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is point see also A. Vambery, _Western Culture in Eastern
Lands_ (London, 1906); W. S. Blunt, _The Future of Islam_ (London,
1882); also the two articles by Leon Cahun on intellectual and social
developments in the Islamic world during the nineteenth century in
Lavisse et Rambaud, _Histoire Generale_, Vol. XI., chap. xv.; Vol. XII.,
chap. xiv.
[88] See A. Vambery, _Der Islam im neunzehnten Jahrhundert_, chap. vi.
(Leipzig, 1875).
[89] "X," "La Situation politique de la Perse," _Revue du Monde
musulman_, June, 1914. As already stated, the editor vouches for this
anonymous writer as a distinguished Mohammedan official--"un homme
d'etat musulman."
[90] Ahmed Emin, _The Development of Modern Turkey as Measured by Its
Press_, p. 108 (Columbia University Ph.D. Thesis, New York, 1914).
[91] The Constantinople _Tanine_. Quoted from _The Literary Digest_,
October 24, 1914, p. 784. This attitude toward the Great War and the
European Powers was not confined to Mohammedan peoples; it was common to
non-white peoples everywhere. For a survey of this feeling throughout
the world, see my _Rising Tide of Colour against White World-Supremacy_,
pp. 13-16.
[92] Both the above instances are taken from C. S. Cooper, _The
Modernizing of the Orient_, pp. 339-340 (New York, 1914).
[93] An "Unbeliever"--in other words, a Christian.
[94] Quoted by A. Woeikof, _Le Turkestan russe_ (Paris, 1914).
[95] B. L. Putnam Weale, _The Conflict of Colour_, p. 193 (London,
1910).
[96] Quoted from H. H. Powers, _The Great Peace_, p. 82 (New York,
1918).
[97] L. Bertrand, _Le Mirage oriental_, pp. 441-442 (Paris, 1910).
[98] On this point see the very interesting essay by Meredith Townsend
entitled "The Charm of Asia for Asiatics," in his book _Asia and
Europe_, pp. 120-128.
[99] Townsend, _op. cit._, p. 104.
[100] H. Spender, "England, Egypt, and Turkey," _Contemporary Review_,
October, 1906.
[101] Bertrand, pp. 209, 210.
[102] For discussion of this Hindu attitude see W. Archer, _India and
the Future_ (London, 1918); Young and Ferrers, _India in Conflict_
(London, 1920). Also see Hindu writings of this nature: H. Maitra,
_Hinduism: The World-Ideal_ (London, 1916); A. Coomaraswamy, _The Dance
of Siva_ (New York, 1918); M. N. Chatterjee, "The World and the Next
War," _Journal of Race Development_, April, 1916.
[103] Archer, pp. 11, 12.
[104] Cromer, _Political and Literary Essays_, p. 25.
[105] Townsend, _Asia and Euro
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