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After noting that the tendency of Constitutional Govern- ments seems

to be towards the abandonment of such super- intendence, Sir Alfred Lyall observed that if the movement towards Constitutional government in Mohathmedan Asia succeeded, it would be most interesting to notice the effect which liberal reforms would produce upon the relations of Mohammedan Governments with the dominant faith, and on which side the religious teachers would be arrayed. It was certain that for a long time to come religion would continue to be a potent factor in Asiatic politics, and the reconciliation of civil with religious liberty was one of the most arduous of the many problems that confronted civilised dominion in Asia.