The Turkish Missionary Indemnity
The Christian Work, urging the forced collection from Turkey by the United States government of the $88,000 missionary indemnity, says: “Our ships and our men have been tried and proved: why not use them now? How can they be made to serve a better purpose? . . . Certainly there has been too much delay in pushing this matter to a conclusion; and in saying this, we observe a moderation that scarcely presents the feeling that exists upon the subject throughout the churches.” Undoubtedly, if the churches could have their way, all the nations would be plunged into the general war against which Turkey is the acknowledged barrier. This has been evident ever since 1895. But how much Christian work is in all that?