. All the Russias: travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. ASIA. RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN CENTRAL ASIA 261 It must be regarded as highly improbable that England meansto alter this situation by violent means, and it is equally im-probable that the Sultan of his own accord will divest himselfof rights which are of great importance for Turkey and forthe working of the contemplated great railway. In an epochwhich has given birth to Pan-Islamism, a movement withmany promising aspects, the renunciation of the sovereigntyof the Sultan over Ma
. All the Russias: travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. ASIA. RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN CENTRAL ASIA 261 It must be regarded as highly improbable that England meansto alter this situation by violent means, and it is equally im-probable that the Sultan of his own accord will divest himselfof rights which are of great importance for Turkey and forthe working of the contemplated great railway. In an epochwhich has given birth to Pan-Islamism, a movement withmany promising aspects, the renunciation of the sovereigntyof the Sultan over Mahomedan territory in Asia would be astep which would be entirely inconsistent. A blind man could read between the lines of this inspiredutterance. The spectacle of Christian Germany invoking Pan-Islamism on behalf of her own political and commercial ambi-tions is both instructive and entertaining.* What is this railway to accomplish? The German calcula-tion is, of course, says the anonymous writer I have alreadyquoted, not only that new trade will be developed, but that thecourse of present trade will be altered. It is ex
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