Mohammed Vahid-ed-Din, Sultan and Caliph of all the Moslems, is
a pilgrim to the Holy City of his faith. The Times correspondent gives a vivid description of the later stages of his journey, of his landing at Jeddah, his reception by King Hussein of the Hedj az, and of the gathering of desert chiefs; brilliant in- colour and move- ment, assembled to acclaim him. It is a story of romance and colour which carries us from a grey world of fore- boding for the future into the timeless life of the East. The spell is, momentarily, laid upon us. But even there the uncertain future makes men doubt, and we are told that the Moslems in the bazaars are saying : " No one to-day can foretell the effect on Islam of Mohammed-Vahid-ed-Din [who, in spite of Angora, still claims the title of Caliph of all the Moslems] taking up his residence in the Holy City of Mecca."
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