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Show HOLY WAR AGAINST ENEMIESOF TURKS CHIEF OF ALL ISLAIM CALLS ON FAITHFUL TO COME TO AID OF THEIR COUNTRY. The Effects of the Proclamation Have Already Been Anticipated in Egypt, Where Martial Law Has Been Declared. London. Advices from German sources by wireless say that the Sheik-ul-Islam, ecclesiastical head of the 220,000,000 Mohammedans in the world, has proclaimed a holy war of Islam against the enemies of Turkey. The significance of this action becomes be-comes evident when it is recalled that more than 100,000,000 Mohammedans, or nearly half the total number in the world, are now under English rule. These men, according to a proclamation, proclama-tion, said to have been issued by 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 aJready been anticipated in Egypt, where martial law has been declared. No serious demonstration of the Mohammedan population is feared in India. It is stated that the great majority of the followers of Islam Is-lam there are loyal to Great Britain. This statement is borne out by the proclamation issued by the Nizam of Hyderabad, who is perhaps the most important Moslem potentate in India, calling upon all Moslems in that country coun-try to remain loyal to Great Britain. Already there are reporis that the Mohammedans of Afghanistan are marching upon the Indian frontier. A message from Constantinople via Berlin Ber-lin says that the ameer of Afghanistan Afghan-istan has sent out 170,000 men with 135 guns, |