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Show HOLY WAR HAS J BEENJ9ECLARED (Special Cable by London Daily Telegraph.) Tele-graph.) London. Nov. 6 Advices from Ger- t , ... .... or man sources ny vviroirns say mui. ui pa Sheik-ul-lslam, ecclesiastical head of the 220,000,000 Mohammedans in the QJ world, has proclaimed a holy war of Islam against the enemies of Turkey. The significance of this action becomes be-comes evident w hen It la recalled that Inf more than 100,000,000 Mohammedans. ffi or nearly half the total number In II the world, are now under English H rule These men, according to a proc-lamatlon. proc-lamatlon. said to have been issued by Its the Sheik-ul-Islam. must either fight the enemies of Turkey or be disloyal to the head of their faith The effects of this proclamation have already been anticipated in Egypt, where martial law has been ' declared. No serious demonstration of t h- Mohammedan population is feared in India. It is stated that the great majority of the followers I of Islam there are loyal to Great Britain This statement is borne out by tho proclamation issued by the Nizam of Hyderabad, who is perhaps per-haps the most important Moslem potentate po-tentate in India, calling upon all Mos- lems in that country to remain loyal to Great Britain 11 The Importance which the British II go eminent attaches to the matter is shown by the fact that the official I press bureau publishes tho Nizam's proclamation in full. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that there Is much uneasiness in many quarters over the possibilities of the situation. There can be no doubt of the fact that Ger-many Ger-many is resorting to every artifice to stir up sedition in the British colonies. col-onies. oo Little Elmer had been owner of a goat for a week, when a visitor asked how he liked his new pet "I don't like him at all." he replied. "Why not?" queried the other. "He does too much kicking with ' i his head." answered the little fellow, j |