In this hope it may confidently be expected that Germany wil! be disappointed. Mohammedans in other countries, especially India, are too much engrossed with their own affairs to cut their own throats for the sake of Turkey. They will certainly be sorry to see the further dwindling of her temporal power. But the Sultan is only the spiritual head of one section of Mohammedans in the world—not of all Mohammedans, Moreover, people have their' persona) and political intereste to consider. If their religions or other interests in the country they live in are attacked, it would be} different, At least, if Turkey had been attacked in this instance there might have been a greater measure of sympathy. The time for holy wars is gone—especially aggressive holy wars Moreover, much as the Moslems may feel for the Sultan as their spiritual head, they have little in common with the Turks; and while they may like the friendship of the Turks, they do not, want their domination, knowing, what it is
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