Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
ALTON OF ARMENIA
l !lDIsfR|A IS ADVOCATED
!Sos4an Says Italy Must Aid in
'ss Forming Republic for
:Sss Peoples.
BE PLAN OF WILSON
&dency Would BE to Model lndc-
sSendeat State-Remain Faithful
IND TRADITIONS OF Centuries Ago in
hcir Living.
/ BY GUGLIELMO FEItRERO.
~ EAmOus Italian HlstOrtnn.

Z 5a6 not been kept alive by community
fpolitical interests, but rather by the
4 AdlcaI difference OF race. religion and
Y PSIals functions between them and the
nominating Turkish government It
anguaEe. tradition and religion and
Hence - not indisSolubly bound UP with
ne sou, as Is the national conscious
7 SeSS OF the European races.
Ill Is. however, none the less a strong
@ng living national consciousness. and
!sttsEht. therefore, readily, be identitied
9Th an independent state, administer
s9na territory with certain definite
3s,pundaries.
aasier TO enect since in both Of these
Z ATOMS there exists a cultured class
81 acquainted with Western civiIiyati"n
ssgnd has been brought M according
ssp Western ideas.
TENDENCY TO MODEL.
INDEPENDENT STATES
III would. therefore. be 4 dangerous
ssSSsICr TO suppose that these nations
ssould be made into European colonies
sstat EASILY ny S as the deeadent Mussuiman
;Ssf a. tendency would rather be 10 form
states modelled on the
sfould have TO overcome many polisi,
IA and economic difficulties in their
I E ar gays: but they would prefer to
8nsy may prove 70 be. 10 leading an
&asy life under even the bes, ~ E.nrn
ascan protectorates
1t appears 10 be- therefor. tina. N.
Ssuropean powers should help them 70
saS. these initial difficulties By
I aesion, OF Il tih int and ,ae,ful pro
Sap the Asiatic territory once rpie ti'h hE
|. ne q. successors Of Alexander the Great.
tltns.SS creek civilization reached lis
9Sennlth ,and Christianity was born.
IN this The meaning OF the recent
I oerations over President Wilson'S
,5ng to. this proposal as far as !, ha.
SS5een divulgeh, the territory hithsrto
5s,wned by, Turkey in Asia, ana now
% cup ssia Sy the allied troops, would
y ghich would. for the time being. MAKE
Eyer the administration of each Of
81 nem to one power.
SELEGATES ATTEMPTING
;8i. ~ TO SETTLE PROBLEMS
~ me Turkish territories occupied bv
n ~ powers DO not coincide altogether
q christians which are to be Zen. emanc py
tatedl. hence the deliberations of the
# = arnt &c, can only be regarded as
question. This first attempt seems
toweYer, to be inspired by the idea of
i. S ~ in the East a temporary
tate, lin which the European powers
yould share the Christian territory in
asia hitherto subject to Turkey. not
Win Ihe intention Of ruling IL as a
leyelop as soon as possible into inde.
pendent national states, modelled IN
shosenof the West. va
a.f Ehis be as ii appears to be, the
meaning or the American praposal
hinkt that Italy should throw nil her
%eighE In its favor and take her fair
nare.in this work OF reorganizinc
5 rhs IL !, asia Italy can claim the
near Asia-rights which no Other
european people can even approach.
sssaSaly Ras great Asiatic power when
,laiMn,, and Great Britain, with both
tMclV|nxed countries, and the very eS
HsIenGs OF America was unknown
sgsItaly has, OF course, no desire "a
' mnrn "a great Asiatic power once
hanged since the days OF the Roman
umpire. If, however the league OF
iatio1s puts its hand to great wort ~
re ,n reSSaS Eia in Asia. in order to
territory Of which Islam has rnbha =
-, Italy would wish to do her Sbnra
u surely. such an ambition cannot he
Ssalled sother than legitimate and noble
NEAR, ASIA PROBLEM
Ehis near Asia problem is a grea,
show .herseif. cshabie. of und ipa mns.
Sh snns solving 1T Alright. Near Asia Is
&MS9ity ..&round 10 Europe, because i'm
#Ihts region part of western civiliza.
fs5on was born and developed. Europe
%ghS her return TO these countries as :,
ssSnauerer and as the arbiter Of their
Elutnre' lot. finds there the desrendan,s
Spf those people to whom she Owes uH, :. :;
Sgnishs artistic, religious and phiio.
fSpphic principles which she has mad
AAeT own for so many centuries.
These peoples are not savases no,
ss tls. belong, like the Chinese and and
RideiH Hs; ,,n 10 "a "a civilization differing
4GPieS Wholly foreign 10 our minds. o,
fs5s ans her hand han neither are they in
they be looked upon az one ri III
many branches of the European Saniiv
En IKE, s me ia dttalians French. English
VIII Wes,. enc. uIihey are acquainted
inyincibly opposed TO it like III,
IMussuimen; but we cannot exactly sa,
ssas, r .ney oehtonh 10 Il and that they
Europe and America who are the rem.
Sresentatives of that civilization
sREMAIN FAITHFUL TO
Sit CEN1tHf-OLD IRA DiTION.
s.a In what way do they differ? Tb,
adherence lies in the fact th,, VII ~ ~
stEey were included in the Turkish crn.
kptfe. Tar removed from the grea
t Iafopsan c forons which gave birth t,
bston-democracy and industry-thcy
shAye been kept for more than \ CON.
sslfy az the stage OF religious. govern.
EmeHtal and qualitative dcvelopmen, M
Sainea Dy western civilization a cen
They are. so to SPEAK, our elder
sthpSe ancient traditions Of our cjviliza
hon iFto which Europe and A,neric;
sintroduced such sweeping changes dur
E1DS the nineteenth century Tney
therefore, stand for a past which or
shQlsrn states have left behind. Til
Epast must be made 10 live again h,
fcom.nE in touch with western civiiiza
* sstons1 It's science and its energy, but
itAs the right to demand that Il sinai
snSt be- treated as If it were Identical
@RfirAble decadence. -"
EtSThis Is especially 10 be borne ,ir
fmtttd In view Of the fact that west.rl
sSBfvfiizetior, which stands so sorcIv r.
reed OF discipline, may find in Ina
Gp&Sf some moral principle that M,
f.EeryS as a wholesome check OF II
s&SnarEX which threatens to become {
tEUnbfidled as 10 crush out it's life