The following article from the Armenfan Bureau in London reached us day or two before the news of tha allied surrender to Turkey. We print it as it stands, except for the addition} of crossheads. 1t ig instructive reading.
London, Jan. 22.
"I need not add that His Majesty's Government are resolved that after the war there shall be a new ca of liberty and redemption for this ancient people," i.e. Armoians.
Mr. Asquith at the Guildhall—Nov. 9, 1916.
The political and moral prestige of Great Britain and France, and, indirectly, of the United States, is at stake. These great Powers, commanding all the materia] and resources of the world, have vaccilated before the bluff of a few thousand Turkish swashbucklers, who within the course of the last few months must have held some quaint views as to the ethical value of Western political creeds.
It is difficult to mention a single opprobrious adjective which the victorious Powers failed to apply to the Turks during and since the Great War. These Powers, acting as the interpreters of the conscience of civilization, meted out a just retribution to Turkey in the Treaty of Sévres by virtually breaking up that corrupt and barbarous empire Cris ror Revision.
Barely four months have elapsed since the signature of the Treaty of Savres and already there are half-suppressed indications of compunction in certain Allied quarters. The French and Italian statesmen and press have come into the open as advocates of drastic revision of the Treaty, As an instance, it is sufficient to cite "Z'eho de Paris," which recently referred to Turkey as the "traditional client of our country.'" There is also a not-inconsiderable clique elsewhere which, alarmed at possible exacerbation of Mohammedan feeling in India, is anxious to deflect the course of justice.
At the moment, the point at issue is whether the British Government will identify itself with these proceedings, and bow before the rhodomontades of a few bands of what Mr. Balfour rightly described: as "Turkish brigands."
A Critica, Puase InprEp.
It is a critical phase in the history of all mankind, from which "may be deduced the course of future events: their course will depend on whether the gigantic collective strength of the Allied Powers will continua to be effective in the right direction, or, after some oscillation, will either spend itself in vain, or exert its influence in the opposite direction.
The writer being an Oriental himself may perhaps be allowed to
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