The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-06
CONTINUED from previous issue.)

myself with quoting the words Of the
author Of "Mitteleuroper" Friedrich
Naumann perhaps the ablest propaga-
tor Of pan-German ideas. In his work
on Asia" Naumann, who started life
as a Christian clergyman, deals in con-
siderable detail with the Armenian
massacreS of 1885. l need only quote
a few passages to Sshow the attitude OF
German state policy on such intamles.
IF we should take into consideration
merely tine violent massacre OF from
so, 200 to 100, 900 Armenians," writes
Naumann, we can come to but one
opinion-we must absolutely condemn
with all anger and Vehemence both the
assassins and their instigators. They
have perpetrated the most abominable
massacres upon masses Of people, more
numerous and worse thai those IN
fliCted by Charlemagne on the SaXons.
The tortures which Lepsius has
described surpass anything we ave
ever known. What then prohibits us
from falling upon the Turk and saying
to him: Get thee gone, wretch Only
one thing prohibits us, for the Turk
answers: 1, too; l fight for my ex-
istence!'-and, indeed, W. believe him.
We believe, despite the Indignation
which the bloody Mohammedan barbar-
ism arouses in us, that the Turks are
defending themselves legitimately, and
before anything else we see in the Ar
meniar. question and Armenian massa-
ores a matter of internal Turkish pol
Icy, merely an episode Of the agony
through which a great empire is pass
ing, which does not propose to let itself
die without making a last attempt to
save itself by bloodshed. All the great
powers, excepting Germany, have
adopted a policy which aims to upset
the actual state of affairs in Turkey;
In accordance with this, they demand
for the subject peoples of Turkey the
rights of man, or Of humanity, or OF
civilization, or of political lberty,-ln
a word, something that will make them
the equals of the Turks. But just as
little as the ancient Roman %despotic
state could tolerate the Nazarene's re-
ligion, just as little can the Turkish
empire, which is really the political
successor of the Eastern Roman en-
pire, tolerate any representation OF
western free Christianity among its
subjects. The danger Of Turkey in the
Armenian question Is one OF extinction.
For this reason she resorts to an act
| of a barbarouS ASiatic state; she has
| destroyed the Armenians to such an eX-
| tent that they will not be able to man
fest themselves as a political force for
a, considerable period. A horrible act,
certainly, an act Of, political despair,
shameful in its details, but still a piece
of political history, in the AsiatiG man
ner, In spite Of the displeasure
which the German Christian feels at
these accomplished facts, he has moth
ing to do except quietly to heal the
wounds so far as he can, and then to
let matters take their course. For a
long time our policy in the Orient has
been determined: we belong to the
group that protects Turkey, that is the
fact by which we must regulate. our
any zeaebus Christian from caring for
the victims of these, horrible crimes,
| Fra,., lni1rinrr ~ thh nhil6rnn and
nursing the adults, May God bless
these good acts like all other acts of
faith, Only we must take care that
acts of charity do not take the form
of political acts which are likely to
thwart our German policy. The inter
fish school of thought, may march
with the Armenians. The nationalist,
he who does not intend to sacrifice the
future of Germany to England. must
on questions of external policy, follow
the path marked out by bismarck
ments. National policy: that is
the profound moral reason why we
must, as statesmen, show ourselves IN
different to the sufferings of the CHRIS
tian peoples Of Turkey, however pain
full that may be to our human feel
ings. That is our duty, which
we must recognize and confess before
God and before man. If for this reason
we now maintain the existence OF tne
Turkish state, we do it in our own sell
interest, because what we have in nina
is our great future. . On one
side lie our duties as a nation, on the
other u duties as men. Ihere are
times, when, III a cohtllct OF uu1Ies' We
can choose a miuuIe grounui Hat hn If
all right from a human s~tahupolIt ~.
rarely, right IN a mora sense IN t,o onsS
we must clearly know OF which side
lles ihs greaIest anu m,Uet r1nde snch
moral uuty' onte W. neto a WiII;ar ~
d choLce we nau9t IL H. bos boco,na III
I'll mas tSe sultan heca1Ise he is
thtife nLrn oNa oreater indenendent Ger.
sniihHis Vi s'o"'0'
"'Smgi uos tho Cerman state nhiloso.
S"In ~n1iod to tha Armanians anf
ny a. appt,ou untu of oheervinp Ger.
l nao NV Gppo as nojl ts soon as tht
oariy ranorts raacbed Constantinople
H"t8 ,r raJ 70 20 No tbot tho most feast.
n w. ~ Of ston IT fba ontrages wonIf
n Il lo5rHu.J oIp'tonIi%nroo ke ioint annea
~ J ~ Httor az gnvornment an.
10 lme otS1maan sIre' az tbis subiec,
ioasIeu man6e ~ NTnroh Viz az,
u! tne iatleI patL y. ma.0h, i%,n,.
aIpatny 10 une artle'laos bo % de-.
nieuIately dppai III ~ psS rnns
%uHu"GIns t"eii n a. affaotod :,
IKE 5aiaat dnu EnSet, lie a,neItTu y
regard Ihe van episoue dd as az "1piGj !,
Noheu tSueIi,ou' dnu y, us NS1I, a. 80 =
thelrs, the ArHlehials were Simply 'fa'
torGus vermln' A.. ,,o,.4nn oo;5
49, WIZ heip we Alonlsts' IN say
thinking mat thls remark Woulu %
personally pieaSlns 10 me, put l snai
90 hothihs Whatever lor 'He Alhle'
mans. a..
N~angenheim allected TO regard IN
Srilehlan question as a Ildttet tna
chlelly aitected me united states. NJ
constant lhtercesslon IN tnelr nehal
apparently created the IMPRESSION, ~
ms Germanlc MIND, that any mere
SHOWN this people would be a conces
sion, 10 the American government An
at mat moment he was not disposed .
40 anything that would Please I'll
American people. , a.
'Ihe United states is apparently IN
only country that taxes much ihtereS
IN the Armentans, ne SAID You
missionaries are their friends ana you
people nave constituted themselVe
thelr guardlanS. Inc Whole question o
helping them is therefore ahTAnerlca
matter How, then, can you eNpec
me to DO anything as long as tn
United states is SelllnS ammunition [