Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

finance" which is the usual pretext for In
reference in his affairs. The cry Of the
natives soul, whether red. yellow or black
You have eaten my country: why don't
An article in B'ackwood for September.
entitled Sultan and Khalif and the Panis-
iamic Movement aptiy points the moral
or the foregoing:
If q year ago any one Of less au-
tnority (than Lord Cromer) had VEN
tured to suggest that In Egypt Of all coun-
tnes the panislamic seed has fallen upon
fruitful soil. the man in the street would
have laughed him to scorn. What? In
Egypt, which We have rescued from op-
PRECISION and bankruptcy, to which we have
We have brought life-giving water to the
fields OF the poorest fellah and made the
dessert to blossom and bear fruit, you
would have us believe that the people for
| getfui OF all these blessings which they owe
| to our benencent rule. are listening once
more to the wfles Of the unspeakable Turk.
who. dashed them with whips and scourged
them with scorpions?"
Lord Cromer, who has been In Egypt a
quarter OF century. now avows the Egyp-
tian's desire ito return to the exercise OF
personal power of an oriental type. and
tnat the land. aptfy termed the land of
the paradox. wants home rule and Egypt
Tor the Egyptians Lord Cromer has re-
celved an anonymous letter signed by Zone
IN the name of the people of Egypt" and
dated Cairo. May, 1905:
You will say. BE thankful. O men Of
EGYPT, and bless those who benefit you
ana very many Of US, those who preserve
q iree mind and are not ruled by hattery
and guile, are thankful. But thanks lie on
the surface OF the heart and beneath is a
deep well. While peace Is In the land, the
spirit OF Islam sleeps But 1t IL said there
Is war between England and Abdul Hamid
Khan. II that be SO. change must come.
The call Of the sultan is the call of the
faith. I and many more trust that all may
YET De peace but II 1t be war, be sure that
ne who has sword will draw 1t, he who
has club will strike with 1t. The women
will cry from the house tops, God give
victory to Islam You will say, The Egyp-
tan Is more ungrateful than a dog which
remembers the hand that fed him. He is
| foolish as the mailman who pulls down the
roof-tree Of his house upon himself
1T may be 50 to worldly eyes, but in the
| time of danger to Islam the Moslem turns
| away from the things OF this world and
| thirsts only for the service Of his faith,
even though he looks in the face of death.
| evilr' WV
| Thus the British governor general of
Egypt and the British governor general of
| India are opposed by condi-
Slm1lar lions that are not dissmi-
| Conditions lar. In India there are posi-
tive signs Of panislamic In
HuctfC0S III lilo mOHdIlIltUR1I S6CIlOH VI tH0
population. A newspaper, Peik Islam was
published in Constantinople in 1881 for
circulation in India, and for the pur-
pose of exciting sympathy for the
khaIif in the prospective struggle against
dian moslems like the Turks are sunnis.
and so are the unruly tribes on the north
west frontier. behind which lies Afghan
| istan. The government Of India expert
enced some alarm during the time of the
conflict between Great Britain and Turkey
over the affair at Akaba. Apart from pure
| ly religious issues the growth of new po-
litical forces in India is no longer ignored
by the British authorities. Nor are such
conditions singular for a fact. Religious
wars in Europe have possessed large ele-
| ment of politics, religion being the pretext
Of the people. II Egypt and India were
Christian in place of being Mohammedan
| and Hindu, there Is every reason to think
| that their national sentiments would cause
| them to revolt against the occupant whose
| presence alone is a source of perpetual
! humiliation. The European commits a
| grave error IN treating the oriental only
| from the religious point Of view. when the
| large factor in the Egyptian. in the Turk.
| in the Persian and the Indian.
Symptoms of unification and nationalist
tion may be seen IN the general interest
awakened in the orient In the Japanese VIC
tories: in the spectacle Of the nations Of
Punjab, Mahrattas and the Hindus Of Ben
gal, who take part without reference to
former divisions In manifestations affecting
their personal and political interests.
The sessions of the national Indian con-
gress at Calcutta, composed Of q class of
representative natives educated in the uni
versfties OF India, have revealed the ambi-
Three leaders have been developed in the
discussions Of the congress- Sir Pheroze-
shah Mehta Is a Parsee layer. whose elo-
quence and capacity have raised him to the
CAlrh nIA {n 1aca 80
and more oriental. During twenty years
and because Of vow this man Of great
| learning and virtue has devoted his time
| to the instruction Of youth. M. surenda
known. He edits the most popular journal.
| the Bengalee, at Calcutta. His speeches
| provoke great interest In native colleges,
and he took an important part in the cam
paign waged against Lord Curzon.
! These three men. the journalist. the uni
versity man and the jurist are charac-
teristic personalities. They represent diff
ferent forces, which have given birth to
whose union forms the conservative ma
jority Of the national Indian congress.
The victory Of Japan has been a revela-
ton to the submissive oriental suggesting
that tho occidental is no
Oriental longer invulnerable. Russia,
Unrest. theautocrat has been obliged
to convoke the duma. And
now many things are happening in India
an almost imperceptfble transformation.
since the division Of Bengal secret societies
have been organized, campaigns Of pa
triotic nature are being conducted In the
colleges and universities, and tho students
sing national hymns. Strikes also have
been inaugurated and around and in the
factories, directed by Europeans, there has
been woven a web Of mysterious machina-
anopelessly in the hands Of an invisible
power. Recently the railway service was
disorganized and persistent agitation was
maintained which seriously interrupted the
economical administration. which had been
excellent these late years. The circulation
Of incendiary documents is accomplished