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"was intended to do.
, blood '-f which is much,- much thickerthan rwaterl.
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‘Leavg alone Egypt, England has proved her extreme treachery to
Turkey herself,gone of the European-powers asshe was supposed
to be until recently (and is still supposed ‘to be reckoned as such).
Anyone who has not voluntarily shut his eyes to-the events of
the world,,and who isvacquainted with the alphabets ofthe, English
history, caneasily follow the trend of England’s treacherous moves.
Take up llbert’s Government of lndia and open itiat pages 9 and
10, and the intention of England with respect to‘the,Mo'slem
States stares you in the face and‘ defy you to sayea word to the
‘contrary.’ llbert. is honest enough to tell us‘ that the Levant
Company and the East lndia‘Company had the common aim of
building up a British'Empire on the ruins of the Turkish Empire
' bringingythe jnorthern‘ coast of Africaras well as the coast of the
; sea ‘of Marmara in the West, and‘Ihe 1lfoghul‘Empirein tire East. (.9)
The East lndia Company.succeeded;in,achieving its aim over fifty
years ago, and although the‘Levarit Company became extinct long
' ago, its successor the Foreign Minister,’silently in Westminister.
has demonstrably succeeded in attaining what the Levent company
Returning to our subjectfwle cannot ‘help confessingitoigouri
Egyptian friends that they are living in an illusion of a1tremend-
onsly amischievous . character’, if they think that the occupation of
Egypt by‘ England is likely to come to ‘an end without a deadly
' struggle. What the Englishman has achieved by stealthy treachery,
he will ..not abandon withoutsshedding the last drop of English
Let ‘Egypt
wake from her dead stumbers; tether open ‘her eyes before they
. ‘are blinded by force. Egypt isialready too tardy even if she wake
up to find her shackled in iron fetters, but it is better to find you
in chains,‘and'to try to drop them;,for it, is still in your power to
do so than to wake up and find your neck in.the guillotine, when
' you can do no more than wait for the axe to fall to sever your
ead from your body and‘ bring you the long deserved peace.
England is extending her .life over a long bridge of bluffs. The
.zworld,is being deceived from moment to momentas to the false
might of. En land. Her whole, strength lies in maintaining peace
in herdepen encies. One single trial of England's might "shall burst
'the"bubb,le of her strength.. It is impossiblelfor England to have
.too many irons in the fire, ond totkeep on adding to them. Her
responsibilities have already become too unwieldy, and one well-
fought battlein any of the dependencies shalltell the death-knell of
England's power; because she has gone too far in her giddy
"ambitions ofllmperial amplification. ' Let the Egyptians take their.
cue from this, and let it be clear to them that'England is far from
standing any'unexpected.blows,- since she too .is suffering from
over-wyeening vanity and false confidence- Let us strike the right
note, and England’s other dependencies and her rival Germany
shall join the chorus. ,lf England‘ is engaged in a struggle in one
dependency, the other dependencies shaltbenefit by it and the
rival powers cannot afford to lose so splendid and best an oppor-
tunity. It sounds like a fairy tale, but it is nevertheless true that
England needs a lesson in objective morality very badly, and
Egyptis the only country which can teachiEngland that much-
needed lesson both for her own and England's sake,‘even as
England is doing hercivilising and tutelary ‘work all over the world.
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A WELL-wisru-:R on HUMANITY.
Englandis intrigues’, against the‘TKhalifat.A
BANDE MATARAM has on several occasions called for the
attention of the Mussulmans of India to the intrigues which the
British Government has been carrying on against the Sultan of
Turkey, Mehmed V, both in his’capacity as Sovereign of the
Ottoman State and as Khalif of Islam. BANDE Mataram has never
ceased to warn them that no promise, pledge or treaty given by
the British Government or its agents is binding on.them; that it is
and always has been, individuallyand collectively, a Government
of men who-are perfidious. faithless, false-hearted, treacherous,
insidious and untruthful and that what their Government is the
British people themselves are. lndia itself is today a monumental
example of.the indisputable truth of this statement, and all Indians,
but particularly, the Moslems of lndia will find themselves duped,
cheated and tricked if ;they attach any importance, to even the
most solemn declaration or assurance of their British rulers. The
past history of India should have taught them that. Recent and
coming events will'most certainly impress it on their minds. There-
fore they should prepare themselves for what is inevitably
before them. . , .
The latest events in Arabia are a warning that the British
Government is about to make a” determined attack upon the
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Khalifate-now held by the Sultanof Turkey, and will endeavor. to ‘, , 3'
bring about its‘ transfer to some creature of the British Government?‘ ' '
-who will use him to impose its domination on the world of lslam. ‘
Central Arabia known.under the name’ of; Nedjidithe, country of ,,
the 'Wahabis, has oftenfconte under-. the notice‘ or. the iworldp
Although ‘that part of “the ‘Great-Desert has not been entirely a " ,
dependency of the Ottoman Empire, its Sheikhs have for the most] '1 ‘ I
part recognized Ottoman Sovereignty. The'Porte nevertheless
cannot neglect this question and.it cannot but be‘ disquieted by the "
influences which aremaking themselves fell in that countr seeing
its important strategic position between Medina and Bassora.
Above all atfa ;moment when,certain Arab circles seem’disposed-, . V
‘to fish, in troubled water, Turkey, should direct its attention towards;-‘v 7
Nedjid.and watch .what is .:passing; .A.correspondent at Bagdad" .
whoggathered some interestingfintormation about eventsin Central if;
Arabia- which affordfasglimpse of whatis going 'on'there and of. ' ,
the vdangeremenacing the Khalifat, sends the following letter dated
May23,last.Hesays:‘ ‘A. v
‘ “Recent events whichihave occurred in Nedjid have struck here’ . "
like’. a bolt.of' lightningg Public opinion curses the traitors‘ who '
have caused ‘them. Here‘ area few of the details of what is
reported from Nedjid which however I have not had time to verif ,1
on account of the distance I am from there. . The famous Sheik V '
of .El .Riad, ‘Abdul Aziz -lbni Abdul.Rahman lbni Seand, at the‘ - <”’
head‘ of an armedtforce took possession, of the seat of the Otto- 7
man authority, El Hofune,‘which is situated inthesdistrict of El
Ahsa. in,Nedjid. He is said to have, disarmed the Ottoman troops '
and to have advised them and the government officials‘ to quit the
country if they did not wish .to die of hunger.'!According‘to,
another report he also seized the arms and ammunition and the ‘
cannon’ belonging to the Ottoman army.VIt.is beyondidoubt that.
lbni Seaud has occupied El‘ Ahsa ,which was occupied by the
Turkish troops. ‘ . > 3 ,
“The military authoritiessat Bagdad immediate] ' informed the . ’
-central governmenttof this and is ‘waiting orders.‘ : he question of 7 5
Nedjid occupies the attention of,the Ottoman Government for’ now i
.more than thirty-five -years. it was the‘ce1ebrated Midhat Pacha
who began his career with theconquest of Nedjidand reaffirmed‘
Ottoman supremacy there. .lt..is,ten years agogthat the Govern- r
ment met. a check in Nedjid," and'it is thanks to the Sh‘eikh'of. .--=3‘
Djebel Chammar, lbni Rechid who was a faithful partisan, of the
Turkish Government, that we preserve a little influence in the
country. . x , ‘ , V
-‘‘In l320.,(of the Hegira) that‘is nine’years ago. the Britishi
overnment made the following proposals to lbni. Rechid. The‘
ritish Government having projected a railway starting from Kuret .
and ending at Muntefik passing through Nedjid, offered to lbnii
Rechid two, millions‘of Rupees of which one million would be
paid‘at the starting of the work and one million at the conclusion,-
lnaddition twenty-five per centgof the laying out of the line L
would be given to him; he would also receive 2,000 rifles and
50 cannon, with ammunition and the British Government promised
to proclaim him supreme chief of'Nedjid. ‘ i
. '-‘lbni Rechidwho was devoted to’ the Ottoman Government sent "C i
the letter of the British Government to, Abdul Hamid asking ' G‘
assistance in arms and men to fail the projects of the British which
were supported by his enemy lbni'Seaud. On'this Abdul Hamid
sent ‘him 3,000 pounds Turkish to get ready for war, and gave
orders for the 6th Army Corps to send him four battalions, about
four thousand men, and two field guns.”
"The correspondent then goes on to relate how a further some ,
of 25,000 pounds.Turkish were assigned for the equipment of the
troops forming the expedition, but corruption was then so rampant A 5 w '
in Turkey that most of the money was stolen and not enough was A‘
[left to equip 2,000 men. .These finally arrived at the camp of lbni " ’
Rechid in a lamentable,‘condition-sand the resultwas they were "
defeated in ‘the first encounter. New reinforcements were asked
for ‘at Constantinople and Mahmoud Feizi thecommander ofthe
6 th Army,Corps, who was censured, was ordered to reinforce ‘
lbni Rechid‘ with all the troops at his command. On the way he i
was informed that lbni Seoud offered his submission. He then A
sent back the greater part of his troops to Bagdad, and continued - i
his march with three battalions only.’ Arrived at’ his destination‘ - ‘ 3‘
lbni Seaud consented to hoist the Ottoman flag at Berda and’ ‘
another small place and tofurnish Supplies for the troops. Just at
this time a revolt broke out in Yemen, and Mahmoud Feizi received
orders to go to the assistance of the troops there. He left in the "
desert eleven battalions threatened with famine and at the merc A
of lbni Seaud who took advantage of thedeparture of the Pacha‘ A
to cut the communications and attack the troops incessantly [t ‘t
was inithis situation that they remained for three months '
The Correspondent then goes on to describe how, ‘
“Sami Pacha who commanded them found himself compelled to
surrender to lbni Seaud who exacted the giving up of all their