The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-07
PEACE IN NEAR EAST
DELAYED BY Selfish
NATIONS = HARAMY

Cooperation between the great
powers of Europe is the only logical
solution of the great problem of the
Near East" declared John j. Haramy.
who spoke before the Billy Sunday
club at the regular meeting of that
organization in the Y. NJ. C. A. We'd
nesday night. The speaker, who is
a native Palestinian and who was
born in Jerusalem, spoke from per-
sonal experience, he having spent his
youth and several years of his later
life in the Near Eastern countries and
coming in contact with the great re-
ligious problem of the peoples of that
part of the world. cir. Haramy is a
graduate of Earlham college and is
now resident of Richmond.
That the great Christian nations,
Great Britain, France, Italy and Rus
STA could have settled the great Near
East problem years ago if they had not |
been obsessed with selfish desires, is |
the opinion of Mr.. Haiamy. The speak
er outlined the division of the spoils |
of the late war and related how Eng
land, against the wiz of France, gave
Mesopotamia to King Feisul to rule as
ceded Selesia populated almost entire
ly by Christian Armenians, to Turkey
as reciprocatory action against Great
Britain.
Blames Powers
The possession of the territory in
habited by the Armonians by Turkey
was the cause of the great Armenian
massacres, said the speaker, and he
declared hot fhocA
powers are responsible for the out
RACES which have been perpetrated by
the Turk in the Near East
The wholesale transferenee Of peo-
pies of various religious beliefs from
, one country to another so as to pro-
mote unity and harmony in the Near
East crisis as proposed in the Lau-
same conference is A partial solution
of the problem, said the speaker, but to
obtain absolute harmony, the great
powers of the world must study the
history Of the countries and cooperate
for the establishment of international
justice.
Can the Mohammedan and the
christian peoples live in peace togeth-
err" was the question asked by the
speaker to which he gave an emphat-
ic answer. mo" The people of these
faiths are of such different customs
and ideals that they can never live
peacefully together, Mr.. Haramy said
1.-THE Mohammedan looks low in his
desire to satisfy his lustful desires
while the Christian looks to serve the
living God through Jesus Christ. 1t is
high standard against a low stand
ard and the two won't mix was his
emphatic assertion.
Will Aid Campaigns.
That the Billy Sunday clubs evange-
listic committee will function when
needed If requested to do so was one
of the announcements made at the
opening of the meeting prior to the
speaking program. Any community or
church that feels the need of Iaymen
evangelists should place it's request
with Guild Copeland, chairman of the
evangelistic committee, it was an
nounced.
1t was stated at the meeting that
the Union mission is in need of some
song books and it was suggested by
one of the members that those members
of the Billy Sunday club who have
copies of the Victory tabernacle hymn
al which they do not need and are
willing to give to the mission, turn
them over to Arthur L. Smith at the
Second National bank. 1t also was de-
\ cided to take voluntary collection
from the members of the club to buy
new hymnals for the mission and So
for that purpose was secured in this
way. The Rev. Gordon Nixon. head
of the mission, stated that 100 song
books are needed and that the cloth
bound books would be more desirable
for use at the mission.
Resolutions were adopted express
ing the sympathy of the Billy Sunday
club to the members of the family OF
the late William Henderson, who was
a member of the organization The
scripture reading was given by viii
liam H. Rooney, president of the club
Announcement was also made at the
meeting that Billy Sunday will speal
at West Manchester, Ohio, Friday
morning. The triple Quartette of the
Billy Sunday club will sing at the Sun
day tabernacle meeting in Dayton OF
Thursday night