El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-20
THE TURK MUST BE DRIVEN FROM
EUROPE; HE DOESN'T BELONG

n farewell to Europe The first decision Of the Paris
conference to permit retention Of the Turkish capital by
the suan government brought out such aestorm Of nd-
nation that the program was quickly changed The Turk
contributed to his own undoing by renewal Of Armenian
massaces and by the summonng Of nationalist to form
cabinet
The world VIII be relieved when the long period Of
Turkish misrule IN Europe is brought TO end The
Ottoman empire the cause directly indirectly,
Of than any other nation Of modern times It
takes no fine figuring to trace the world to Constan-
tinope It the sutans secret alliance with the kaiser,
coupled with Germany's dream Of Berlin to Bagdad en-
Pre that embodened the Teutone ordS to attempt
subsection Of the world.
But progress cannot be backward. Once the Turkish
empire spread al southwestern Europe Little by
little the sutans were stripped of their territory until
after the last Balkan wars, only fragment Of Turkey N
Europe remained In casting Turkeys lot with the cen
tra empires, the Porte knew well the consequences It
was gamblers chance to win back the lost domain OF
lose the little remaining territory in Europe. Turkey lost
Il is said that the Turk VIII be allowed to keep
his sacred places Does this St Sophia In Constan-
tnople2 It is true that this old structure has
mosque for i've centuries but it built Christian
temple Eor thousand years It stood one Of the great
est symbols Of the Christian faith in Europe Why should
the claim Of the MOhammedan take precedence over the
Christian claim?
When the cross is put back on St. Sophia and the Turk
is expelled across the Bosphorus wrong Of five hundred
years standing VIII be nghted
Chinese fought in the American army N France This
Fl Paso drafted, which ought be prima faeie
proof Of his citizenship Now he wants to 60 back to
China and denied passport on the ground that he is
not citizen If be IS not citizen he should have
been drafted If he is citizen he ought to have the
night to passport that any other citizen has.
School teachers poorly paid proportion to
the work done and the knowledge required than people
Of any other calling EARTH yet they entrusted with
the future Of or boys and girls.
Cardinal MERCER has Tebuked the rch people Of Belgium
for setting bad example to the poor by their extravaganza
Over here IS the ch who complaining Of the extraYa
gance Of the poor.
What's the Of all this preliminary campaigning N
Mexico for the presidency when the who finally lands
the Job going to have to get It and hold It with gun
usual2
If want to get up hour earlier the coming sum
er there VIII be no law to prevent it. but-thank heaven
there IS no law compelling it. either.
The city should forbid the use Of any building as
eatsr that not fire proof The way to save life is to
prevent 1t being placed in jeopardy
Maybe the oil game is attractive to men because it Is
50 siusiye-so mitch like 2 woman, as it were.
If Germany isn't careful, the allies viii have to tel
her who the var.
There is chance in business for the nan who fails
to take chance.
Estate rests at Tombstone"-hsadline Nay it rest IN
peace.
Do your Easter rspenting early.