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Show Should the Islam Hive Swarm. (fl Noting tho remark. in tho Houso of Commons H that tho is danger of a general uprising of Islam :S against tho Christian world, a Now York paper H thinks that If such a thing were attempted, while ;S a general massacro of Christians in Mohammedan .S countries might follow, tho final result would be that torriblo vengeance would bo executed upon fl Mohammedans; that they would bo driven out of S Europe and the holy land back to tho desert -S where they originated. That might be true, but fl it would bo at fearful cost. It is the belief of .fl Moslems that they aro somo tlmo to conquer Eu- S rcpo.' If somo new Saladin were to arise and S secretly procure modern arms and at different ;9 points have trained a million of men in modern I warfare and then concentrate them, and hoist the Jfl I'-"1 w BBI black flag, the nations of Europe would havo somo- l mxSSSm thing to do, boforo that army could bo undone. illiSSlS 7110 ony advantage the Christian nations would HwwBl& linVG woultl 1)0 111 their lGts. Thero could not !yjXS8 be another Lepanto; but on land there would bo II'MHH some terriblo battles. The Crusaders went by 1 Hm tGns of thousands to recover "the holy sepulchre," Wm l)ut tnGy fallod And an army of a million would ' ! M IHI' not h0 harcl t0 recnilt from 170,000,000 fanatics X'M BB who are all fatalists that believe that what is to mmm 1)0 w111 l)G' am not only dD not fear deatn til I fifi' but court it if they can but die under tho ban- ''U 812 ner of Allal1, Tll RussJans believed that their ! t"fl HH war witn JaPan woul(1 1)6 short and decisive. They 'f l Hh WGre lindceivd at fearful cost. Another surprise '1 HB' may be in store for tho Christian world. ''' ifnH A llttle ban1 of wnlto mon control India with " 4 iflflU llGr ten of m511lons of PPle- That government 'ImBK is a worll wonder, but It is plain that it is pos- fflfllH slG only because there is no united purpose t'ljffllj v among the people. But suppose a purpose should J1MH1 bo formed which included as a preliminary the i'fjjBB' secret training of the peoplo in anticipation of flflB' nn insurrection. Oi course the government would tiflBB-' s down and the foreigners would be wiped out. fMPPr Wel1 tllGro are 4000.000 Mohammedans in In- H. dia and they are all fanatics. It does not take ' 'ln VGry mucu to arouse them. The Sepoy rebellion vHKjfc was caused by the greased cartridges used in En- wHh Wold rifles. To such a people a call to go out 'HK and vindicate their religion would be filled with Iwlff danger. Since Japan whipped Russia to a finish ' '" IimP the wllit0 mnn is n0 longor a tGrror to tllG Drown PmBBI Wo think that any kind of an uprising would ' ''wSm eventually be put down, but it would "bo at a cost ' "ffiffw which would make all civilization shudder. That t8HHf cry of Allah il Allah by half a million of trained ' VlJHIi fanatics under the black, flag of the prophet, would 'l 'HIHk shake the world and when it should be finally ''SH settled thero would have to be a new map of the |