The Washington times., 1922-09-30

WILLIAM HARD. tlans III MohdH'
medan countries
is to have Christian governments
taking political or military action IN
those countries on religious GROUNDS:
The recollections OF many years OF
residence in India as the son OF an
American Protestant missionary led
me to concur In this view. There
is only one way of uniting the
Orient against the Occident. That
is for all the nations Of the Occident
to unite themselves together against
the Orient and to give the Oriental
peoples the impression That some
sort OF Christian crusade is being
prepared against them. This coun.
try is not going to take part in any
such crusade II the leaders OF the
Republican party continue in their
present state of mind.
In their view the unappy mas
sacres which have taken place in Asia
Minor would be only the prologue TO
a whole encyclopa edia Of massacres
all over all OF Asia II the Asiattc peo-
pies once thought that the govern
ments of Europe and Of America
were Joined together to extend a
Christian protectorate over Asiatic
affairs. 1t Is admitted that 1t would
be a splendid thing to stop the mas.
sacres OF Christians in Armenia and
in Anatolia, but ii IL claimed that II
would be a poor idea TO stop them in
those parts OF Asia only in order TO
produce them on an infinitely larger
scale all over the rest OF Asia.
1t Is asserted with demonstrable
truth that the peoples OF Asia are
now deeply divided by religious and
racial and national lines. 1t is point.
ed out that, while the continent OF
Europe is Christian. the continent
OF Asia is Shintolst and Confuciani
and Buddhist. and Hindu. and Mo-
hammedan. 1t is pointed out--in
other words-that Asia is much more
divided religiously than Europe is.
And 1t is emphatiCally argued here
today that the religious divisions of
Asia are a great source OF safety to
Europe and to America, and that IL
should be the policy OF Europe and
Of America to take no action which
would bring the Contending religions
OF Asia together in opposition to any
apparent European and American
religious armed invasion.
1t is further pointed out that even
among the Mohammedans of Asia
there are sectarian divisions which
often are as bitter az those which
separate the Christians of the
Protestant communion from the
Christians of the Catholic communion
in many parts of Europe and of
America.
The Mohammedans today are in
fact not a unit. The Persians and
the Arabs do not love the Turks.
They detest them. They are driven
toward a sympathy with them only
when the Turks are in combat with
Christians.
1t is claimed here among the
friends OF our present foreign policy
that the one sure way to rouse all
Mohammedans to a common frenzy
and to common course of mur-
derous madness against all Chris.
tians is to present them with the
spectacle of common Christian
coalition Of all the governments of
America and OF Europe attacking the
Turks and expelling them from ter
ritory clearly Turkish.
Our Government Is impressed by
the fact that the British and the
French have agreed that CONSTANT
nople and Eastern Thrace are in fact
Turkish territory. All that remains
now Is 20 compel the Turks to be
satisfied with Turkish territory, and
to compel the Greeks to be satisfied
with Greek territory. People who
write letters to Washington demand
ing American Intervention at Con-
stantinople are having IL pointed out
to them that Britain alone IS enor-
mously stronger than the Turks and
the Greeks put together.
They are being asked to perceive
that the Russian red army which
was unable even to conquer Poland
Is not going to be able to adventure
itself all the way to the Dardanelles.
They are being asked to notice that
the situation is in fact today n local
lied situation which can be controlled
by relatively small forces and that
American Intervention is physical
ly unnecessary as well as politically
and religiously dangerous to the gen.
eral peace Of Asia at large.
These considerations are convinc-
ing to the elements in this Admins.
tration which strongly approve of
the position taken by Warren CANA
liel Harding as United States Sefa.
tor when he drew back from the idea
of a mandate in Armenia for the
United States. They maintain that
the limit OF American activity at
Constantlnople should be the protec-
ton of actual immediate American
physical interests. In practice It
seems likely that there will be a sort
of compromise between contending
policies. This compromise seems
likely to be as follows:
The United States at CONSTANT
nople will make a display of force
large enough to show the Asiatics
what the United States could do IL
1t wanted to do II, but not large
enough to lead them into thinking
that the United States is plunging t.
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