Liberty for All

CONSTANTINOPLE 693 have his preference about its future possessor. There are those who would prefer Germany; on the other hand, there are those who think Russia would take a pride in its development that no other nation would even dream of. As to the pride of its in- habitants, there might not be a very great difference. I can hardly suppress the wish that it might be a truly cosmopolitan city, a free city, a city under the administration of a great inter- national council, a city where its bizarre life could go on un- restrained and unchanged. We know the greater liberty of English institutions, but England has no ambition for it. The choice as to what shall become of Constantinople must rest either with the Germans or with the Russians. The Turks must and will go. That city never will be in the future as it has been in the past. Germany has borne thus far the brunt of the war of the central powers, and could she win, her word would be as effectual as her military supremacy has been dominant. There will be no conditions, when the peace of Europe is signed, that will appeal so strongly to the imagination, as the fate of Con- stantinople. Liberty for All (Selected) They tell me, Liberty, that in thy name I may not plead for all the human race ; That some are born to bondage and disgrace — ■ Some, to a heritage of woe and shame — And some to power supreme, and glorious fame ; With my whole soul I spurn the doctrine base, And, as an equal brotherhood, embrace All people, and for all fair freedom claim! Know this, oh man ! whate'er thy earthly fate — God never made a tyrant nor a slave; Woe, then, to those who dare to desecrate His glorious image — for to all he gave Eternal rights which none may violate ; And by a mighty hand the oppressed He yet shall save ! — Wm. Lloyd Garrison.