Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-08

EDGAR Il. FOLK.
declaration, of itself, confers the power
of self-government upon . people. This
Is never so. Nobody can give q, people
| 'self-government' any more than II Ia
possible to give an individual self
help You know that the Arab provere
runs, God helps those who help them
selves In the long run, the only per
manent way that an individual can Be
helped is to help him to help himself.
and this is one Of the things your uni
versity should incuIcate. But II must
be his own slow growth in character that
is the final and determining factor In the
problem. So It Is with people. In the
two Americas, we have seen certain
commonwealth rise and prosper greatly.
We have also seen other commonwealth
start under identically the same condi-
lions so far as the same conditions can
be produced by q people. with noninally
the same freedom. and the same rights'
the same guarantees, and yet have seen
them fail miserabiy and sink Int cor
ruption and anarchy and tyranny, sins-
ply because the people for whom the
constitution was made aid not develop
the qualities which alone wsuld enable
them to take advantage Of t. With any
people the essential quality % show 10
which II is only too easy 10 misuse, but
a slow, steady, resoluts asvsicrment OF
those substantial qualities, such % isvs
of justice, love of fair play, the sptrft oS
| self reliance of moderation, which alone
enable a people to govern themselves. IN
this long and even tedious but absolutely
essential process, believe your upivsf-
sity will take an important part Never
| forget the old Arab provero: God 10 with
| fhaU knaU hnSE "a Wait
Allah ma ell saberin. liza sabsru.'
THE POLICY OF ASSASSINATION.
"One essential feature Of this process
must be a spirit which will condemn
every form of lawless evil. every form
of envy and hatred. and. above all.
hatred based upon religion or rAce> All
good men,. all the men OF every nation
| whose respect 10 worth havtng. have
been inexpressibly shocked By the recent
assassination of Boutros Pasha. 1t was
an even greater calamity for Egypt than
1t was a wrong to the individual himself.
The type of man which turns out an as
sassin Is a type possessing all the quail
ties most alien to good citixennhip; the
type which produces poor soldiers In time
of war and worse citizens In time OF
peace. Such a man stands on q pin
nacle of evil infamy and those who
apologize for or condons his act. those
rectly, encourage such an act In advance,
or defend It afterwards, occupy the same
bad eminence. 1t 10 OF absolutely no con-
sequence whether the ASSASSIN be . Mos
lem or a Christian or q man Of no creed.
whether the crime be committed IN po-
litical strife or industrial warfare.
whether it be an act hired By Q rich man
or performed by q poor man. vhsther u
be committed under the prstsnss Of pre-
! va ans ~ al
ing liberty. 1t Is equally abhorrsnt In
the eyes of all decent nsn, ana In the
long run equally damaging to tAe very
cause to which the assassin processes to
be devoted, and I hope this university
| will take the lead in forming . publir
! opinion which by itself will insist on
running down every man who becomes Al
assassin every one who Advocates a.
ssssination, every man whs spndenss q
Afterwards
Now that sounds all right why shonl&
any exception have been txksn 10 these
remarks2 For several reasons, a. Be-
cause 1t is said that the assxsstn Of Bon-
| tros Pasha was q student of the uniyep-
sity. Mr.. Roosevelt probably Anew thfA,
| and so with his characteristic b1idnesg
determined to discuss the n&ttaw rsEfst
there. But the shot strunx pwsttY eloss
home. The truth hurt, and the ssa&snm
resented his speaking Of the matter. @
1t so happened that In tho farIwsu az
dress of LORD Cromsr a. nnsiasA ssnsui
and virtual governor gersrsi % Esypt
three years befera he had s&f6 pssttt
| much the same thinss In s0bstanop that
| Colonel Roosevelt said with rsfessnes
to the unpreparsdnsss Of Dgyrt ssr salt
government. His speech haA eteetsA q
furore at the time. add Colonel kpcss-
velt's speech was interpreter m m Axht
af fho4 GhaF Afu D..
Moagad and president Of enc xetorm
league. said: ''Ths tx-rrssiAsmt isuturinS
at the university spoke mseh N thB same
strain as Lord Cronoer .did whsn hs made
| his valedictory address at the opera
house on the Attn OF May. isea. the emily
| difference being that Lord Crvmser. when
he gave his speech ut the opseA house
was imbued with the idea Of tho inerati-
tude of Egyptians, and had No hesitation
In making this known IN vsFy plain
words, whereas Colonel Roosevelt had
not the same motive, and thsrsf0rs was
able to frame his speech In the language
! Of a politician who was not speaking In
| anger but with tact" 90 II should be
remembered that the Egyptian university
before which Colonel Roosevelt spoke 10
very different from the more famous
UNIVERSITY OF nj AzHAN
This was founded In SIS by the Fat
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| Cairo by them. It 10 distinctly q Mos
lem institution, and 10 considered the
most important institution OF learning
IN the Mohammedan territory. Most or
the students are natives OF Egypt They
are allowed, however. to come from any
Moslem country. Tuition 10 free DO
is room rent. The room consists OF q
locker in which to put the Few belong
ings Of the student and n mat TO sleep
on. They eat. sleep and study In the
| same room. The courtyard 10 the rect-
tation room. The university 10 richly
endowed. The teachers receive no pay
except a liberal allowance Of fcsA
There are said to be at present in the
university about $50 teachers Ana some
| 1900 students. The numbss vaFtes. In
| 1906 there were 31s teachers ana s,SSS
students. This includes the students
IN the preparatory department. These
study the Koran. committing M to mem
DRY, while the more advanced pupils
1 study the Arabic grammar, literature.
philosophy, logic and jsriwroAssss