502 The Review of Reviews. 



after the manner of Shanghai. Such an the first step. Branch banks have 



arrangement would be to the advantage been opened in various towns, and 



of all the world — it would enable the municipal elections are to be held 



wheat of the Russian and Danubian under proportional suffrage which will 



plains, together with the oil of Rou- ensure the representation of the 



mania or the Caucasus, free exit, and national minorities. While it is true 



would bring about a more certain and that Old Servia, with its Servian popu- 



systematic development of all lands lation, is comparatively easy to re- 



behind the doorway to the Black Sea. organise for Servians, it is a very 



Vital commercial waterways should be important factor in any future dis- 



internationalised, not monopolised, and cussion of the territories that there 



the Dardanelles may yet serve as an already exists law and order enabling 



object lesson for Panama. the Moslem to live peaceably with the 



Perhaps the most Christian, where formerly was official 



From Anarchy Tcmarkablc fcature of rapacity and general insecurity. The 



to Order. the Balkan war is the case for the retention of these dis- 



machine-like regularity tricts by the Servians and Bulgarians 



and smoothness with which the newly- variousl}^ is enormously strengthened 



acquired territories are being given a by such constructive action on their 



liberal and organised administration, part. 



In those lands, where formerly there The destruction of 



was no certainty of security for life or The Turkey as a European 



property — where the officials, high and inheritance. Power, and the prob- 



low, the soldiers, regular and irregular, ability that the future 



levied toll upon the civil inhabitant — will see her disappearance, gradual if 



there has sprung into being an adminis- not immediate, from the Comity of 



tration which, although naturally not Nations, opens up a question of the very 



perfect, is 3^et an immense advance greatest moment to a great Moham- 



upon anything j^et dreamed of or medan Power such as ourselves. Who 



promised by the Turks. This is notably is to be the successor to the Caliphate ? 



the case in Old Servia, where the rapid Although the political Turkey may 



advance of the Servian and Monte- disappear the spiritual empire of 



negrin armies has swept a large area Mohammed must continue. This 



clear of Turkish troops in a remarkably being so, it behoves us to realise the 



short space of time. In every town value of the Islamic succession and 



a prefect has been appointed, and in the take the necessary steps. It is possible 



villages sub-prefects. These officials that the astoundingly rapid success of 



are not chance and disengaged Ser- the Balkan League against Turkey has 



vians, but in many cases ex-Ministers eliminated much of the danger of unrest 



or former high officials, who undertake among the Mohammedan populations 



the work for the honour of serving in of the Empire. Mohammedanism was 



this way their country, since age has built up by the sword, and the hosts of 



prevented them shouldering their rifles. Islam respect the decision of the sword. 



And the nomination of prefects is only In India the leading Mohammedans 



