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Show THE MOSLEM TERROR. j H The defiance of Sheik Abdul Hayk, the head of ' M the holy Ismalic League, wherein he gives no- fl tice to the Christian world that there are three ' fl hundred millions of Moslems, with needed pr- , fl ganization and concentration and that the world j M has proof enough that 'the Moslem knows how M to die," is not a vain boast oi empty bluff. Mr. , M Pitz Morris in a recent magazine article tells of fl the training of the Turkish soldier, the work of. H the military academies, the military work of the M citizen, the organization of the ordnance depart- M ments, etc., and states the number of battalions M of infantry, the squadrons of cavalry, the bat- teries of artillery, the companies of engineers, the fl companies in the telegraph service, the fl irregular troops, the reserves, and concludes fl that the Sultan on a quick call could put from 800,000 to 1,000,000 ' trained and fl perfectly equipped soldiers in the field. This ' fl reminds us, too, of an article of which we gave fl a summary some months ago, in which the writ- fl er expressed the belief that the present Sultan, fl being a timid man, does not desire a war in his 5 H time, but that he is furnishing an immense mill- , H tary chest for the use of a fighting successor. He fl further stated that there was a movement fl through all the hordes of Moslems, in Persia, In- fl dia, everywhere, as though there was a common fl expectancy of a day in the near future when the fl Moslem would strike for empire, even as in the fl old days of Saladin and the younger Mohammed. I Some words in Sheik Hayk's defiance seem to fl confivm this, wherein he says: "Islamic unity is now becoming a reality from one end of the earth to the other, and a holy zeal is uniting us and fl driving us to our inevitable destiny." H If the struggle comes, and it seems near, it fl Avill be a tremendous one. Europe can knock fl down Turkish defenses and capture cities easily fl enough, but the desert is the Moslems' recruiting fl ground, and as many millions as may be needed s fl can be called up. When the bultan's country is fl conquered once, the work will be but just be- fl gun and outlying countries will have to be on the alert. Suppose the hive ,bpgins to swarm, what will Great Britain do in india where there jl are 40,000,000 of Moslems? Or m northern Africa where there are millions more and where no limit . I can be put upon the hosts that can bo summoned from Arabia? And Russia will have to conquer mm 'A 'k t&ll Turklstan again, while around where the cross BH M 31m was llPreared more blood will flow than was Bil 1 II m shetl in tho crusads- Hly 1 c i j However, human nature can only bear about Hi r so mucu After enough aro slain the cry of Hp 1 "Allah 11 Al'ah" will grow faint, but that will not l&f t !' ' l)e until !t w' e necessary to make a new map Hfff ' t I of the Eastern world. The day of peace to the Bl ' i ' world seems to be yet a long way off. Bel 1 ! i ', |