The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
EGi I'T.
The Views oI n Distinguished Nohantu,
Iian scholar ana nrtorinrr

To- THE Enron uF IHE SuN -
in receipt at "A communication from
sSrt to me 10y an oil Mo.lsTn fri-nI N,
India. who writes under IN" pen nave n.y.
I'm l~hak- and who had an ntrr... -
and scholarly article in last year A.
Journal CA Islam. the Religion u' ,.'
sens" he was educated nv tu" ....
SaVvud Ahmed Khan. h. &. \
plarr Ia Indian history a. the sr".-..
MOhamr"dan r-formcr~. NJ ITir.
lshak l. r"furmer of the same sta.
/ lie says tar condition ut thtug~ 900
has been very much rNaggerat"d for
all that may be- said the A--a--lr.,i
the PRIME Minister 81 the hhsdIt,
( eminent does not imply much NOR" t...
khl,ne Of President Mckinney 10y ,u
arChiSt bat IN hts judgment u WAS .. ..
wise step to make "A GOptiC th'i-ffHr
7 chief adviser of N. ruler Of EEgp' ..
the British Government. when tl"i.
many loyal Mo~lcm- In the CountTs ...
/ Mohammedans in Egypt are ia tuf."
, tionS quite apart from the nH'tuut..
movement There are the Mo-l"m-
represent the days OF the Fatimidc cal
who wear turhan- the Turks. Who wear =
fcz. amt considerable number 81 Nus." =
from other lands who are students 90 90
great mosque at cairo or are engaI"t
merchants These three sections ar" .a.s
much opposed 10 each other and only 'uI
IfnAet tlnn hnilel lUF blill-u hhAA'l ~
Inn Ishak /. very decidedly of opin.ua
that when colonel Roosevelt spoke m 'as
Guildhall q: London he did It under a." 90.
spiTatlon %, the Earl OF Cromer. lie saw
The RriIlsh occupation of Egypt Is not pOpua-.
but We all know that ;hcre i no more cAanr" u
England clearing ont OF Egypt than there 3, ~
EnTiand giving IN India. a. i.STI. a Cairo paus..
II SURPRISED at Mr Rooseyslts statement whira.
however causes Il u hope that the British cyn--
IA lion il near At hand and things at their NJ :
must Improve"
Ibn I-hak says the attacks on Colonel
Roosevelt in some OF the natinnali-trh
papers at Cairo have been absurd. hu' -
bcgs a. 10 understand that in Africa and
Eastern lands where the precise status
Of a republic IL not clearly understood
N. Colonel 4, not looked upon ~ a private
citizen but a. a warrior ~ high degree
The oricial organ OF a." National,-''
OF the United States You have shown
that YOU are nerr" man win Wariisr
passions. for you have killed animals fnr
no other reason than TO satisfy your satanic
and corrupt nature. You Yer" foremost
in the war. with spain and you are 'hs
The Egyptians nave vivid recollection
Of the passing of the great American fleet
mind such an act means war soin"N her"
" hpdyud J. Cairo paper ~iii"d hy
I-hlk. bat the eiitor, noted for his usual
moderation. describes Mr. Roosevelt A.
"A tyrant NH Of sall' disbolical man
America blooIt hIr-ty butcher mo = at
tempting tn murder reform in Egypt
Tin t-hak thinks that England has mad"
a great mistake in allowing So much free
dom ~ the press IN Egypt. Tie says free
dom 81 the press in Egypt or India - .
very different proposition 10 fTeedou u
the pres ~ America, Germany or Englan
he says Sir Eldpn tur~' ~ popular IA EgNpI.
Tar more popular than the Earl ot 'romer.
Who was very much Of an alarmi-t. Hr
l. much Younger man than the Earl.
and the kheitv" treat- nam y persona
friend Taken on the whole - rhink- thai
4 oloasl Roosevelt speech viii awaken
England to a sens" % danger ant prevent
her going 10 sleep ~ -he dld before t's
Indian muttny. Of which he has \ Vivid
recollection A. a hoy in 1855
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