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Show KHEDIVE TO FIGHT AGAINST BRITISH ABBAS HILMI WILL TAKE COMMAND COM-MAND OF TURKISH OPERATIONS OPERA-TIONS AGAINST EGYPT. Spiritual Allegiance is Stronger Than Political Ties. British Government Govern-ment Had Ordered Khedive Not to Return to Egypt. Berlin. According to reports reaching reach-ing here from Constantinople the khedive of Egypt will leave the Turkish Turk-ish capital shortly to assume command com-mand of the Turkish operations against Egypt. He will be accompanied accom-panied by a suite of fifty persons. Ahhn trlmi Vliprlivo nf Fp-vnt. has been in Constantinople since the outbreak out-break of hostilities. He owes spiritual allegiance to the sultan as the head of the Mohammedan faith. Dispatches Dis-patches from Constantinople a month ago saia the British government had ordered him not- to return to Egypt. A message from Berlin received Monday said the khedive had declared de-clared to the correspondent of a German Ger-man newspaper his loyalty to the sultan, sul-tan, which was dictated by his religious re-ligious obligations. This same message mes-sage said the khedive intended to accompany ac-company the Turkish army, which is marching on Egypt by way of Palestine. Pales-tine. ' |