The sun., 1914-09-13
Sa!tan's Authority Not Re-
garded Seriously Out
o. side Turkey.
RULER OF JOLO 4
TYPE OF MOSLEM
Tie Recognizes His SubOrdi-
nation To the United
States.
nv ID. p. NORRIS.

Who can predict what viii occur II
Turkey. persuaded to- oid Gc~marN' taxes
mart N tho war; In the Palkar conflict,
with the odds in his favor, th" SIltan lost
territory iu Europe and prestige IN ASIA
The ottoman Empire wet OF Marmora
was reduced TO n small peninsula tipped
hy Constautinople Sulcniy rc!inGulshing
Mac donia, beaten hut disiuclircd to hc-
cept defeat, eager or at least willing to
try again. the Turkish nation cherishes
homes Of obtaining revenge. VITA money
and eauipment the Commander OF the
Fatthfuv could put more than million
mon I'm the field. The Turks. at the out
a., could compel Russia to defend Trans
Caucas.a likewise they could thiea'n
the Egyptian interests OF Great britSln
The intumation that the sultan OF lur-
Lov. through the Sheik-ul-lSam' cou'u
proclaim . johad. or holy war ana
q, ir,it. the immense Moslem population
of Asia and Africa to upris'ngs tha'
v,o,ld cause tremendous trouble TO Great
Rrit,in. France and Russia. - interest
ing The number Of Monamnedins II
.s,iy,at,d TO be 22N. loon, npproNllhatll y
o,a-saventb of the worlds pupuiiuon' VI
the followers o. thr l'roph'l IN NJ ~ .V,,, .'c[
Aaia and the East indies. about SIooV'oVV
live under British rule ana pro'.s,,"" .,.nn.
counting Morocco as frrl''h p'''
.a, A. 400 Oun owe allegiance 10
Erancs and nearly 100000 are RUSSIAN
subjects. ,. .,,,o ,,hs,
bordes of Mohammcdaus far outnuinoer
tne entire population Of turkey soInt
al ooO 600 Mosicms are c'tzens VI Wv
nov republic Of China and more tn"n 80,
ooo mo tslamitps make their homes u"der
- r,,ch o,g I'm various Islands III thr
vas, tnufes Except the ottoman t'ih'
~. tho only Nohomwedan row ~
t.rrnad indepcndeut are Persia anu Wv
sedcr,tien of Wshabi tribes IN Nrap'| !,
,rbc Iu,arate of oman, svnt' H'tS '".l
tho Suitanite OF Muscat. though ho''.,,
ra,lv indenendent is within the sphe'e VI
British influence. - o.,o,,o,
r,,n,ra ia less than 20.0o0o0O NOT al
~ irbsbit,nts of Asiatc Turkey are
Mn, r,r,,daus Nor can the sultan hnso-
Iu,eIv dencnd on the support OF an NAos
iE,,s altered 20 he under his Jur'suI'' ",'
In the Yemen, large strip OF sou',..
western Arabia just sonth ol WV
10 of Mecca. the authority or the sultan
'a',.nd I.xteudcd over n series OF
,.s,rs efor.s to suppress rebellion there
have proved abortive.
sunnitcs and shiahs.
Though Mohammedanism Is diViueu ny
,o,,e,,tv-thrs. sects. all Moslems may b'
s,id 10 be either Sunnites or Shlahe' ~
Persia the Shiahs prcdofnna'e' ~
Shiahs In India. though i'"er w ""'"'
ara more influential. Elsewhere IN tn'
NIohammedan world the Sunnites pr'Na,l
Tho Sunnite denounces the Shiah as
c,,rssd heretlc"; the Shah asserts thal
the Sunnite is IAN unreasoninS taha'lC'
One will not tolerate TIE Sallef OF w,
other between the two there is CONTINUE
strife ,,., ~,
highest Mnhammedan eccl's'astlc' H'S
n~ocl,in, "a holy war" He may summon
M the hosts Of Islam 10 serve under th'
standard Of the Commander OF the fa''n
ful. But practlca.ly such an appeal au
dressed to ''true believers oVerywner'
would be an unanswered prayer Mu.'
of the authority vested in the Caliphs nal
na.sed away. Commander ~ the Faith
fur Is a / tie retained by Turkish SUI
tans. but beyond Ottoman. frontiers lev
indeed are the Mohammeaans VINO adm'
the Sultan's right to command them ull
der any circumstances
one illustration may serve to snow Una
the power OF tradition dots not optsH'
IN tables OF precedence approved at Niece
the NLnhamInedln potontate who rank
next TO the sultan of Turkey is the SUI
tan of Jolo. Th $ exalted dlgnitary, wh
ceased years ago 10 be even nom.nall!
the ruler of $50. 900 Moros in the Philip
pines and now legally exercises only m
authority appropriate to justice or IN
peace at NAHUM, by tradition is made IN
headman of all Mohammedan Malays
This IMPLIES that he Is yet the religion
guide II not the overlord, OF millions O
Noslems in Siam. Johore. the Federate
Malay states, Malacca, Penang, Singa
pore, Java, Sumatra, Borneo. CelebT'
Mindanao and other Islands IN the Eas
Indies.
Ancestors Were Pirates,
When the sultan of Jolo made his pi
rrinage TO Mecca his Claims - prcc'
denc. were sanctioned. Honors he II
hsrited were awarded to him. His Al
cestors for centuries had controlled an
led numerous pirate fleets that harried Il
Aslatic coast from Hindustan TO Tonquil
BY their swords these sea robbers al
sisted nightly in persuading inhaptan
OF Java, Sumatra, Celebes and Mort
Borneo to boone Moslems. Through Il
islands OF Malaysia they spread the fait
of Islam They had commenced TO col
vert the PHILIPPINES. The Spaniards II
terposed. Four hundred years of int
mttent war, ended by American occup;
ton. brought the Sultan of Jolo so 10
mat his name was given to a comic oper
In this CCuctrN.
Based on the postulate that all Islar
taking its cue from Mecca, comedies th
the sultan Of Jolo is second only to Il
Commander of the Faithful imaGinatio
might suggest that the Sulu potential
urging a ichad to aid Turkey, could Il
furiate Malaysia and MAKO millions
turbulent, fanatical Moslems comb
Great Britain and Holland to the b,t
end.
How far from the truth. how absu
such a supposition would be- those WI
know Jolo and the sultan can tell.
Requested to accelerate a hoy war. q
Sultan Of Jolo probably would beg to
excused" until an American pollcem'
was called. However he may regard al
cestral titles, the Sultan well realizes h
present position. Actually he has le
authority ulin Second Lieutenant. II
chief duty IL to help preserve the peaC
Ills thre9,s wouldn't induce Mohai
,ncdcp IN Nipdanao to contribute a ba
tcred ni"ke!. We knows It, and No no
taan Andrew Carnegie would he advoca
var lID wouldn't tolerate the suggeSti