The sun., 1912-07-21

arts and education. has stirred them to
make strides for a betterment OF condi-
tions; there Ia a movement to emancipate
their women to q greater extent than
hitherto and the general standard Of
culture is being raised When the Mos
lem sets his mind on anything he Ia tena-
cious OF his purpose and he always &C.
complishes IL. When these things AZ
just suggested are done, then let the
world look out.
islam now Ia fully 600 years behind
the rest Of the nations in the particulars
! have referred to. and IL there should
be a general rising Of the tribes IL would
he an awful calamity. ] am not speak
ing OF permanent results. for I believe
that Europe. in the event OF rising.
would mass its soldiery in such q way
as to crush the revolt; but that would
mean an awful effusion Of blood and
doubtless such trouble between the ma.
'ions taking part in the crusade AZ
arose between the nations in earlier
cr,isades.
-The world is not very much advanced
in the 1000 years which have ELAPSED
since Richard and Louis. with the Arch
duke of Austria. Joined forces to crush
chre. While there is les actual brutal.
ity. this is the result of intellectual re.
finement rather than gain in spirituality.
and the nations are just as jealous of
each other as they were in the old
times.
IF the struggle should be u protracted
one no one can foretell the outcome, for
jealousies have before now spoiled tho
most noble cndeavors, and there Is a vast
amount OF pertinacity and Consciousness
OF purpose among all Islam. This means
that they will hang TO their purpose.
although for the time being things may 60
against them. and if they are crushed In the
first jehad such a result will only infiarne
them to greater fanaticism and CAUSE
them to prepare more scientifically for an
uprising which may not be 20 easily
crushed
The wonderful success of Saladin and
the failure of Europe to conquer him we're
due 10 the very circumstances have lust
suggested. At that time the Moslem was
the cultured person; he knew moro. he
was more highly refined. he was in every
way the superior Of the European who
pitted his strength against him. But at
, present the reverse seems to be true.
He has stood still while Europe has ad-
vanced. He is not standing still now. He
is bending his mind to improve himself, to
place himself at least on par with his E,-
ropean brother. and when that 10 done
no one but God can foretell the result.
AT present ! think the Islamic troops
who are trained under European oficere
are too widely scattered to bring their
/ n nj lGtr
way against their political sovereigns
Take Tor instance the 10000 Moslem
troops in Egypt. Supposing there should
lie a rising: before the fighting tribes OF the
desert could get to the spot England could
have enough force on tho ground abso-
lutely to annihila;e the Moslem troops.
and they are great fighters too.
There must be "A Capitalization OF all
tho Noslem trained soldiers before the
rising could be successful, and that seems
to me TO be very difficult. England and
Russia particularly. but France and Ger
many as wcll. seem to have almost incredi-
bic ways OF discovering what il going on
in the minds of the natives. More than
once small risings have been planned in
Afghar!stan and Beluchistan. whore tho
Moslcms are In force. and have been
crushed before the world knew there was
a revolt.
Arabia and Africa present the mos.
feasible places for tho jehad Arabia
has tho sentimental regard Of all Mos
lens. and the Sahara is geographically
Of such nature as will make il a SERIOUSLY
inconvenent place for European troops TO
battle advantageously. Such a vast ex-
panse Of desert. which IL will be difficult
to provision according to European ideas
places European troops at disadvantage
But it is tho home to the tribesnnen, and
on their own territory they fight
like fiends. as previous wars have
proved
~rhe situation is ominous. looked at
from any point of view. Let tho rensis-
sance elevate the Moslem, and he be.
comes the redoubtable opponent. a. was
characterized by the great Saladin: and
as | said. God only knows the result in
that case. Let tho tribesmen OF Afrioa
coalesce with their fanatical converts
among the blacks OF that same great con-
tinent, and at least a bloody war must
inevitably result.
Even in tho mildest OF the continren.
cics. let u jehad he proclaimed under the
existing conditions. and inevitably much
bloodshed on both sides. with trcmen.
dous expense of Government revenues
and destruction of public and private
property. will follow. God avert such a
calamity"