The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

MOHAMMED VL-SULTAN OF TURKEY.
You see above motion picture taken of the
who is the theocratc ruler uing by divine drection
of nearly 100000 people.
The Turkish people believe that God tells the Sultan
what he should do particularly about killing Christians
This picture taken by Hearst News camera man
in the throne of the royal palace at Consantnope
where the to the great first Mohammed posed for
two minutes.
The queery shaped shadow which you his coat is
that OF who passed by the window near which the
Sultan stood while he was being photographed.
That shadow of Of his subjects but it may well be
taken represent the shadow OF that awful record OF crime
and bloodshe of untold cruelty and ndescrbabe barbary
which has been the continuous record of Turkish rule for all
The centuries of its existence
How many mil ions of people have fallen by the Turk
lsh sword no one anows. How many women have been
killed after subsection to lust and license of fezwearng
dends cannot be How much property has been
burned and how many farms and factories have been de-
stroyed are past figuring
The Hearst have for years told the story
the boodthrsty of helpless Armenans and de-
manded that the civilized world be rid of the monster of
Constantinope
But European politics stronger than European
Christianity European morals, and the Turk has
tinued to wave his sword and slaughter his victims.
Even at this moment England divided within itself and
France seeking for one more handful OF war loot and
Greece anxious for revenge are quareng over how the
sundered domains of the Sultan shall be appotoned and
what shall be left to the Turk himself.
The last word of the cables indicates that the final dci
sion will leave Mohammed vi in Constantnople which is
what the Turk most of all desired and that the Amenans
who have suffered most from Turkish rule who fought with
the Allies and for the of peace the world
rewarded by having their country cut to pieces and their
national integrity and future prospects scattered the
winds.
If ever a holy promise was made to nation it was
that made to Armenia when she told that the winning
of the the Allies her release from and protec
ton against the Turk
But the echo of the last gun had scarcely died into
silence when Europes promises through what charaby
called ministerial inconsistency but which was in fact
the grossest of governmental dishonesty and Official
farhlessness began deal with the Turk of hono
and with the Armenian as a slave.
1t to the credit of part of the PEOPLE in Europe
that they resented being tagged lacking altogether
of decency and Of honor So forceu
their demands that the original plan of ofcaldom was
changed to give it sembance of responsibility and
veneer of sincerity.
But no settlement of the Turkish question which now
at all likely will to lessen the deepness that
shadow which you the figure of the Mohammed
today.
He has been weakened, but he has not been made
impotent.
has been lessened but he has not been obterated
Wiser by far than those who make pretense to throttle
him. he only lives but will thrive in the shadow of his
msdeeds to plot and scheme for darker booder exploits
As the history of these postwar days is written the
centuries old shadow which falls the Turk will touch
also the garments of other governments which, although
Christian in religion, pagan in politics ...