Sept. 26.
Tue offer to the Turks prepared by Lord Curzon, M. Poincaré and Count Sforza shows from the British side at least the influence of Indian politics. From the moment the crisis in the Near East developed, there could be no doubt that Britain's ultimate views on the case would be largely influenced by consideration of the susceptibilities of the large Mussulman population living with the Empire, and it was early evident that that population intended to make its voice heard in no uncertain manner. The three principal religions in India are Moslem, Hindu, and Sikh, and of these the Moslem spreads farthest over the country, reaching, as we saw not so many months ago, that peculiar tribe in the south, the Moplahs. To the Sultan of Turkey these people look as their spiritual head, and his long residence on the Bosphorus has given Constantinople a peculiarly strong position in their affections. The Mohammedans constitute a very considerable part of our
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