Word: ares
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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"Although the Turks have always been reputed to be the most cruel and barbaous of the nations, I cannot believe that the people of Turkey are any more cruel than those of other countries. The leaders, the rulers, it is true, have been barbarous in the extreme but the people...
"It is for this reason that an American mandate in Turkey would have little difficulty in winning the support of a great part of the Turkish population. They are sick of the endless bickerings and disputes that have been carried on among the rulers, sick of endless revolutions and counter...
"There is no danger of America's becoming involved in the Balkan troubles as Turkey in Europe is now so small as to occasion no disputes. All the European nations, the Great Powers included, are in favor of an American mandate and would take it themselves were they not already...
"Turkey has always been the plague spot of the world--in the last hundred years more germs of war and dissension have been bred in Turkey than anywhere else in the world. I know that other wars and greater wars are breeding in Turkey now and unless the United States...
It is certainly too bad that hockey cannot be played in front of an open fire, but the nature of the sport seems to preclude the idea. Doubtless the football team would prefer to practice in morrischairs; the swimming team would like to hold their races in bathtubs. Doubtless, but...