asia Minor. what was
nnc, II garden has h"coHi" N''o'r"'S''
and The timr has again arrived 10 make
! il blossoms like III" rose.
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