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

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Mo4lesH snvetulena Tho interesting fact
10 nNauNi that 'wian Henan scc'Ised ialstu
~ nueiectine the cultivation " WUFidly
arlNsraa AMI aald that inc etcellense ~
Mcalefw lntalieanos ms t~rn afra,ly ~.
aeapfaeed. N wa not the Nolias and
HhodIaa " Turkey, not th~ AhhuBfs and
Mncht4hlla ~ ferr,a, mr. the ulemas "
Tufkessaa, hut the Moulvia ~ India. who
attacAef the French scholar, and took up
| the tpfehcs ~ ISLAM The truth II that,
faf irom FRRiand's trying Ia d~enstlonallss
the indian Peoples insnisted 10 ~ sovs
~erelRnty, ~ Rusala tries, whos- object u IL
to amalgamate all the foreign elements
under its sway into the national body, tho
attempts az nationality ~ the Hindtia and
Mohantmetlana In India are. Ca q certain
extent, encouraged by the Calcutta Govern
msnt; for tho illustrious monuments 81
Indian architecture are. 20 far As IL possible.
protected and preserved. and, thanks to
the rare Of English students. many 81 the
valuabls literary works Of ancient Hindu-
Mohammedan authors have been saved
from Oblivion by republication. Nor In
such resuscitation and multiplication limited
10 secular writings. Many theological works
have been subjected 10 tho same perpetua-
ting process. Prof. vambery submits that
nothing could testify more e~loquently To
the fact that the British conquerors are
tolerant IN questions OF religion, a tolerance
which, viewed In conjunction. with the
philanthropical institutions established, can
not fail to make a good impression on the
innate conservative spirit Of Orientalism.
With the mutiny Of 1867 before him for an
object lesson II would be .futile for Prof.
Vambery TO deny that in times past there
was some ground for comparing India with
q powder ma gazine. ready to explode at the
touch Of q spark thrown by Q mighty enemy's
hands. He maintains, however. that the
conditions are now materially improved. II
not revoluionized. Ignorance has always
been the greatest antagonist Of the English
in India. and in proportion as this anita gonist
Is overcome by a greater activity in public
-education, by useful reforms in the adminis-
tration and by a slow and gradual removal
of prejudiQss. will the external and in
ternAl dangers be lessened. This view
seems TO- our author the more permissible
when we call to mind that England has,
as II were, finished its territorial con-
quests in India; that it's possessions there
are rounded of. and that now the con-
solidation and upkeeping Of frontier defence
are the principal aims Of military admiris- /
tration. Evidently Prof, Vambery APP
proves Of, Lord Curzon's treatment of the
Tibet question. by. which Major Younghus-
whether she desires 1t or. not, is bound 70
Jul ilcA upCtiC .ioI tLo uSHhlcipiou u nun
land to the north OF India. She must give
up all plans for further conquest in that
direction, for. there she comes in touch with
a mighty and ambitious neighbor State
there she strikes solid and impenetrable
ground. He agrees with Sir Alfred Lyall,
who concludes his book about the English
Possessions in India with the fol Ito wins words:
eHenoeforward the struggle will be not
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az races, but between the great commercial
and conquering nations Of the West for
p~redominance In Asia. From this contest
England has now little to fear, and in the
meantime we h.,- .;7d '"'eken the intel
leotuai emancipatiU., = 81 Indian people;
we are changing the habits Of thought and
themorai level Of the whole country
Sir Alfred did not presume TO venture on
any Representation of the course which
the subtle and searching mind Of India
will mark out for itself amid the cross
currents of Eastern and Western influence.
He feels assured, however, that "diffu sion
Of knowledge and changes Of material en-
%vironment are acting steadily on mental
habits, and that future historians will have
a second remarkable illustration of the
force With phich/a powerful and highly
organized civilization can mould the char
acter and shape the destinies Of many
millions Of people. Whatever may be the
ultimate destiny Of our indian Empire,
we shall have conferred upon the Indians
great and permanent benefits and shall
have left a good name for ourselves in
history" The author Of the work before
us concurs in thinking that the English
will certainly leave behind them a good
name; indeed, he holds that although We
rightly admire Rome's cultural influence
upon the Mediterranean world, what
England has accomplished in India will
in after ages receive the greater appro-
baton, as the work in its future develop
ment promises to be still more imposing,
mightier and far reaching in its results.
We are reminded that sven now England's
influence stretches from India across the
whole OF South and East Asia. and that
IN this portion Of the Asiatio continent
English is considered the language of
civilization par excellence.
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It Ii, as We lave said. in the third part
OF his book that Prof. Vambery under