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LAW IS REASON.
What Of the Turk?

TeleErAphing from London to his paper
the Paris Matin, Stephen Lausanne, 8
distinguished French editor and publicist
said: Slowly, but surely, the cloud grows
in America. All dispatches, official and
private, received from the United States
are unanimous. The American public
opinion is indignant at the solution of
Constantinople's problem. The American
public cannot understand this tenacious
affection of Europe, and above all OF
France, for the rotten regime called the
Turkish government"
Here is straight and correct presenta-
ton of sentiment in this country, although
formulated by foreigner and made public
on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
The American people, in the light of
thousand years of history and especially
in view of very recent events, cannot
understand why anv Christian people,
any modern, enlightened nation, any
representative government, can have other
than feelings of detestation for the Turk
ish government or the Turkish people.
Announcement WIS made, yesterday,
that President Wilson viii oppose per-
hitting the Sultan of Turkey to remain in
Constantinople as vigorously as he is
opposing the Franco-Enolish solution of
the Fiume problem. And in this attitude
he is in thorough accord with public senti-
ment in the United States. Many church
es in our country have been vigorous and
outspoken in opposition to allowing a
vestige of Turkey to remain in Europe.
There is no doubt our people favor rigid
restriction of the Turkish Empire, or
what is left of it, to a small territory in
Asia. there to be held in subsection and
under close supervision, so that its fiendish |
outrages against the ArInenians and other !
Christian populations may be prevented |
forever hereafter.
1t il apparent, however, that vigorous !
action by our government will be essential |
to tn end While public sentiment in
Great Britain, the sentiment of its en- /
li1htened and Christian population. un-
.doubtedly is hostile to Turkey. there is
manifest disposition in thefgoversment to
retain the Turk in ConstNtinople. with at
least form Of continuance of his previous
regime Diplomatic iealousies, the greed
of trade, the lurking desire for physical
advantage IN the event Of war, all lncite
agencies of government In Great Britain.
and to certain extent III France, to
dastardly dalliance with the remnants of
the Turkish Empire, rather than its
e limitation from the soil of Europe and its
confinement to a section of Asia beyond
the Bosphorus where it will have the
smal est possibility Of doing violence to
the principles of Chris ianity and hu-
mainly.
But no protest by our President or our
people can be made effective while con- 4
ditions at Washington remain as they are
at present With the United States gov
eminent taking active membership in the
League of Nations, the desire of our peo-
pie In respect of the future of Turkey 6
would quickly be carried out. Outside !
IF the League of Nations our interests II
would be indirect, our influence largely L
impaired. But within the League It's a
eader by virtue Of our f
ndoubted position as the greatest and f
most powerful nation IN the world. there r
9 no question arts ng from the World C
Var which we could not settle in full u
Iccord with the dictates of humanity and p
Justice And the Turkish question would
K among the first to be thus settled.
Inc aroused and outraged sentiment il
+ our country in respect of Turkey should 81
e directed to the United States Senate. e,
nth purpose to compel that body to b
ease its pickering over the details of the "
'reaty Of Peace and Lea que of Nations Il
covenant and ratify them in an effective fe
lrm. There is no reason why al the DIFF
,rences should not be composed among
bose who favor the Treaty and the is
eague in some form. leaving the OPPOSE 81
on confined to the few irreconcilables al
no are violently opposed to both. Then "
e could deal directly with the Turkish b,
lestion, and settle it rightly and without
lrther irritating and dangerous DELAY.
II any human being can give a satis- OF