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Show H; TyRKEyJOMMJARIA r- ' The reported unwillingness of Fresi- i- dent Wilson to approve a declaration of 1 war against Bulgaria, and Turkey, be-. v cause they did not yet'stand in the way otr K the United States in its war upon the; ' Central Empires, implies a distinction : and a technicality too fine to be noticed . by the average American eye. Of course, f there is no wisdom in deliberately multi- f plying the number of formal enemies, as Bf' Germany has done; button the other hand i there are obvious disadvaritares in con- BJT tinuing to regard as'frienoT those who Kk are in "the closest alliance with our ene- f' ' ; mies, and who 'cannot help but sympath- B: ' ize with and aid them against us by every K means in their power. Perhaps the fact fv ' has not yet been established, but there is Mtf " little reason to'idoubt it as a fact never' Hf" 'theless, that Bulgarian troops are facing Hv us in hostile array on the fields of France Hp or at the pass'es in Italy where American IMr units are presumably in service. But even sW in the'absence-of such; proof, there are HE- abundant reasons, based Both upon con- H&&' sistency.'and self protection, for ending HfC- - the' present anomaly by adopting the ree-. K ' olutroiCbf Senator King of Utali. K : Unlone argument carrying notice- H'""''' able weight exists against it; and thai is, H?4' the added dangers to those' Americans Hf r who may; still be in Turkey engaged in Kft' educational missionary and humanitari-, Hti.& an Work -The semi-barbarous and fan- Hp ' atical Turk is none too patient or consid- Bbr erate with repect' to these nations "1 un- H der the best of circumstances? and a de- ML claration of war might have' the' 'effect i"' of releasing all his pent up passion and Kf ' hatred toward them, resulting in the un- k' speakable atrocity and massacre for R; ' which his. name is a synonym. It has K? been stated, however, that in nearly all cases of 'Americans who" would thus, be m& ' put in jeopardy; due warnings, have been . k; given a'aM:f6r,theirpi6on or Riu espe arreswe hy bee : Bx: y the ultimate comlhgency of war with ' Turkey must have been seriously reck- K, oned upon during' the past year; and f if M& : steps to. meet it liave not been taken lonje , Mf.-r before thist time; somebody has been gull-, m ty of almost;! ,tal procraatination. If, the Mh administration in any of its executive de- i'I - partments has knowledge of conditions or," )' circumstancee.of the kind above referred 1 ' to, the r Senate, will be wise in deferring 1- action until all can have been done that is m ; possible f or'the safety of bur citizens un- H der the shadow of the Crescent flag. m- Otherwise, there is. nd. apparent reaso mt, why the formal declaration should be H . longer delayed,, and these hostile embas- m sies or headquarters be denied the; many H immunities and privileges which it is be- m , lieved they are already using our injury. Deseret News. |