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Show S!IEfl : TO STOP Ii j I I Wrath of Heaven Called' Down Upon Nationalists j Killing Enemies Rewarded i CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13 (Byj jlhc Associated Press.) Sultan Meh-; jmcd VI. of Turkey, has thrown all hisj I political and religious power into tho I balance as a final measure in combating combat-ing the nationalist movement in Asia Minor. "Wrath of heaven and eternal torments tor-ments of hell" are called down on tho hends of all Moslems who do not sup-j ,port tho sultan by Uurnzade Abdullah Effcndi, the new Sheik-ul-Islam. He excoriates tho nationalists and de- chires "all Mussulmen who kill nationalists na-tionalists will be blessed by Allah and all who dio fightiug the rebels earn : eternal glory hereafter." Mobilization of thc sultan's adher. 'ents has begun in the Islands in the Sea of Marmora and on the shoros of tho Black sou. Thero is little disposition on tho part of tho Turks In this city to join tho sultan's forces. They say their fathers and brothers are fighting in Mustapha Kemal's army and they will not engage In a civil war. I oo I |