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Show ILEAIS IS ill I I FLEES LofHeadofSOO,-I LofHeadofSOO,-I Moslems Causes I Excitement 5 KEFT SECRET Us Claim Flight to (to Soil Means Abdication CLE. N'ov. n - (By b ultan a I ii tlth pne! i 1 7f. hi .n ..T - - ; . u, . tin 1 1 t !. ; ' ' ' ' " kftti conflrnn I n . Lfi1 mnurhs. who had - ::.-thi ::.-thi t five y rk ; 1 :i . i" ' 1 nil : . s'jio (.' commotio i : v - - I'. , III rrosj T 'i s . ' Bj: I: : -Mr f Bit" BTtm- (id Vt:. - Step:'' I ill n - Hi altplii i Bfiitport'jrc the Unit - K ' ' It- nrl.l. li ii. i- pai:'' . In the r-: . Intcr- gtfJ'.Dtcic...! affairs." A'.ITAi: It if ' -M .-1 1 - in Ls '' I I Ills pair..,, by M' " - 1 . I TltN the word EV Kg.w"a e,.i ,i ""m of u.nK J K', u ji I LsKlLlT palace of-LsKlrT of-LsKlrT ev " Kept few B"KSi Untl1 shorfv A--',!iiltan was to BSe'!i: .;.i,1r'Sen"-' ff-lfJ. lh BUI- B rVf'r"nH-n'' jfl Pi Two) SULTAN LEAVES WIVES BEHIND AS H2 FLEES J (Continued from page out) in abolishing the sultanate war. inai- Id and was not supported by his 300.-000.000 300.-000.000 Mosiom suojects In Jndla and ' elsewhere. He Inquired throurrh n.a chamber-lain chamber-lain regarding th sentiment of the people Of the United states, whom he hold in admiration and esteem, and begged the i orrespondelat to deny reports re-ports or Ms abdication. He also I asked the American people not to hc-lievo hc-lievo all ihe .torles of Turkish atrocities. atroci-ties. . ihi chamle-laln represented hts Sovereign as spending niuch time in prayer anu preparing documents to show himself niamtiess for the events of the last four years, trfiich have kept Constantinople under allied control. con-trol. I "The saltan is a highly religious and ' patriotic man," paid the chamberlain, ; "and has done nothing to i fleet upon ! the Turklsn nation. He has nct d i throughout Turkey's I0115 anguish, ac-j ac-j cording to the dictates of his con- science and in consonance with tho high pacred precepts of It is illustrious I predecessor, the Great Prophet Ho-1 Ho-1 hammed. DECISION REACHED J The sultan repeatedly told his 1 friends that he would not abdicate, land after his reception of Rafet Pa-I Pa-I eha last week, he seemed more steadfast stead-fast than ever In his determination to ; resist the enorts ol the Kemalists to oust him. In that Interview, Rafet informed ' 1 Mohammed of the Angora govern-I govern-I m nt's demand that he- relinquish Mm office, but he remained obdurate. The I governor Is reported to have intimated to the sultan that he would be performing per-forming a patriotic duty to the wholo ' Moslem world by acceding lo the re-j re-j quest, but the ruler's reply was that Ang ra was not representative of Mos-U Mos-U .1 opinion. Iater, It Is said, his closest friends learned that tnreats had lt-en made j against his life, and prevailed upon him to reconsider his decision not to I fin It tin-. -n nltnl GIFTS ARE GUARDED The EemaUsts today took measures - to guard the famous palaco containing I the precious relics of the caliphate and -1 the priceless gifts to the sultan and .his predecessors from world monarchs s since the time of the prophet. j Messages from Angora ctated that lthe determination of tho grand natloU-1 natloU-1 al assembly to place tho sultan and hl lj cabinet on trial Wiis based on its de-"I de-"I clslon that they were guilty of a crime 3 ; against the Angora government in ac-" ac-" ccptlng the allies' invitation to partl-1 partl-1 cipate In the Lausanne peace confer-? confer-? encc. Following the receipt of the invitation invita-tion by the sultan's Kovernnn nt, the grand vizier suggested that delegates from the Angora government meet representatives selected by the sultan ' for the purpose of arranging a pro-groro pro-groro preliminary to the conference, k. The assembly regarded this U3 a crlm- inal action 00 For every three farmers and for every f"iir workmen in factories In the United States there is one retail store clerk or manager |