Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-18
DIR. BUNNELL SPEAKS ON
 CRISIS IN NEAR EAST

CRISIS IN NEAR EAsrf
 The November meeting of the Wo- mems Federation and parish house de- partment of Park Congregational church was held on Friday afternoon with Mrs. Henry T. Arnold presiding who opened the devotional exercises with a Psalm of Thanksgiving.
 Following the usual routine business, few changes in the bylaws, which committee, were read and will be ac.- ed upon at a later meeting.
 Announcements were given of an im- portant missionary conference to be held in New London, on Friday, Dec. 1. and of the illustrated lecture for the missions department. to be given in the parish house on Friday evening. Dec. 8. by Rev. Dr. Malcolm Dana, who is the son of the first pastor of-Park church. Mrs. Albert Van Wagenen, chairman of the parish house department, presid- ed during the literary program, and an- | nounced that the regular December | meeting would be an innovation in the form of a Covered dish iuncheon,'' to which each member is asked to bring 1 covered dish, containing sufficient I food for three or four people The luncheon will be served in cafeteria l style at 1.15 p. m., and will be follow 1 ed by the regular business and literary
 program.
 Mrs. Van Wagenen then introduced pr. | F. S. Bunnell. of the Academy faculty, who had for his subject, The Crisis in the Near East
 Dr. Bunne1l prefaced his remarks by
 saying. in part, that the Asia of classi- ] cal times and of the days of St. Paul I was the part known now only as Asia Il Minor. and that for 500 years there had been Turkish question Then show II ing on the map, how large a proportion of the 1,200 miles between the coast of
 the Netherlands and the present coun- try of Turkey. they had occupied. dur ing those centuries. when the Turks
 had pushed as far as Vienna, he ey-
 pla;ned the successive. defeats. unti
 they were finally pushed entirely iron, Il European soil.
 !. In 1880 the geographies showed that ,i Roumania and some parts of the pen insular were Turkish territory. but Greece was free. The effects or tn, I Balkan war. in the early years Of tht. century, were mentioned and then cam, the great war in 1914 when the Turks l allied with the Germans, held the Oar 1anelles and made necessary the heroi . endeaVors of the English, especially tn, Australians. to break through. l 1lAO S1Au Ol lIlS HdT CHS DdTud ) nelies was free and Turkey was pushe- . into Asia Minor, Where she shoul have remained" and where it was ex 5 pected the Turks would remain
 The matter was not acted upon in tn - Treaty of Versailles but was discusse, n the Treaty of Sevres.
 l The difficulty with Turkey is tha | they have always been incapable o
 forming decent government in an
 conquered territory, but have allowe
 their robber hordes to pillage, so tn
 decision concerning the mandates aros and the United States, was asked { 3 take the mandate Of Armenia. but de f | ciined.
 The divisions under the mandates e England. France, Italy and Greece wer . shown and the political reasons for tn , withdrawal of their respective armie . were explained
 2 While the allied nations have bee v differing about affairs, and, by tn 3 withdrawal of their forces, reieasin !, Turkish prisoners, Kemal has been ga i