Sioux County pioneer., 1922-10-05

long as they leave the straits free and
unfortified. The dominions though PIT
trietic always, are rather cool tOWar'
fresh military operations; as has beer
said, little or no help can be expect
cd from other allied nations, and
Japan. according TO foreign office Off.
cial in Tokyo. will stand absolutely
nl0Of.
The British government believes Its
forces could successfully defend Con
stnntinople and the straits without
help and perhaps they could. But Il
may be the Turkish offensive will not
be confined to thai region, There arc
reports which are more than rumor'
that the Nati0nalists are moving on
Irak, part of the British mandate in
MesOpotamia. which is ruled nomi-
that region are said to be becoming
general. and the word came from an
-Nnatoinn news ;tgency that the Brit
iSh gHrrisons had hc worstcd in sew
er;li encounters witE ir;besIilen and
that MOsul as about to be evacu-
ated. 1t is not n''i;'elv that these
reports are exaggerated. but the dan
ger there is real, and is but part Of
the threat of Il holy war against
Christendon. The trend toward this
is especially strong in Iredia, where i'm
mense throngS of iT"slams gathered to
rejoice over t'e victory of Kemal
Pasha. In Calcutta speakers bitterly
denounced the british policy in the
Near East and asserted that seven mil
lion MOslems in India are being
angered to the point of risi"g en- masse
to fight against the British for their
Legitimate aspirations. The central
Khalifat committee of India sent a
cahlegram to London saying:
''By their s"rnort of the Greek mill.
tary adventure the Hritish government
has broken faith with India and the
Mosleln world. If England goes to war
with Turkey now she will never be
able to regain her prestige in India"
TIROUGHOUT the struggle in Asia
1 Minor the representatives of Amer
lea, lead by Rear Admiral Bristol,
commissioner ut Constantinople, and
George Horton. consul general at
Smyrna. have been chiefly concerned
in the rescue of their nationals and
the relief of the refugees. In this
task they have been notably success
full and Mr.. Horton bears witness to
the bravery and nnselfish devotion Of
the members of the American colony
in Smyrna. Even the American women
teachers in the Y. w. G. A. girls
school refused to leave their posts
until driven away by the flames.
MO BONUS for the American SOL
y diers and sailors Of the World
war-at least. none uricss congress at
the session beginning In December
passes satisfactory bill. The meas
ure which went through the house last
March and through the senate on Aug
ust 81 was vetoed last Tuesday by
President Harding. Next day the house
overrode the veto by vote of 25S to
81, but few hours later the senate
upheld the action of the President. the
proponents Of the bill being able to
muster only A votes, four short of the
required two-thirds majority. Twenty
eight senator's voted against the meas,
ure this time, seven Of them beisg
Democrats. One Of these was Senator
Williams of. Mississippi. and he could
not resist the opportunity to exercise
his caustic wit. "1'm just plain
damn fool Mississippi Democrat" said
he. but I'm going to support a Repub.
llcaE President in this veto because
he is right. The only wonder is that
a Republican President could get SC
right
!; President Harding in his veto mes
sage said, that, while he was "in &C.
cord with the avowed purpose of the
bill to give expression of a nations
gratitude to those who served in its
defense in the World war;" he was
constrained to return it without hil
4 approval for two reasons:
First, because 1t failed to provide
the revenue to defray it's expense.
Second. because. he said. "it estab
fishes the very dangerous precedent
Of creating a treasury covenant TO pa,
which puts burden variously esti
]. mated between $4,OOO,OOOOOO ant
=, 5000 600, 600, upon the American peo
I pie, not to discharge an obligation
! which the government always mus
{; pay, but to bestow bonus which tn,
soldiers themselves, willie serving. II
8 the World w'ar, did not nSpects !" =,
OF such a way OF .'cvarf'ing patriot
service he saidsf:5..E':sas "A peace be
st0wal Oh the sy.seryice men, q
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