Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-28

troll of this bridgehead between Asia
and Europe Serious as is the fight
ins now under way. and complex as
the Near Eastern Question has be-
come, 1t is only a part of the ceaseless
issue of the East versus the West
Tragically, the fighting today over
Paul's old stamping ground is In the
same spirit and on the same lines as
the countless battles OF which the
dominion and power are the actuating
motives. Within four miles of Troas,
where Paul had his vision, lie the
plains of Troy, where the Homeric bat
tie was fought primarily over one
woman.
The face that launched thousand
ships"
BY GREAT GALLIPoLL.
As have repeatedly entered and left
the Hellesponte here my musings, I
confess. have oftener been of the c1assi-
cal conflicts than Of the Pauline adven-
ture. Why is 1t that secular history.
with its sordid sameness. grips the
imagination more keenly than the sa-
cred story with its far greater signifi-
canoe? For the conflicts which mark
this crossing point between Asia and
Europe tTroas bore the name of Alex
arder the Great, being really -Alexan-
dria Troas" to distinguish 1t from
Alexandria in Egypt were really
monotonous clashes OF imperialism.
such as We are witnessing today.
Only Paurs crossing stands out as
distinctive. He carried a message of
peace and not of war. In his hand he
bore the strands of the bonds of Chris
tian love and good will which ultimate
ly will bind the nations together. His
imperialism was that of universal
brotherhood. BY giving all mankind
one Master he provided the possibility
of their becoming truly brothers. After
We have got through with the Cyrus
way and the Alexander way and the
Caesar way and the Great Powers way,
perhap. we shall try the Pauline way,
Until then. the Hellcsponte will con-
,inue to echo to the clash of arms.
Then there will be no longer pos
sibility OF another tragedy of Gallipoli,
moro Homeric than any enacted on
the neighborins plains of Troy.
A Great Iur~riaiist's Dream
Tho thing that was really wrong
with the imperialism OF the kaiser and
Of Napoleon and of Ghensis Khan aid
Of the Caesars and all the rest of the
unpleasant company. was the same
thing that Is wrong with the postwar
Imperialism of Europe and Russia and
Japan-it was not too large. too vaun'-
ing. too comprehensive. but entirely too
small. After all. it's aims were only
mansizcd and self-centered. Political
imperialism has ever been too short
sighted and too narrow w-visioncd to be
really practicable. Because of its un-
generous spirit and limited objectives,
this sort OF imperialism was a menace
to mankind and had to be overthrown.
Alexander sighed for more worlds TO
conquer, when the poor profligate had
not begun to win even the world with
in his own corselet
on tho other hand. this man Paul
was an imperialist of a different sort.
His Imagination had magnitude. He
was too great to care for any petty.
tswdry display or power for himself:
he wanted 10 bring every last man on
earth under tho dominion of tho cross.
the truly imperial emblem. He thought
in terms OF cities and of countries and
continents and of worlds. All tho
struttinE and posing and pompous pa
radinE which made tho kaiser absurd
are entirely lacking from the record of
this staggering imperislist Paul. He
was too great for any of IT.
Just as from the first he drove his
missionary campaigns into the stratc-
Eic city centcrs of Syria. Cilicia and
Asia Minor. SO 1t was inevitable that
faui should aspire to carry tho Cross
Gospel to the seats of intellectual and
political power. such as Athens and
Rome. Doubtless he saw beyond into
the dark forests of Western Europe.
where Nirile peoples dwelt as painted
savages. He wanted them all. all. for
his Master and King
HeiiRion and Politics
Politics tend to make men little and
covardly. There is nobody SO timid
as your average vote-seekirg politi-
clans whpsa copyirtfopu r,d,,av,i,.