San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-14
SCARE THE BRITISH.

To the Editor:
Now comes this confessed Brtisher
from Boerne, and with characteristic
perversion passes judgment on our
American Christianity. According 10
this self-inflated apostle, only one in
every hundred thousand Americans pot
sess the Christian spirit" Figure it out
and we find in our population Of one
hundred some odd millions only a few
Christians.
Just imagine; after all our boosted
progress, all. our contributions to hu-
manity's welfare all the money sent
to war-ridden Europe and all our
church spires that point h5avenward I;
we are Lot even classed as a Christian
nation.
OF all the brands Of gall, real CT
imaginary, this is the positive, COM
paratiye and superlative. Americans are
not egotistical to the extent of claim
ing perfection. We have 10 church b.;
law established; no religion forced on
the people with the bayoRe;s' points;
it is everyone to his favOrlte brand of
Christianity, but we'll brook no criti-
cisms from poll parrots VINO try TO be
sarcastic at our expense. And il our
PrOtestants and Catholics didn't go
cunning after one another occasionally :;
we'd become so near perfect, we'd have
to close all our churches and fire our
priests and preachers.
Of course, one can see his viewpoint.
England couldn't conceive of anyone
fighting ever religion. John Bull never
wastes my sentiment on theology, re
nlNVnUa Y.tt,rInrg fpr 1nAk Tbn tl,inU
that seemed to put the brand of infamy
on our Christianity in the eyes of this
'ROerne APOSTLE: THE Irish friends
in Frisco citiciZing their pope and laui-
ing the Turk against the British"
1t serves the old gentleman in the
vatican right; if he doesn't know aEy
more about history than to draw a line
Of demarcation between the ArmGmanS
under Moslem rule and Ireland, India
and Egypt under Christian England"
And is there any reason why an Irish
man, an Egyptian or Bengalese,
shouldn't hate the British with all the
intensity of his nature? For the history
of every barbarous prince Of the
Orient, in the days when might was
right, and plumber was the recognized
prerOgaiive of royalty; when potentares
reigned by the grace of Allah, is moth
| ing in comparison to Christian Eng
lands unbounded atrocitics, partIcu-
larry in India.
England's despoilment OF India con-
stitutes tie supreme infamy of all the
ages, AMI by the way a little retrospec.
ton. How about the little affair from
1915 to 1877, when christian Eng.
land" gave the Turks moral and Liza
terial support?
This was the period of Englard's
| Russopholie or pro-Turkish policy,
when the Mediterranean fleet was sent
to Besikd Bay to encourage the Turks
against the Russians. 1t were well for
our hyphenates to get the beam out of
their own eyes, before criticizing the
mote in the optics of Americans,
While. Christian England" could
coin blood into Doodle she supported
the Turk and when the Turk stopped
being cats paw for the mother
county doncher know, he became a
blood thirsty beast. Understand, this
is not n defense of the Turk. just by
way of comparison. Really the limo
cence of this Boernte must be
Sweet as the smile when fond
lovers meet
And soft as their parting tears"
Our Christianity is a matter for our.
selves, and if it doesn't suit this
Boernite, he can scurry TO "Mcr:ie
Henglani." As a rule Americans don't
look for trouble, but you never saw
one walk a block to keep out of il.
Our friend is welcome 10 our he's
pitality so long as he keeps from III
sulting W. and our institutions. other.
wise it will be necessary to spread sorIC
more European history in 'he column!
Of The Light.
r. COLLINS.