Evening star., 1914-10-04

knowledge of history and feeble un-
derstanding of human nature and OF
family quarrel will always subside
when there'is a common enemy to at
tack or when an outsider tntrudes.
ITO show how little weight should be
recall to you that in the Russian
Turkish war Mohammedans troops,
Cossacks, were always in the foremost
ranks of the czar's army. Mohamme-
dams and Christians are fighting today
under the colors of Russia, and the fol-
lowing dispatch which came to the
American press from Petrograd is be-
yond doubt in my mind authentic and
it is very significant:
I'VE MussulmanS of Russia unite
with all our hearts in the declaration
made by the Aga-khan, in the name OF
our Indian brothers in faith.
The Mussulmans of India thereby
declared that they stand with England
in this war. To England and the world
we say the same
"In these words the head of the faith
full of Islam of all the Russians, AL
chun Bajazet, answered today the oues-
tion whether he would take the same
stand as the leader of his faith in
India.
Let me say to you that this jehad
business in connection with Turkey
litical bluff. Turkey. the sick man of
Europe. and the sick man of Asia as
well, has fostered that specter to make
herself appear in the eyes of the world
is. European governments who have
Kept Turkey intact, or did keep her in
tact until the Balkan nations under Rus
sia's influence called the bluff pro-
NOTED the jehad fiction as an aid to keep
Ing Turkey on the map 1t was good
diplomacy. When the possibility that
Turkey might throw the weight of her
army in the scales with Germany. seemed
niy1c Britt tofv
key that II she wished to stay on the
earth, she must keep her fingers out of
this war. The American press published
this news from Constantinople by way
of Rome:
Turkey has finally decided to remain
neutral and will not support Germany.
according to a report current in official
circles here today. This action was de-
cided on following a straightout warning
from England that if Turkey participated
in the war she would be eliminated for
ever as an independent nation
Turkey will remain neutral
There is another point 1 would like
to bring out. In Mohammedanism there
are seventy-three well defined sects,
and they are in disagreement on sew
perhaps term them. Two major divi-
sions of Mohammedans exist. They
are known as Sunnites and Shiahs.
The Shah believes that the Sunnite is
fanatic. and has very little. or none.
of the true and proper religious feel
ing, and the Sunnite accuses the Shah
of being heretical. So you perceive
that Mohammedans are not one great
harmonious family.
"If anything like a jehad could be
started, the United States would have
started it, and here is the story: The
Sultan Of Jolo, in a titular sense, is
the second most important Mohamme-
dan in the world. By his little, con-
ferred on him at Mecca. he is the fore
most man of the Mohammedans of
Malaga, being nominally the head of
$4,000 Mohammedans in the Philip
pines, and the millions in the federated
Malay states, Java, Sumatra, Borneo.
Celebes. Siam. lahore. Malacca. Pc
nang, Singapore and the East India
Islands. But the United States went
among the Moros, shot good many of
them full Of holes, prohibited slavery.
regulated the number of wives the Sui