THE EXILED CALIPH

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10066, 12 March 1924, Page 5

THE EXILED CALIPH

FINDS SOLACE IN A FIDDLE. PROBLEM OF SUCCESSION. {Per Presß Association —Copyright.) LONDON, March 11. The Montreux correspondent of the “Daily Chronicle” states that the Caliph is disconsolate, 'because in his hurried flight he forget his beloved violin. The leader of the hotel or-chestra-has supplied an old instrument, which affords the Caliph a delight not reflected in the melancholy tunes in which he indulges.

vA JCOMPOUNO CALIPH. •- L-v.;?- 1

OFFICE INVESTED IN CABINET.

< ' LONDON, March 11. Kemal Pasha has informed the Mohammedan world that the Caliphate henceforth will be personified m the Turkish Cabinet. PALESTINE MOSLEMS. JERUSALEM, March 10. A conference of the Moslem Supreme Council, comprising 100 delegates representative of the whole of Palestine, unanimously decided to offer the Califhate to King Hussein on behalf of 'alestine Moslems. . DISCONSOLATE DAMES. CALIPHESSES “NOT AT HOME.” curved A Swiss Government official waited on the ex-Caliph at his hotel, and extended a welcome conditional on his re?training from political activities. The es-Caliph attended a gala dance. His wives remain disconsolately in the hotel, and refuse to see visitors.