Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-25
Saturday, March IS, 1922.
THE UNSPEAkABLE TURK EFT
AIS.

There is no deity but God and
Mohammed is his prophet" The
teeming millions who believe this
declaration of an epileptic uttered
nearly six centuries after the birth OF
Christ are quickened today as they
have not been since the time when
Ssracen and Chrirtian fought for ST.
rremacy in the then civilized void.
And this has come about in the few
short years since the victory of the
Allies over Germany was received
with assurance that the Turk allied
with her would be placed where he
would be compelled to cease from
troubling.
Nothing seemed palmer when the
armistce was declared than the pur-
pose to put an end to the power OF
tho "unspoakab'e Turk" . fat lie
had invited by the a,rocitiys Which ne
had inflicted on those subjected TO
his rule. His fendish persecution Of
the Arinenians alone, il justice could
be meted out, would have warranted
stripping the Turkish nation of all
political power. OR at least RELOCATING
them to narrow confines of domain
and dcpriving them OF power over
other peoples. Now, a few short years
later the Mohammedans Of India, of
Persia, OF Egypt. OF Arabia and of
Turkey, 5000, 900 Of them, are clam
orlng for the self determination of
peoples, they, who never granted self
determination to any people that ever
came under their control. Today the
threat OF a "Holy War" Is seen in
Moslem activity throughout the
world.
Strange circumstances have been
working TO this end as leaven works.
An England almost exhausted by war
is brought face to face in her domin-
ions with the ferment implanted
among the seeds Of war. Bolshevism
has spread like a plague: the Jackal
Is worrying the spent and weakened
lion. Turkish intrigue, the playing
on the Jealousies and avarice OF
Christian peoples, used for centuries
10 preserve the foothold of decadent
government, Is being successfully
worked today. French interests in
the near East arc being p0 Eed
against those Of England. And while
the latter is accused OF giving half
hearted support to the Greeks. France
IS maintaining cordial relations with
the leader OF the Turkish rebels,
Mustspha Renal, who In turn is
hand slove with the Reds Of Mos
cow. Gandhi in India has been
smoothing away the hostility existing
between the Moslems of that country
and the peoples OF other faiths.
Strange that leader Of the sects
which profess to abhor war and love
only peace. peoples who for centuries
have nourished deep racial hatred
OF the Moslems who love war and
hate peace, this Hindu, Gandhi, has
served as the instrument to unite dis
cordant races In opposition to white
supremacy.
Strange ard unexpected are other
features connected with these proc
esses OF developmo 1t among the COL
ored races of the world. Today the
white races by means Of their supe-
rior development. their mechanical
skill and power Of invention, ought,
united. to be able to hold their SUI
premacy should contest arise. Divid-
Cd. they cannot; decadcnt, they cam
not II the dark races continue to de-
velop as they are now doing. If We
would be capable of continuing to
bear the white mans burden" We
must keep At and present a united
front