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Show The Mohammedan Pope. ' The sultan of Turkey holds in the Mohammedan religion a position relatively rela-tively like that of Leo XIII to the Catholic church. The number of believers be-lievers in the Mohammedan creed is about two-thirds of the number in the Catholic fold. A movement has been on foot among the Mohammed-ins of Africa to depose the sultan from fhc head of the church and place in hin I stead the khedive of Egypt. Abbas, whose court has been a centre of intrigue in-trigue for the accomplishment of the I sultan's deposition. To counteract the conspirators the Pan-Islanic league has been formed at the instigation of t'Jie sultan for (he purpose of having all the Mohammedan people throughout the world united.'.against the Khedive Abbas in a joint document and use this document as an argument to the powers of Europe for deposing Abbas to preserve the peace of the world. The situation in the far east is such that small attention will be given to the sultan's plans if Japan should force-on force-on the war in which Trance, England and Russia' would be involved, it is likely the pope of the Mohammedans would find the C onspiracy against him thereby strengthened. Catholic Light. |