[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 Europe_, p. 128.
[106] I have dealt with it at length in my _Rising Tide of Colour
against White World-Supremacy_.
[107] Townsend, p. 97.
[108] Rev. C. F. Andrews, _The Renaissance in India_, p. 4 (London,
1911). For other similar accounts of the effect of the Russo-Japanese
War upon Oriental peoples generally, see A. M. Low, "Egyptian Unrest,"
_The Forum_, October, 1906; F. Farjanel, "Le Japon et l'Islam," _Revue
du Monde musulman_, November, 1906; "Oriental Ideals as Affected by the
Russo-Japanese War," _American Review of Reviews_, February, 1905; A.
Vambery, "Japan and the Mahometan World," _Nineteenth Century and
After_, April, 1905; Yahya Siddyk, _op. cit._, p. 42.
[109] A. Vambery, "An Approach between Moslems and Buddhists,"
_Nineteenth Century and After_, April, 1912.
[110] For the effect of the war on Asia and Africa, see A. Demangeon,
_Le Declin de l'Europe_ (Paris, 1920); H. M. Hyndman, _The Awakening of
Asia_ (New York, 1919); E. D. Morel, _The Black Man's Burden_ (New York,
1920); F. B. Fisher, _India's Silent Revolution_ (New York, 1919); also,
my _Rising Tide of Color against White World-Supremacy_.
CHAPTER IV
POLITICAL CHANGE
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