TURKEY'S EX-CALIPH.
PENNILESS IN A MONTH. RESOURCES CUT OFF. g un . BERNE. April 20. It is reported from Vevey that the exCaliph, Abdul Medjid, spends his days in praying, painting and composing music. His position is becoming serious, as he will be penniless within a month unless the Turks send assistance.
The ex-Caliph's family has taken a cheaper suite. All his wives sleep in one bedroom and never show themselves in the corridors. Royal etiquette is maintained and the Caliph is always addressed a s "Your Majesty," although he is now unable to keep a servant.
The deposed Caliph left Turkey for Switzerland on March 5. He issued a, statement shortly afterwards to the effect that he challenged the Angora Government's decree of deposition and that ho expected help from Indian and other Moslems. On April sin the Angora Assembly General Ismet Pasha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, stated that as the former Caliph had taken up an open stand against the decisions of the Assembly the Government had decided not to pay him any more money.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18690, 22 April 1924, Page 7
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