Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-06

| has been presented. representing
every phase of American activity in
Turkey, including colleges, schools
and missionary and philanthropic
enterprises, advocating the ratifica-
ton of the treaty, it seems to me 10
be my duty to withdraw further oppo-
sition." He adds: I'VE are bishops of
a church that. God forgive us, has
never done a stroke of Christian work
in Turkey, Indeed. we have not even
one mission amongst Mohammedans
anywhere"
The editor of the Churchmar, the
oldest religious journal in America
and the only liberal national weekly
religious journal of the Episcopal
Church declares that when the
matter came before a session of the
House of Bishops in the gen
eral convention" in October 1925
''the House unanimously turned down
the Bishop Manning proposed opposi
ton"
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The ratification has been urged from
a business standpoint by Secretary
Hoover of the Department of Com
merce, who points to the effect of de
lay upon our commerce.
There is involved says Mr.. Hoo
yer, mot only the trade with Turkey,
but with all the areas surrounding the
Black Sea, for one of the important
provisions embodied in the original
treaty with the allies, which is eX-
tended freely and without obligation
TO the United States by our treaty, Is
the assurance to ships of treaty ma
tons of the freedom of hte straits,
through which vessels from Black Sea
ports must pass.
Under Turkey law, the import duty
on goods from nou-treaty nations Is
from 80 to 60 per cent higher than
for goods from treaty nations. but II
is provided that the lower duty may
be permitted for six months. with one
siX-month renewal, for "a nation which
is considering a treaty. our year
privilege under that law will expire
February 20 If we fail to ratify.
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While our commerce with Turkey
has fallen in recent years. II IL he-
cause our rivals have stepped in ahead
of us For example. we must huE
Turkish tobacco to blend with our
cigarettes. The tobacco must matur"
in Turkey a year before II can te
shipped, and the purchasers. there
fore. require their own WAREHOUSES.
But no citizen of Il country without
treaty relations is permitted to own
real estate. hence we must buy our
tobacco from British or French OF
Italian warehouses, paying a premium
to the middlemen. which adds 10 Lile
cost of our cigarettes in America.
In 1922 we sold to Turkey of whed''
cleo oil. leather. cotton cloth. etc,
a toal of SIS, $780, 4S. and in 1929 only.
$3379,O3S. In 1922 We bought o.
Turkey goods amounting TO S@l,6S@.-
an ~, t1GS GA GI- 80 great
~ has our demand for Turkish TO-
bacCo for our cigarette blends IN
creased that it is forecast that TINS
fiscal years purchase Will amount 10
$40, 900 ,000-all through foreign mid
dlemen with warehouses. The balance
of trade Is all for Turkey. yet the Op-
position is quoted as stating that
american commerce with Turkey
actual and potential. is a trifiing mat
ter. 1t is more beneht 10
Turkey than to America.
Persons of standing who have lived
for years in Turkey report that the
modern Turks hold America III the
highest esteem. because we nave
demonstrated that, unlike Europe, we
have no Interior motives in dealing
with them. as proved by our refusal
mans. when all other nations were
scrambling for mandates and "conces-
sions" They look upon their Presi-
dent. MuStapha Renal Pasha, as the
George Washington of Turkey" and
their deposing of the Sultan and
founding of the republic as their
declaration of independence. They
deny most emphatically that the
Turks have interfered with the Amer
Alhorf w SfaIYh
director of the colleges. states:
THE colleges have now the largest
enrollments they have ever had
Robert College. 7SS: Constantinoplc
Woman's College. $50: international
College at Smyrna. 800. Instead of
there has been more CO.
operation and appreciation shown by
the Turkish government to these in
situations during the past two years
than at any other time in their
history"
(Copyright. 1927. by Paul collnsl