The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-18

Moslems. Of a holy war preached a. all
the famous wars Of the past have been.
Three hundred million Mohammedans in
India. in the Philippines, for America too
has it's corner of the Prophets mantle. In
Egypt. where the Suez Canal Is In some
fashion the life line Of King Georges ein.
pfe. in all the provinces NJ French Africa.
far down IN the desert where Mohammed
is year by year still sweeping before him
the idols Of the black races and repulsing
the missionaries Of Christ. might by their
response imp"ril all that the colonial GOV
errors and explorers of the last half CEN
fury have done.
Hut IL this jehad were 70 have force
II must strike also At the United states
garrison or Joo. the Italian troops in
Lydia. Austrian forces in Bosnia in
decd AT the German officers who are
To be TIE brains and the driving force
Of the Turkish armies and the Turkish
fleets. in fact the real captains OF the
descendant Of the Prophet. who reigns
In empty state on the Golden Horn.
Conflict Of Living Sov~reiRns.
And just hero. II seems the thing
breaks down k,hyle and Arab soldiers
from Algeria. Moroccan goums are fight
ing against the Germans IN France. while
the Mussulmans from India already in
tn" battle line recognize not the Sultan
but tho shah as their spiritual head
From CouStautiuople comes the warning
20 the ScnuSs of Tripoli that the recent
italian violation Of IN" empire Of Islam
* not to br challenged In word. the
the whole thing becomes not d question
of religious warfare, not one more call
To- ancient CuuQuerors TO drive forth from
the stuctuaries of Islam tho pork eat
ing iuiidei but simply q campaign for
one Christian state against another. an
. ,,,..Hs
waite Mohammed hut to humble George
V. and eNalt William n
But more Immediately vital in the
situation is the paralvznG Influence nf
J the doctrines of tn Young Turks them
4 selves. doctrines which were only yester-
day Openly proclaimed. doctrines which
opened an irreparthi, breach i'm the foun-
! dations OF the ancient edi'lce Of the
/ Mohammedan world
/ ON the other hand. wherever there
/ is political disanoction there is likely
/ to be prompt peril for English. French
and Russian rulers. In Egypt. where
! tn" nationalist agitation has hcen grow
| ing for years. tho call OF the jehdd MAY
| give an impetus and an occasion for the
| outbreak OF what will hc in reality a
political. not in any true sense religious
! uprising
! In Morocco, too. the French rule only
! insecurity placed on the wreck Of the
| Shcreofian Empire, may well expect
/ trouble from Mohamm"daus vino do MOI
own the prmacy of the Sultan. whose
relations with Constantlnople We're sew
eyed centuries ago. In Persia. wher,
Russian intrigue long before the pres.
cut war provoked unrest, revolt the pres
cnt call from STEAMBOAT may he a sigma
FOR battle to those whom the sultan holds
hrretics. outside the rank OF the faith
ful."
Unity. political or spiritual cohesion
ths world of Islam has long lacked. The
Arab. the Moroccan, the Persian. mos
of the Mussulmaus OF india belong &c
| sects which do not recognize the Su!:dr
and look with contempt upon the ps
rnauh vito have seized upon tn" sp.r!tua
AMI civil power Of the CaliphS an'
brought both to discredit, d,shouOr an,
defeat
Thus j., is wholly uncomfortable that III
entrance ut the sultan into IN" BATH
line of Europe may result in the los
not merely of Cuustautnupl" to tn
present Osmaull Prince bu' IN the re
turn to the supremacy I'm IN" world o
Islam of the Arab long rebel agnins
/ a master he held in contempt Thu
Mecca captured 10y the Arabian hosts. re
enforced by the Moh1mmedan contir
, gents drawn from the colonies of tn
Allies. may be lost to the Sultan.
p II il then far from unlikely that on
I consequence Of the Turkish alliance wit
2 Germany and Austria may i" a revolt
t ton aud reconstruction OF the whole No
| hommcdan world. with a return Of in
I supremacy of the race which carried I
IL the Pyrences and the Atlantic not merol
the gospel Of the Prophet but cultur
% and civilization Of which Grenada
e Spain is an enduring Recommendation
T the EVENING SrN Of yeSierdoy