The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-25
THE ROAD TO CONFINEMENT

there must be enough OF the human
appeal to turn the trick.
A Personal Experience.
| sat the other night under local
pulpit filled by gentleman who was
making a drive for something or
other on tho other side of the worH.
| listened to him bemcan his own
people and country. paint the glo-
rles of the folks over there and make
Measurements that, coming from an
other source than the pulpit | should
not hesitate TO designate by the short
and ugly word. lie related mar
velous story which showed the et-
fort that had been expended I'm edit
ing and rehearsal. but he was not
letter perfect and at times floun-
derod for his cue.
lie told of entering church in
Misunderstanding down the door.
and there finding an lS-year -old
maiden cruCitled on the wall behind
the altar. and then. letting his eye
wander around the frosco, counted
l46 other young maidens crucifled
and nailed To the walls.
didn't believe word of that.
don't believe a single word OF 1t. |
swallowed his story in other rcspeC $.
though 1t was nothing more or less
than a skillfully worded romance,
with himself as chief figure and sole
hero. But, knowing that the world
10 covered-literally coycred-by
enterprising newspapers men seek
ing the big stories Of the war and
since the war, know that IL this
church Charnal house of crucifiXion
had really existed the story would
have blazed out from every printed
page.
II | err In any matter ! hope God
viii forgive me, but that chap ina
pressed me as nothing but profess
sIonalism working from the pulpit.
lie wanted donations for some sort
of relief in some land or other. and,
wanting money, OF course America
was the place 10 get II, and Tulsa the
place in America.
| think he erred again. lie told
of appearing before the senate COM
mite on foreign affairs and hearing
an American senator say that the
solution OF the Armenian problem
was 10 let the Turks and disease XIII
off al the Armenians, then there
would be no Armenian question to
bother about lie charged a United
States senator with that sort OF
statement And | said to myself
that he was just plain lying; for no
American politician with sense
enough to get into the senate rosrt
permit himself to make any such
statement, no matter what he might
think.
But the object of the address was
thus achieved. An American citi-
zen, appealing for funds for Armen-
ian relief on the other side of the
"a, I'll d t.. 4
people and government By unsup-
ported statements, did his best to ap-
peal TO their unquestioning scuti-
ment, and then had gentlemanly
ushers pass the pledge cards.
And at the moment he was ap-
pcaling for aid for helpless Armea-
ANS and pointing the clear duty OF
this people TO raise the funds, pass
( ing through Christian England,
France, Belgium, Italy etc, in or
der TO get here with the appeal. a
greater number Of Mexican womeI
and children were suffering as Sc
Nerely, as large a number Of McNi-
cans had died in the past five years.
Assuming an obligation TO exist in
both Cascs-McNiCo and Armeuil--
whore does that obligation fauP
Mexico is in our backyard. Armenia
cannot be successfully aided or de-
Tended by mere cash donations.
Arms and the iron hand alone can
do the work there, And Armenia is
in the back or front yard Of the
Christian nations OF Europc-who
are still taking about all the articles
of luxury American manufacturers
! nave TO offer.
Tulsa Good Picking.
There Is another incident that il
seems 10 me points the moral OF this
, story. Recently person was work
| ing Tulsa tor relief in Serbia or Bel
gldm or Constantiuople or Austria.
| CT is almost impossible to keep IN
with all Of the drives and drivers
1 This person, being questioned about
some phases Of the work by a prac-
teal business man who wanted to
know where his money was going
became hysterieal. The good man.
very much panied, hastily wrote out
his check and ended the interview.
THIS is not the end OF the story.