THE CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 151, 21 March 1919, Page 5

THE CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA

The official objection to tho demand lor tho restoration of St. Sophia lo the Greek Chit roll is understood to be the fear lent such action should "offend Jlohainmcaaii sentiment." But Dr. Burrows, in his speech at tho English Church Union meeting on the subject recently, pointed out that the most famous clnirch m the world has been a mosqno during only one-third of its existence. It was just as much seized from Christianity by the Turks as the money in the Bank ot Be_lgium was seized by the Gemans. We are asking for no more than the return of stolen goods, and we shall not readily bu convinced thai, tho Moluuuiuoihuis (U tho British Einpiro would be "oilended by the Mohammedans of Turkey 'being compelled to give buck that which the) hold only by mero right of conquest. the simplest course would lie to clear 1 uiKe) out of Constantinople altogether—tho question would then settle ilsell. 1 eaeo and justice deniiind that Jiew home should pass into the hands cither ol a Christian Power absolutely or of " nc » 11 Power acting as the worlds trustee — I no "Guardian."

Many of tho lamp standards on London and Waterloo Bridges aro made from cannon captured by British troops in tlio Napoleonic wars,