The Washington times., 1922-09-27

What Is History
Bad Day for Kings.
Haryard--Ask John D,
A Cigarette Pun.
by ARTHUR BRIsBArE-
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-By ARTHUR BRISBANE
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what is TRUTH"
PLATE asked the question and
~would not wait for an answer"
What is truth in history ?
Nobody knows. We know as
little about this late war and
about our own times as fly
crawling over the front of an
office building in this city
knows about the whole city. We
are too close TO it to see it.
This writer suggested that
the. duty of the whole civilized
world is to keep Turks and
other Asiatics out of Europe.
Here's Mr.. M. H. Nickerson,
writing from "a White street,
East Boston, Mass, pointing
out that the Greeks were con-
querors while heather, and
amounted to nothing after they
became Christians. He says the
Christians are as bad as the
Turks when it comes to massa-
cres, that they kill their own
religious brothers and the Turks
do not. ss. .... =
Further, he says that Charles
Martel, or Charles the Ham,
mer, was a German and beat
the Asiatic Saracens with Ger
man soldiers. That will sur
prise little French boys. Here's
the interesting quotation from
Mr.. Nickerson's letter.
The Christians also believe in
fire and sword as divine instru-
ments. Witness the world war.
A Christian was then staying
his brother In Christ. The Mos
lem never murders wholesale
those Of the faith and of the
blood of Ishmael, Abraham's
hopeless offspring. No
massacre stains his annals like
that Of st. Bartholomew. He
taught Europe In the Dark
Ages medicine, astronomy, and
mathematics. Think of those
words: Chemistry, almanac. and
algebra. (They are all Arabic
words-Ed.)
when the Seljuks took Con-
stantinople, a Christian quarrel
about the proper shape Of the
cross led to the conquest of the
fairest portion Of heather Eu.
rope. .. 3
awhile Greece was heather.
she conquered Asia; now she Is
Christian, the heather can han
de her and humble all Europe.
England levied the Asiaties
when she wanted their help IN
q war against the first Chris
tian power In the world. She
brought into Europe 10000
Sikhs to assist 1t the late err
nival Of murder; and France
capped the horror by deluetng
with black head-hunters the land
Of science and song. SfE luther
and Goethe, 10 say nothing Of
Charles Martel, who saved Eu-
rope at Tours. His army was
German. not French-Franks Of
the lower Rhine clean up 10
Frankfurt am Main. . .
The Hungarians were themselves
an Asiatic horde. the Hiuug-Nu
of Chinese history. and akin to
the Turks. Huhamad.
entering ConstsntinopIe. de-
stroyed the images on the
church in strict obedience to the
Jewish code. See the Ten COM
mandments."
Kemal Pasha evidently knows
an opportunity when he sees
IL. He reminds you of Alex
ander after he had frighten-
ed the Persian ruler into a
humble frame of mind. Dar-
ius offered Alexander his
daughter In marriage and half
his realm. Alexander replied,
"When you write to me, ad-
dress me as the ruler of Asia"
KemAl Pasha, who seems to
have frightened all of Western
Europe, is inclined to write to
the Europeans in the same
tone.
But he may change his mind.
The United States, officially
and fortunately. has declared
in favor Of England's attitude
on the Dardanelles. Kemal
may decide to take Thrace and
other things offered instead Of
q beating. '". ..
IL is q bad time for kings
once more. Kemal notifies the
the Sultan that he won't do
as a ruler, and he, Kemal, ap-
points a governor for the city
of Constantinople-which Eng
land thought she was to control
with her allies. The Sultan
,,,.ohahlv has couoo IN tho avd