Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-08
A Victory for Pro- Moslemism.

The Turk stays in Europe. Pro-
Moslemism has scored a great vic
tory. Armenia is abandoned to its
fate. The allies have assumed the
role that the central powers did a
generation ago.
Generally the above represents a
summary of the editorial sentimen mt
of the American newspapers in dis
cussing the proposals for peace in
the near east. which received the
approval of the recent Paris council
OF foreign ministers. There is gen.
eral condemnation of what is termed
surrender" to the Turks. For the
most part, it is agreed that the I'M
settled conditions prevailing in Mos
lem countries compelled an unwise
compromise
The Turk is to be brought back
to Europe and kept there" says the
Newark IN. j. Evening News Gnde-
pendent), for the same reason that
he was not turned out when Glad
stone proposed ejecting him bag and
baggage The allies haven't the
physical force or the moral courage
to dismiss him and face the conse-
quences in Moslem lands" And the
high moral fervor" which dictated
the treaty of Sevres has died down. in
the opinion of the New York Globe
independently. 80 this is very
businesslke arrangement, in which
power and greed on one side are
greed on the other" Whether the
arrangement will satisfy those in
whose behalf it was made is doubt
full. in the opinion of the Baltimore
Sun Independent democratic). which.
admitting that needs must when the
driv Ind a
placated and Mohammedan crusade
averted. complications in Greece and
the Balkans may be regarded as less
er evils" believes that the most
curious fact connected with the stu
alton Is that it involved the resur-
rection of the Sick Man. who has in
his time caused so much sickness in
Europe"
The object of the proposal fs to
save British rule" in the belief of the
New York World independent demo-
cratic), and to insure that the Suez
dia be loyal. The best evidence of how
cynical the arrangement is lies in the
fact that the allies do not dare to in
trust the league of nations with the
government of Constantinople. which
would be the obvious solution in a
sane world, but are quite willing to
intrust the Armenians to the league
instead" In the opinion of the New
York Tribune republican). however,
the near extinction of Turkey was
was unavoidable politically. The sue
cessor of the caliph comes back
through the unflinching devotion to
his cause of millions of French and
British subjects"
Pointing out the reference of their
safety to the league of nations hardly
will make the Armenians happy, the
Roanoke, Va, WorldNews demo
cratic) believes that Americans
whose hearts have throbbed over the
story of Evangeline are not likely to
take enthusiastically to the proposal
scale of the tragedy of the village of
Grand-Pre." And the Lynchburg Eva.
News (democratic) declares that
Christian civilization will have rea-
ment, if not actual shock" over the
suggested settlement. Aside from the
injustice to the prosecuted Arme-
Mans" the News points out, "it repre-
sents a plain denial Of the obligations
contracted by the allied powers dur
ment will have the advantage, in the
opinion of the Rochester. N. Y. Times
Union independently "of eliminating
one considerable area Of friction be-
tween the French and the British
This, at least, is gain for the gen.
1.-THE settlement proposed is per-
haps as good as could be expected
when the. jealousies of the great
powers are taken into account" sug-
gests the Springfield (Mass.) Repub-
lican independently, "as, while the
Turkish capital is to be restored to
the Turks, the freedom Of the straits
is to be assured by joint guaranty
of Turkey and the powers: Islam
feels that the greed of Christendon
in the settlement following the wal
was insufrerable. and the changes
now agreed upon are necessary to
allay unrest" A directly opposite
construction is placed upon the pro.
posal by the Boston Transcript Tin.
dependency, which says that the
seeds Of future wars are sown plen'
tifully through this Turkish-Greeh
agreement so cynically patched up In
Paris Nothing is ever settled until
1t is settled right. and this matter OF
Justice 10 the Armenians. who sacri-
feed more for the allies cause. mar
for man. and woman for woman
than any other nation offered up II
the world. is settled infamousl,
wrong. The east remains full %,
shadows with their tinge OF blood
To which the Pittsburgh Sun demo.
cratic) expresses the opinion that
"having denied any obligations II
the matter. we (the United States.
cannot claim many rights. If we d.
not like it, we can lump it,
Our Alaskan Extension.
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