The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-16
STRONG APPEAL
(cont!aued from, Page ore.)

come 10 the Lausanne conference u
fight the cause OF the patriarch.
ct seems impossible" laid Mon
| sinor German0s. who is thu pafrl
archal exarch Of western central Eu'
| rope. to the Associated Press. that
world christianity will permit this
Injustice or that the Lausanne COZ
ference will consent to write it into
! the treaty. Christianity mas existed
in Constantinople since tn" FIRST cen
fury, and the institution of the ecuni-
enical patriarch there was provided
FIR by the ecumenical councils OF the
fourth and fifth centuries.
Sacred City.
Our Christian faith teaches that
the degrees Of the ecumenical counci'
are inspired by the Holy Spirit, ana
therefore are not ~changeaDle. CON-
stantinople is indeed a sacred city
sacred to us Christians-for Islam
history begins only in the seventh
century. and the Turks did not con
uuer Constantinople until the ~
teenth century. and this Is the frSt
time in history that any nation na5
| appeared before an international as
semblv to strike 4 blow at religious
| institutions which have eXiste1. a.
most 1000 years"
Nonsicnor Germanos said that thu
! savings Of the seat OF the patriarch
was not only vital to orthodox chris
| tians In countries like Russia. Ruma
, MIA. Greece and Jueo Slaria. but q!
great concern also to the Anglican
church in England, and more espec'
tally to the Episcopal church ~
| America. whose leaders were in cor
Iespondence with the head OF the
orthodox religion.
"A very close tie between us has
been created In consequence Of our
recognizing the priests ST thos!
churches" Monsignor Germanos con
tinued. IF these priests should mak|
confessions of the orthodox faith, they
would, ips.r facto. become priests Of
our religion. ! was able two years
| ago at Geneva, during the conference
on unity of religious. t appreciate
the great sympathy of your christian
! leaders for our great movement.
Fought for Rights.
Monsignor Cermanos r~epudiaett
the Turkish contention that the GreeF
patriarch had unduly mixed u poll
tics. AS an institution the Greel
orthodox church had merely protect
ed it's rights. II had sent representa-
tiveS to the Paris peace conference
at abe request of President Wilson
! anf'Premiers C~lemcnCeau and LLOYD
George, who wanted to know tho
needs Of the patriarch. and later on
an American mission, which visiett
| Constantinople, wa; told that the
church wanted the right to remain IN
Constantinople under the protection
| of some great power. as the Turks
steadily were a%nnulling the rights o.
the church.
1.-THE church, Monsisnor Germanos
declared, had asked the allies to pre-
vent the deportation and save thou
sands Of orphans who had beer
placed in Turkish homes and lslamiz
ed, and the allies had helped TO pre-
vent these things. That i the way
we mixed in politics. but we believe
il was justifiablc," Monsignor Ger
manos added.
The exarch has asked the sub-com
mission on exchange Of population
to hear him in protest against the
deportation of the head Of the ortho
dox church. Hel already has confer
red with Rear Admiral Bristo OF tho
/ American delegation. and says he vii
talk with Richard Washourn Child
head of the American delegation. ani
ais the leaders OF the other delega
lions,