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Show THE MOSLEM POWER. There is a most interesting article in the Fortnightly Fort-nightly Review by Captain Gambler of the British Brit-ish navy. The burden of it is upon the invincibility invincibil-ity of the Mohamedans. He mentions the troubles trou-bles in Macedonia, but scouts the idea that the Macedonians as we understand them are fit for or capable of sell-government. Indeed, he declares de-clares that the true Macedonians are Moslems. He speaks of Turkish power, declares that the Turks are not an expiring race, but is on top in the event of a war, Turkey has ready from 450,000 to 500,000 trained and incomparably brave fighting fight-ing men within 300 metres of Constantinople; that behind them are 2,000,000 men still in their prime, all trained men who have passed through the ranks. Behind them are millions scattered all over the earth who would respond to "a call from the Caliph. The present Sultan is not a soldier, but Captain Gambler believes he is preparing pre-paring by hoarding uncounted sums 1n his strong boxes, and he has agents everywhere preparing the way tor a more militant successor. Ho says: "All over Asia Minor, in the very heart of Asia proper, in the entire south of the Russian env- ( pire, through all northwestern China, in Afghan- , istan and among the British Mahrattas, the agen- , cy is firmly established, while for every man so employed in foreign parts, there lives in Constantinople Con-stantinople a counterpart with whom he is in constant con-stant correspondence. And so is kept alive the faith of Abdal Hamid, the Caliph, combined with j the most complete and practical missionary effort igfl the world has hitherto known." "ill In their faith they are all as ono mart. They JM do not fear death for their faith is fixed that to .1 die fighting in the cause of the prophet, is to paBs ' at once to where sensual desire is forever gratified grati-fied and where it never satiates. The writer be- , lieves that Islamism is a matter of faith not of 1 territory, and of course a call would be responded to wherever the faithful might be found. The description makes plain the fact that, were a fighting Sultan to succeed the present one, and were he to call for a restoration of what seems to be a decaying nation, the response might be almost as serious as it was on that day when the fate of Western Europe hung on the result of the awful battle in Lopanto"Bay. |