The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27

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suthcr achno wisdars that W. may mert
In ap,sh fta.ia with q fev Nusletua wh",
perfertlg Eufop~sa In thelT M ~
THINKING, entsr into cFf'lcal compaFianna
~ The Eastern and Western worlds, aad
that ons may ~ MT q ltsle surprised 10
hear Taiars, ietahiana and others NJ, In
Judgment on tho philosophers, historians
and pop,a ~ the We-t. We are cautioned
aealnst allowing the~s rare ~esosptlona 10
mldead VA. 'tf the INNS ~ distinguished
Moalema. on their passage through ths
school ~ the oade, corps, have been
converted 10 the Ruaaian Church, and
N Tatars, Bashkirs and KAlmuhs, after
leaving Russian colleges and univerrl-
tlea, enter into disquisitlona on the his
tory Of civilization In general. this does
not In any way Affect tho masses ~ the
CSar's Mohammedan subjects. OF orr true
Western enlightenment, Of our principles
Of freedom and equality. only a faint
sllmmering. q tiny spark, has reached
the masses; they are m much "a ever filled
with hatred and suspicion against Chris
tianity, which. TO them, Ia the ~pefSonihca-
ton Of oppression; and Western culture,
which should ennoble. benefit and hberate
mankind. Ia looked upon by Moslem Asia
az the chief cause Of all its misery and
decay" On the whole. then, Prof. Vambery
IL not especially enthusiastic about Russia's
mode Of Transformation. when he con-
siders how long. how tortuous and how
toilsome Ii the road by which the Asiatio
is made TO travel before he reaches the
so-called Russian -crossroad." which, We
are told, will cad him 10 the sources Of
modern culture. He insists that as yet
the Russian State, outside Of the function
Of preserving order. docs not 'cviiize,
but merely conquers. absorbe. sacrifices
everything to it's national Moloch and
thinks only Of enlarging its territorial
area. When this Slav Moloch shall have
demolished and consumed the foreign
clinical elements 1t may come to. pass .
that Russia also will mako progress In the
way OF modern freedom and culture. 1t
may grow yet to be q true representative
of the Western world. and como forward
In Asia as the reformer and savior OF OPP
pressed peoples; but that time Is yet far
distant, and until 1t COMES h accumula-
ton Of crude force In the hand OF an auto
cratic. despotic Government is bound to
curb the. free Development Of the Russian
State and endanger the peace and progress
Of Europe" 1t may be that our abthSr'S
forecast would have been more hopeful
had NOT the words here quoted been pehned
betore the Gear Nicholas II: promised by
the manifesto of October 80, 1900, 10 give his
subjects representative institutions. To
what extent the promise will be fulflled
lie still Understandable. .''
49, IL.
Let us turn to what Prof. vambery has
to cay about the civilizing influence of
England in Moslem Asia. It 10 well known
that while the Russian Orthodox Church
is intolerant, and 30 far as Moslems, arc
really Incorporated within the Russian
dominions and are not specially exempted
by the civil power from the operation OF an
aggressive propaganda endeavors to en-
force upon them conversion 10 its type
Of Christianity. 1t is equally we'll known
hat the British rule in India is. pervaded
with a spirit Of almost u~nexampled tolera-
ton, so far as religious matters are con-
cerned. On the other hand. the Anglo
Indian Government has been almost In
RENTING in the effort to improve the cvi-
lization of the Anglo-Indian peninsula ON
it's ethical side. The truth seems to have
been long recognized at Calcutta that the
views Of human life and Of its relation to
the universe persisted in for many centuries
cannot be changed with a turn Of the hand,
and that the Hindu, whether Of Hindu or
Moslem faith, annot be transformed as
by a deus e1 mdchina into a typical European.
typical from the religious as well as the
educational point Of view. 1t may even
be questioned whether the extensive sys-
tenn Of school and university education
which has been organized in India on 80
vast a scale-though, Of course, the scale
may seem small in comparison with the
immense volume Of the probationary
not have been premature, and even to some
extent injurious. But, asks Prof. YAM.
berry, could England, the representative
Of true E~uropeanism, the interpreter Of
liberal ideas, the upholder, not only Of order
but Of law, the apostle Of enlightenment
and philanthropy, have acted, or have
dared TO act, differently Our answer
must be an emphatic No. The belief
is expressed that this opinion is shared by
all who know something at first hand Of
the ignominious and miserable condition
of mankind in the East. both in the past
and in the present. Not only we Europeans,
but most Asiatics also who have thoroughly
investigated the condition OF modern
Europe, who have become acquainted with
the spirit which animates our society and
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