Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-08

49,
Cairo. Egypt.-Japan, China, Korea
and India have all got on the worlds
news cables since I wrote about them
in this correspondence the same VIII
be true OF Egypt, or / am no reader OF
plain signs. The unrest OF Egypt IS
bound to assert itself ere long IN
ways that viii command the attention
of civilization. The load mutterinSs,
to be heard in the cafes ald baEars,
are not the thoughtless vapoTings CT
the idle; a very considerable proper
ton of the people, including the pro-
gressive. educated Young Egypt
party, are thinking definite things
concerning the overthrow Of the Eng
lish power. Lord Cromer's recent de
partEre was made the occasion for SO
many outspohen criticisms against
the British that it was preceded, as
a precautionary measure, by the
parade of all the British forces, fully
armed, through the streets of Cairo.
Missions and Politics.
All this has a relation to the mis-
sionary propaganda. This upAeayal
and restiessness is cracking the hard
surface Of Mohammadan eZclusive1ess
and intolerance. Where the news
paper and the worlds spirit enter,
there religious prejudice cannot abide.
In their seemingly hopeless assault
upon Islam, the missionaries have a
powerful reinforcement in the feds
ling modernity of New Egypt.
On the other hand, the missionaries,
by their schools and literature, have
done more than little to awaken
Egypt from the torpor Of centuries.
British officials and Egyptian reform
ers have alike definitely and publicly
acknowledged the Influential contribu-
ton to the c0ultry's higher welfare
made by the American missionary.
OLD Egypt, the land og the dead, is be
coming one of the worlds now ma
lions, blessed with a prosperity al
most equal to the amazing fertility
of its soil.
The Sword % the Prophet.
Cairo is the citadel and cradle cf
Mohanmedanism. Sa2Saiae Chris
tians predict that. as the magnificent
Mohammed Ali mosque, which over
looks the entire city, frcm tAa sum
nit Of the ancient citadel, is now sup
rounded by The soldiers of q Christian
power, 50 the roli@ioo which 1t rep
rese2ts Is bc22d 70 S1ccunb to the
advance Of Christianity. Which rs
more easily said than done, This is
a thoroughly MohaDmedan city. The
Christian may still hear himself cursed
rs an uubaliaFinS deg, in the 5azars
and in the mcsInes.
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"C-40 powers "H.IH are CItISIid.9'
prevent. CuFlouSlJ enough Ine
C-.- -5-laa emperor OF Great britain
aii1 mana rules over more Mohalnlnea-
ans l-an any ollie[ sogelet5 gu. II
~! PI IlLe-e are aDouI S'ooU'oOo Iol-
lowers OF lslam' lzv'0Vo Coplic OnIls-
tans' ana Sinai scattering Oh Jews
ana FrolesIaAts.
Studying, Eating, Sleeping in Church.
This AZhar mosque is like only it.
self The students, who nave come
from every part OF the Mohamm9dan
world, do not study occidental lash
ion, in classes and under teachers. l
could find no traces OF organization
whatever. The students-all men, Of
course, sat, reclined or lay about the
floors in nondescrlpt fashion. coca
slonally cluster would nave lnelF
heads together, sWaylng to and 1ro,
and repeating some passages aloud
and in unison. There were no mod
ern books in evidence whatever. In
deed, this university IS reaiiy
school OF theoIo8y' II VIII nave noun
ing to do with the modern sciences
or scientific learning what other
universities teach 1t eScheWs' ana us
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