The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-11-03

them the Mohammedans of Persia,
who are all Shuahs.
1t bars, too, the Moslems of Hindu
stan, for the Shuahs here are the more
influential, though fewer in number
And the Shuah to the Sunnite is "a
cursed heretic,' while the Sunnite is
called IAN unreasOning fanatic by
the Shuahs.
Then, too, the different Mohamme-
dan communities are separated wide
ly, geographically. They cling tena-
c1ously to their religion but they have
little intercourse, either OF goods or
of news
1t is fair to believe that proclaim
alton by the Sultan at Constantinople
would not reach Moslems for many
months or even years. Then it might
be flouted.
Ethnographically the Cossacks are
closely related to the Turks But the
hard riders of South Russia were in
the front ranks of the Cars troops
in the Russo Turkish war and in the
present struggle they would be unlike
ly to desert on account of the COM
mand Of the Sheik-ul-Islam. And as
for the Persian Mohammedans, they
would probably be attacked early in
the war by the Sultan's men. The
Kurds would raid toward Teheran and
Russians, Mohammedans and Persians
would oppose them.
The sultan of Turkey might, how
ever, cause great deal of trouble by
rousing the wild tribes of Arabia.
These Bedouins, always fighting the
Constantinople ruler, might yet be
brought to his standard by combina-
ton CT religious fanaticism and desire
for booty In British Somaliland, too,
there are 100000 Mohammedan ne
groid natives, who remember wildly
the wars CT the Mad Mullah' and
might be induced to take up arms
again.
The Germans promise to take ad-
vantage Of Egypt's discomfort. Egypt
has been under the domination of
Great Britain since 1883. There have
been many pilots against the govern
ment in recent years and Turkish
emissaries have lately been very busy
In Egypt. But the disconnected class
in the Nile valley is small. The
Fellaheen, who are not fighters any
way, realize that British domination
has meant better crops and better
times. There are, however, about six
hundred thousand desert nomads in
Egypt and these might be rallied to
the jehad.
Cairo is the seat of Moslem learn
ing Here is the Mosque and Univer-
sity of Ell Azhar. with $4,000 students.
The Sheik-ul-Islam is himself a gradu-
ate. The students would join in a
jehad and their influence would be
considerable But the $4,000 Egyptian
troops, who are Differed by British,
probably would stand by their mas
tiers.
In the rest of Africa, TripoI, re-
Gently conquered by Italy, might re-
volt. But Tunis and Algeria, which is
supplying the celebrated Turcos,
would be loyal to the tricOlOr.
Most of the negroes of Africa are
now Mohammedans, but there is little
unity among them. On the whole. the
100000 Mohammedan Africans
under French rule, the 100000 under
the British rule, and the 100000
Under Italian rule could scarcely be
reused to serious efforts against the
whites. The Kaiser has only 1000 900
MOhammedans in his African territory.
Afghanistan is wholly MOhammedan
and Beluchistan So per cent, but the
Sultan of Turkey is not held in es-
pecial veneratiCn.
Of the total population Of the Indian
Empire, nearly 300,O00,000. about II
per cent, is Mohammedan. With very
rare exceptions the Mohammedan COM
munities are pro-British. They de-
spise the Hindus and seek to ally
themselves with the English against
the majority race Both Hindu and
Mohammedan regiments from India
now fight for Great Britain in France,
They vie with each other which can
do the most for King George V.
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