New Britain herald., 1917-03-21
EAST AGAINST WEST
 IN LAST GREAT WAR
Rev. H. s. Walter Predicts Clash
 Of Moslem and Christian

Rev. Howard A. Walter, former
 New Britain boy, son of MT. and Mrs.
 H. s. Walter of Lexington street, who ,, has spent four years in India, gave a l very interesting and fascinating talk 1 on the Eastern Viewpoint of the l Var before the members of the Com
 monwealth club last evening in the 1 Y. M. c. A. banquet hall. MT. Walter
 said that while there had been many l plots in India against the. government l since the war started, the people as l a whole were loyal to the English. 1 The last battle between religion in
 this world will be between the Mo- l hammedan and the Christian, but be- l fore that time the church of Christ must unite, he declared.
 The talk was divided into three parts:' the effect of the war on India, Mohammedan world or India in part and the work of those trying to Chris
 tianize the country. MT. Walter first took his audience to the. city, of La hore. where he had his headquarters and told of the modern city with its English buildings and streets. From the modern city one passes through SAAS 6ASOS .AAA CAAS O1O WdAA lAAl ouA. rounds the ancient city and instantly
 the scene changes from that of the
 clean and up to date, to . community of the eastern world, where you min-
 gle with men of many races. MT.
 Walter said that he spent most of the
 year in the city but in the summer
 time he left the crowded street and
 went far north into the mountains where he and his wife drifted for weeks along the lakes and streams
 This section of the country is like a fairy land and some of the most won- derful views in the world are seen in the northern section of the country. The latter part of the summer. is spent in Tibet.
 MT. Walter said that India is more of continent than a nation as there are 675 native states outside of the British provinces; there are any num- Der of different religions and of the l47 languages there are twenty three spoken by at least million people. The British government is to be ad- mired in its achievement in uniting the country in the manner it has, he stated. The country has done all that 1t could to obtain self government AAOAAA AO0I DAAl<dlA AUO there mas been many times of acute unrest with in the country. In regard to these troubles he said that when the war came and the uprisings occurred the results were not tn same as the Ger mans were expecting.
 According to the speaker the city of. Lahore suffered the most by the state of unrest and the parties that con- ! Cniro6 n on inc<
 sidered that the time to strike was at hand. All whites were to be given sover to certain bands and individuals and when the time came they were to be done away with until not a mem Der of the white race was left. But. said MT. Walter, the affair was a fail ure and there was very little damage done and although at this late day there are some members of the party at work there is very little. danger that anything serious will occur. The rise in the prices of food caused a
 number of riots but for the most part the people of the country, both rich and poor. are loyal to the government.
 The Mohammedan religion is the strongest new faith since the time of Christ, according to MT. Walter. and there are two reasons for this. the first being the principle of antagonism and the other the principle of unity. A leader in the religion must be descendant of Mohammed. The unity Of the movement centers in the po- litical head and this fact has kept the
 M Mohammedan world united During religious war the Mohammedans be- come united and remain antagonistic
 to the rest of the world and if is q
 hard matter to have both forces work
 together in the present great crisis.
 The Turkish union with Germany was caused by the belief that the enn- peror would become a convert to the faith but since then the people have
 learned different, said Mr. Walter
 The war marks the victory of the
 principle of nationalism over the
 principal of unionism. With the end
 cf the war will come the end of Tur-
 key as an independent state. he said and the center of the Mohammedan world will be found at Mecca in the future. The principle of nationalism is fast gaining. ground, and they arc learning to pool their, interests and receive more from the government. The war has had wonderful ef- feet on the missionaries and with the ending of the conflict there will be 2 cooperation of the movement of ! the Christian forces in India, said MT. Walter. When the opportunity came. | many Y. M. c. As sprang up all over ] the country, not only for the ordi- l nary type of army work but also for
 the higher type of Christian work Men from all walks of life are found | working in the associations and all are enthusiastic over the Christian work in India. The people now req lize that the missionaries do good and with the closing of the war they will come to know that they are real Frin Hc