Western Clarion
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issued: 2016-07-19
issued: 1920-03-01
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note: ,^ ESTERN ARION A Journal of CURRENT EVENTS Official Organ of THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA HISTORY ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY Number 814 Twice a Month VANCOUVER, B. C, MARCH 1, 1920 FfVE CENTS Armenia ARMENIA is receiving a good deal of attention just at present both from the French and English governments ,and from the eharity organizations which make it their special business to try to cover up the sores which the recent war has left running. But noAv what about Armenia? Why should the English and French governments have a special policy towards this insignificant stretch of rocky hills and barren valleys? Why should these governments agitate to have Armenia erected into a state, independent of the Sultan's rule? Some people tell us that it is to save the Christian Armenians who have for many years suffered from the cruelty and barbarity of their Turkish oppressors. This is the reason actually given by preachers and editors who take upon themselves to interpret the wherefore of State policy. v However, Avhile such a line of reasoning might be considered a good argument to a Sunday school' class, it does not at all satisfy men who know something about the world and the forces which are active in bringing about changes in it. In fact, the religious argument that is offered for public consumption today is altogteher refuted by the policies of the various European powers towards Turkey and the Near East for the last century. For this reason one can neglect this seemingly plausible argument'in trying to indicate the character of the forces which have been active in shaping the policy of the British and French governments toward Armenia. As Armenia is a part of the domain of the Sultan, one cannot approach to an understanding of the Armenian question except through understanding the peculiar position of Turkey in European politics. Turkey has probably caused more grey hairs among European diplomatists than any other country on the globe. It is not Avithout reason that the Su…
note: Titled The Western Clarion from June 18, 1904 to June 1, 1907; titled Western Clarion thereafter.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.2611110
long: -123.1138890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Socialist Party of Canada
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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