The Holly chieftain., 1922-09-28

long as they leave the straits free and
unfortified The domInions, though pa
triotic always, are rather cool toward
fresh military operations as has been
said. little or no help can be expect
ed from other allied nations, and
Japan, according to foreign office Off
cial in Tokyo, will stand absolutely
aloof
The British government believes its
forces could successfully defend Con-
stantinople and the straits without
help, and perhaps they could. But 1t
may be the Turkish offensive will not
be confined to that region. There are
reports which are more than rumors
that the NationaliSts are moving on
Irak. part of the British mandate in
Mesopotamia, which Is ruled nOmi-
nally by Emir Feisaf. Uprisings in
that region are said to be becoming
general, and the word came from an
Anatolian news agency that the Brit
ish garrlsons had been worsted in sew
eraI encounters with tribesmen and
that MOsul was about to be eyacu-
ated. 1t Is not unlikely that these
reports are exaggerated. but the dam
ger there is real, and is but part of
the threat of holy war against
Christendom. The trend toward this
is especially strong In India. where i'm
mense throngs of Moslems gathered to
rejoice over the 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 rising en- masse
to fight against the British for their
legitimate aspirations. The central
Khalifat committee of India sent
cablegram to London saying:
by their support of the Greek mill
tGry adventure the British government
has broken faith with India and the
Moslem world. If England goes to war
with Turkey now she will never be
able to regain her prestige in India"
THROUGHOUT the struggle in Asia
= Minor the representatives Of Amer
lea. lead by Rear Admiral Bristol,
| commissioner at 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 unselfish 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
diers and sailors of the World
war-at least, none unless 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 n vote of 25S to
"a. 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 senators voted against the meas
ure this time, seven of them being
Democrats. One of these was Senator
| Williams of Mississippi and he could
not resist the opportunity to exercise
his caustic wit. I'm Just plain
damn fool Mississippi Democrat" said
he, "but I'm going to support Repub-
| llcan President in this veto because
he is right. The only wonder Is that
a Republican President could get so
right"
\ President Harding in his veto mes
sage said that, while he was sin ac-
cord with the avowed purpose of the
bill to give expression of Il nations
gratitude to those who served in its
defense In the World war" he was
constrained to return II without his
| approval for two reasons;
First, because II failed to provide
the revenue to defray It's expense.
| Second. because he said, "it estab.
fishes the very dangerous precedent
of creating treasury covenant to pay
which puts II burden variously esti-
mated between S4,0O0.000.0O0 and
S5,0O0.O0O,0OO, upon the American peo-
pie. not to discharge an obligation,
which the government always must
pay. but to bestow bonus which the
soldiers themselves, while serving in
the World war, did not expect"
OF such way of rewarding patriotic
service he said further: "a peace be-
stowal on the ex.serylce men, as