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TURKISH ATTACKS
A meeting to consider "The Present Danger to the Ceumenical Patriarchats" was held on March 17th at University Me Austen Chamberlain, the British College, London, organized by the Angio, The Bishop of London Foreign Secretary, in his apeeth to the Hellenic Lengue. League of Nations assembly at Geneva-presided over a large attendance and spoke strongly of the modera tendències of Turkish politics.
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The declared object of the Protocol is to facilitate disarmament, and it pro The Archbishop of Canterbury whole as poses to attain this most desirable end follows to the chairman: You well (1) by closing certain gaps in the scheme know how greatly interested I am in the originally laid down in the Cevenant for meeting over which you will preside to peaceably settling international dis-morrow with reference to the Ceumenical I am certain thus we Patriarchate. and (2) by sharpening the "sane ught to allow it to be everywhere under- stouri that the Church of England at taches the very greatest the position of the venerable
Vos, especially the economie sanctions.
by which, under the existing system, Regression is to be discouraged and
aggressors coërced.
His Majesty's Government are DOW more immediately concerned to enquire how far the change in the, Covenant effected by the Protocol is likely to in- crease the responsibilities already under taken by the States Members of the League,
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and that we ought to use all the influence in our power to avert the diss Fer of its losing its status, its dignity. and its opportunity of exercising Chris tion influence among those nationalities of Eastern Europe over which its jurisdic tion, formal or informal, has bera exercis ed for some 16 centuries."
The Bishop of London said the meeting Fresh classes of disputes are to be had not been arranged with any pro- decided by the League: fresh poss-pagandist object, but to call attention to ibilities uf delving its decisions are thereby created: fresh occasions for the application of coercive measures fellow as a matter of course,
VICTIVA PENALISED,
the distribution is as favourable to him designs as he ran bope to make them. he starts the dispute. Immediately the military position becomes temporarily analterable..
must
an extraordinary series of blunders br. which it appeared likely that an B paralleled act of vandalism would perpetrated by the extinction of the se- cond oldest great Christian institution in the world that Eastern Christianity The framers of these articles and s] might suffer a blow which might well the should have considered that it may em cause its disintegration nail
prepare barrass the victim of aggression evenway for the spread of Bolshevist atheism: more than the aggressor. The aggressor and that a very cruel injustice might he is at liberty to select his own date for done to those Christians who were allow He ed to remain in the new Turkey. picking a quarrel. Until that date nei rives he may distribute his army sa be bad. been naked in his Salonika days it please provided guly that "he neither he was a "bag and baggage man'
regard to mobilises them por adds to them. When Türkish Turkey, and he had said "y" ] had been a curse to Europe увати. for 500
The enslavement of 30.000 Armenian girls and women, who were still in slavery in the harems.. was a disgrace to Europe, and the sacking of Smyren was an abomination which they His troops, which are more or less in protest against as long as they lived. At the right position-for-attack any (in the present time there was a determined
In order dred must) be kept there till he wants and systematie attempt to destroy all that the Christian organizations in to use them. The troops, on the nther
ism might be made QE bitnd, of his prospective fictim are (by work of Bolshevist atheism
possible. The
cadeavours supposition) in the wrong position for Bolshevist Caucasians, who worked for defence. But there they must be kept. 115BeV
an alliance between
en Moscow and or the victim wey and himself charged and the present sprising in the east of with breach of the Protocol. Is this Turkey were complete proof that the at- a tolerable situation? Is it one that tack on the patriarchate was motived could possibly survive the day of tria!! feast as much by hatred of Christianity To suggest that directly a dispute 43. by Turkish nationalism or Xenophobia. arises which in any way concerns a mari- He wished to protest against the misuse time Power its ships are te remaia imot the word "political" in relation to the movably fixed on the stations where the Patriarchate. A careful study of Turkish shacer conveniences of peace may hap history since 1433 showed not a single pen to bare placed them is asking the instance of the Patriarchate interfering threatened State to make a surrender of in politics. sve pals and French Bags between 1913 and its inalienable right of self-defence, to 1923, when the British
flew over the city, and when the utterances which it is never likely to submit.
of British and French statesmen made the Pro-whole world sure that the Christians of
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There is one other clause in the Locol which carnot, be passed over complete silenes."namely, clause. 15:
This contains two provisions. By the irst, the aggressor State is required to buty at the costs of the war for which it La responsible and full reparation for all dancages, public or private. which the war has caused. By the second, it is protected from any alteration of its frontiers and all interference with its internal affairs.
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Turkey would never again be placed at the mercy of a Turkish Government.
Canon J. A. Douglas moved the follow- ing resolution:--
That this meeting desires to draw the attention of his Majesty's" Government! and of the British public to the great importance and significance of the
not only. 1 Patriarchate, Ecumenical the second most ancient, historic. and
institution famous ecclesiastical Christendom, but also as the primatial and central, are of the Greek Orthodox Church, and awaits with great anxiety the development of the crisis which, at present seems to threaten its existence.
The Metropolitan of Thyateira second-
Is it impossible (for example) that in 4 war arising out of some very plicated situation, involving perhaps a State not a member of the Lenge the guilt of the combatants might be fairly
3. J. Gennadius, boaorary Minister matched, though only one of them was of tireece, supporting the resolution, said technically the aggressor? In such cirTurkey was being hoist, with her own cumstances. would the League fer petard. The country was on the verge misgivings when they found themselves of bankruptcy and the Turkish Press had compelled to throw all the cost of the awakened to the fact that the Christians, war upon on party and none at all why, had been expelled, were almost the apon the other!
only producers of wealth in the State.
The second half of clause is protecti the aggreur, whatever his isdeeds, from losing anything under any circum stapves but money or the equivalent of money.
Are we to lay it down for all time that, in such a case, the League shall do nothing to prevent a repetition of the offence but ask for money!
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The resolution was carried, and, on the motion of Bishop Talbot, a vote of thanks was accorded the Bishop of London.
Letters of support, were received from the
of
Lord Bishop
Manchester, Beauchamp, Lord Parmoor, Lord Phili- more, the Dee of Canterbury, Lord Hugh Cecil. Lord Saye and Sele, Dr. Ernest Barker, Dr. Graham Little, the Bishop of Kensington, the Bishop of Stepney, Sir Valentine Chirol, Canon Neybolt, and Bishop Welldon.
SPECIAL NERDS.
The Protocol purports to be little more than a completion of the work hegun bat not perfected by the authors of the Covenant. The additions which it makes to the original document do something quite different from merely clarifying
Since the geheral provisions of the obscurities and filling in omissions. They destroy its balance and alter its spirit. Covenant cannot be stiffened with ad- The fresh emphasis taid upon sunctions; vantage. and sings the extreme cases the new occasions discovered for their with which the League may have to deal employment the elaboration of military with probably affect certain nations or procedure. iusensibly suggest the idea, groups of nations more nearly than that the vital business of the League other, his lajesty's Government con- is not so much to promote friendly co- clude that the best way of dealing with operation and reasoned harmony in the the situation is. with the co-operation of management of international affairs, as the League, to supplement the Covenant by to preserve price by organising war, and making special arrangements in order to meet special needs. That these ar- (it may be war on the largest scale.
it is not wholesome for the ordinary rangements should be purely defensive man to be always brooding over thin character, that they should be framed in the spirit of the Covenant, working possibility of some severe surgical opera in close harmony with the League and tion nor is it wise for societies to pur under its guidance, in manifest sue a similar course. It is more likely
Aud in the opinion of his Majesty's
to hasten the dreaded consummation than Government these objects can best be to hinder it. And it certainly seems to attained by knitting together the his Majesty's Government that anything patiens mest immediately concerned, änd which fosters the idea that the main whose differences might lead "to "1"re.
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