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THE SENUSSI CHIEF IN EXILE
A DEPOSED POPE
INTIMATIONS
with the Sword of Othman by the Senai inportant joine MEEMING of the The Sultan of Turkey has been girded HONGKONG BOXING ASSOCIATION. Sheikh. This news was recently chroni-MITTEES of the above Association will clad in The Times, and other indications take places the Office of Mr. F. U JEUN, GENERAL and BOXING COM of the setivity of Sidi Ahmed ibn Mahambra, at 5.00 PM Members are requested to med or Sherif at Constantinople might wake fi convenient to attend.
Prince's Buildings on MONDAY, JANUARI be cited. Sidi Ahmed is being used for all he is worth by the Pan-Islamic Party.
G. G. N. TINSON,
Hon Secretary.
ASSOCIATION.
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President: His Excellency Sir R. E. Śru
invader of Western Bgypt is now a fugi- But that Sidi Ahmed can no longer claim to be the Grand Senussi, that the tive from North Africa, having made his escape about a year ago in a German HONGKONG BOXING submarine, and that he has been formally doposed by the Samiasi chiefs in Libya these are things that the Turk does not advertise, and are not generally known in Western Europe As the Serrussi soct, with its adherents all over the East, from Morocco to Afghanistas, is, despite re- cent happenings in Egypt, still one of hoods, the elimination of Sidi Ahmed the most powerful of Moalom brother from temporal authority and the change of policy which has accompanied it are worth noting.
KCMG., Governor
Chairman: His Honour Sir WELLLAM RU
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The Order provides inter alia - That no person shall transfer, part with, deal in any way with any property, rights, or interera subject to the charge without the consent of the Custodias, and that if he does so he will be liable to fine of £100 and three months' imprisonment;
That every person who owns or controls In good time. Passyfoot" arrived say such property (including, where the from his office in Flest-street, on foot, proper consists of shares, stocks, or other And, strange to say, was allowed to pariter other body by whom they are
securities, the company, municipal autho When, in February, 1917, escaping the through the line of students
are issued) disaster which overtook his army in the must within three months communicate thesis of Siwa. Sidi Ahmed fled westward address the meating than there was thereof bare already been furnished to him
fact to the Cestodian unless particulars he went to Jarabub, the sacred place of great hullaballoo, a further body of stain accordance with the provisings of the of the founder of the order. Ahmed's the Senaraites, where is the tomb-mosque ente rushing the door, all the while in Trading with the Enemy Acts, 1914-18, and prestige in Egypt had vanished, and dalging in wild abouts and cat-calls.. The Chairman appealed for order. tis,
any person fails, to do so he will be liable abortly afterwards the defeat of Ali Dinar asked they barterrupters to bo sportsmen and
to a fine of £100; and
That if any person is asked to pay any in the Sudan. Ahmed, however, still held Welterweight, Lightweight and Feather- in Darfur put an end to Senus hopes tions. Forty Competitors. Middleweight, give the speakers a fair hearing. Dari- sive skeer broke forth sa the reply.
money or to transfer or deal in sy vay large parts of the Italian protectorates weight Then Mr. Evelyn Wrench, Chairman of which he has resson to suspect are subject Hisurata and other ports on the Mediter with any property rights, or interests of Cyrmaica and Tripoli, including the Overbens Club; moved to the front of to the charge, he must immediately report ransan. But his own followers were dia- the platform. He also asked for fair the matter to the Custodian, who, for Eng heartened, rad he had to lean chiefly on play, mentioning that the Overseas Clubland, and Wales, in the Pafilie Trustee, his had collected a million pounds for the Kingsway, London, W.C.; Scotland, the
Turco-German allios, conspicuous war, and bad presented the Government ountant of Court, EM New Register among whom was Nari Fasha, the brother with 300 sroplanes As Britishore, as House, Edinburgh; and for. Ireland, the of Enter. Nari presently found it con- I understand most of you are, as Custodian for Iceland, King's Bench Diri-Yenient to leave Cyrenaica, by what may you to give our guesta a fair bearing "sion, Four Conte, Dublin.
be called the regular. U-boat passenger The disorder ovnsinaing, the Chairman
service between Misurata and Pola, and mide another effort to address the meet
be subsequently figured as the conqueror ing and declared that he was just as
of Baku." patient as the interrupters. The stud- ents, however, refused to allow him to proceed, and Mr. Evelyn Wrench, again casayed to speak, but was drowned by general chorus from the back of the
room, We want Pussyfoot !|”.
The Chairman tried to quiet the inter rupters by promising the platform to one of their number to state their case, student, at once availing himself of the opportunity, made for the platform, and, shouting above the cheers of _is".amp porters, declared, "We say that if Britain wants to be wet or dry, that is a thing for Britishers alone to decide. (Cheers.) We don't want Americans coming over bere with elaborate and ornate speeches, telling us what we ought to do. We won the battle of the Blomme on run, and rem only, and the sooner. Mr. Johnson malises - that the better.” (Loud cheers}!!!.
SA KRAKING" FOE XX. : BANKS, VAR
Mr. Mitchell Banks, who had seek an nounced to take the negative side in the debate was at this stage allowed & bear ing. I have come here to put my bafore you, which are entirely opposed to those of Mr. Johnson and his friends,' be remarked, a cheers, and the sings ing of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow "I appeal for fair play once more be proceeded. "It is the turn of the enemy first Let him get his speech of sttack in, and I will do my best with the machine guns after." (Loud cheers.) The Chairman announced that it had been agreed for each speaker to occupy ten minutes, and be thereupon called on Mr. Johnson to open the debate.
Mr. Johnsen, who began in a quiet voice, was received with eries of "Speak **I agree with the speaker,” he said, that it is up to the British people to decide the questions, we have met to discuss without interference by Americans De anyone else. I came to this country, not on my own initiative, but at the in- vitation and partly at the expense of body of British people. I claim the British right to invite anybody into their homes that they think it, and if this right is denied them, then this country is faise to its traditiona" (Cheers and counter-choera.)
Further interruption was here caused by the students singing lustily:
**Old didiers never die," ***. They simply fade
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What did we prohibit in America" proceeded Mr. Johnson. We did not prohibit alcohol-(eries of Shame!"); we did not interfere in any way with vine for the Sacrament ("Oh!") Wa did not interfere with alcohol as a medicine. All that we did was to prohibit the busi nee of making good men and women drank for profit.”
THE CHIBIS REACHED. The speaker was not allowed to: proceed.. rush forward, and the students stormed any further. Buddenly there was a wild the platform in a body, pelting the speakers with bigs of white powder, said to be fodine powder. On of these pachete struck Mr. Johnson in the face, and he was simultaneously seized and carried bodily out of the ball to the vestibule below, the students following and cheer ing wildly. A similar fate befall, the The situation at one time was die tinctly dangerous. Chairs were over thrown and broken, and ladies, who were
Chairman.
It is pointed out that the charge does not extend to any property which may have been acquired under the Board Trade general licence dated July 19th, lasc authorising the rea...on of trade with Germany
the Order, the Board of Trade give notice Notwithstanding anything contained in that bankers may, without licence, allow United Kingdian to withdraw from their German subjects who are resident in the balances sums not exceeding £20 in any one month
As the war progressed and the Senus sites found they were losing ground to the Italians and were debarred from element among their chiefs began to intercorse with Egypt, the moderate meditate an accommodation with their Italiana did much to foster, their snowed enemies This policy being to come to an arrangement Was a attitude the
which would give the Senussites con siderable autonomy in temporal affairs and leave untouched the spiritual autho should have bear refused a bearing Irity of the chief of the fraternity. The hoge be continued. you will take my result was seen in the summer of last year, word of honour that I mew nothing of when Sidi Ahmed was deposed, sad his this disgraceful scene. I repudiate it. nephew, the Sidi Baid Idriss (formerly **We are absolutely ashamed Benussi envoy in Egypt), was chosen head of them.") I hope to have an opportu of the order in his stead, it being essen- nity at some future time of a full and tial that the Sheikh es Benussi should be frank discussion with dr. Johnson. I am a member of the family of the Prophet. always prepared to meet him frankly and Ahmed, who did not acquiesce in his own. fairly. I propose to you that we pass a deposition, availed himself of the bos Tote of confidence with him for the pitality of a German submarine at fair and rough treatment ha hisMisurata to reach Europe, and has spent received."
most of his time since at Stambul How by the Benussi brethren outside Libys is far bis spiritual authority is recognized uncertain, but at the beadquarters of the set and in the region, whence the Saussi warriors are recruited he is now hat a sort of anti-Pope.
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On leaving the ball, the students, who wore joined by averal hundreds of other who were waiting in the street outside, carried Peasy foot "shoulder high along the Strand into the quadrangle of King's College, where they called upon him to Said. Idriss, the new Grand Benussi, make a speech, & request which was has abstained from action against Egynt, readily complied with. His remarks, and has pursued s conciliatory policy however, were inaudible owing to the towards Ily, which has recovered por derisive shouts and cat-calls of the stud session of Misurata At the beginning. ente. A large crowd of the public, abof this year Said Idriss sent his brother, tracted by the tumultuous scence, enden Sidi Mohammed er Roda, on an Embassy youred to enter the quadrangle, but were to Rore, when Italian suterainty was prevented by the police, who closed the implicitly, if not explicitly, recognized. iron gates.
A 6nal ttlement of Italian-Senuat re A few minutes later the students relations depends partly on the attitude.of formed in procession, and, still carrying Great Britain, a considerable area of the Pussyfoot" on their shoulders marched tefritory occupied by the Sensai being singing in the direction of Trafalgar nominally in the British sphere of in- Square, where they declared their inten- fluence in North Africa. Negotiations tion to hold a farther demonstration.
when the students reached Trafalgar Italy and Britain have been opened and for the readjustment of frontiers between Square they decided to go on to Pic there is to reason why a satisfactory endilly Circus with Mr. Johnson. They settlement should not be reached. The will well numbered about two or three hundred, British authorities in Egypt for long but, in the meantime, the crowd was aug years maintained excellent relations with meated by hundreds of sightseers, who the Benussites; they have never opposed followed in the wake of the procession Sennaaiem on grounds of religion, and do eager to see what was to become of Mr. not now so oppose it; neither do the Jobzan. Piccadilly was reached at a French in North Africa An arrange time when the traffic was at ite highest ment with the Benussites which would All this was disregarded, and without satisfy the European Fowers-France, waiting for any all they walked around Italy, and Great Britain-who between the Circus, traffic being stopped in an them control the whole of North Africa, unceremonious fashion. During all these is desirable and possible, and should be proceedings Mr. Johnson treated the affair sought. The sooner it were done the less with great amiability and good nature harm would be likely to result from the He did not try to escape, and, some intrigues of the deposed chief Sidi
pectators say that he appeared to enjoy Ahmed with the novel procession. Then s move was Kemal, and other Turkish Nationalists Enver, Nuri. Mustafa denied them, because the railings were locked. When the procession refermed it proceeded towards University College, by way of Oxford Cirens. S
TOPSY-TURVY BRAIN BREAKS: When the students reached Portland A man who appeared in a case st station, a body of about fifty policemen he could not not read he could both write street opposite Oxfordwircus
Tube Ashby-dela-Zouch recently said that while arrived on the scene, and mediately and spell. The fact was demonstrated, ads an attempt to rescue Mr. Johnson and the clerk remared that the man way from the hande of the students. A scrima conundrum. This is not an isoisted mage lasting for about ten minutes took instance of the brain playing a freakish RABITS, placetone thor succeeded, but nobody trick on a person. A boy who saw every BACON, SAUSAGE, CORNED ya kurt during its good-humoured comthing apsids down and wrote from tinuanos. The police commandeered
right to loft excited wonderment at Chester
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Mr Johnson rear, and in this escorted street, Durham, few years ago.
from the scene of the cool
When he wrote a n OF 22 m dict. He was safe and sound,
letters appeared as if they weren The greater part of Powyfoot's oz. Strangely enough, he was shie journey was ande in a newspaper van, to read with perfect case.
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Froughly pushed aside, screamed for which the students ** commandeered" Baker, a West Virginia youth. mercy. One of them," turning, bold the Strand. The horse was taken out and at only wrote and saw upside down,.buk
round and facing the mob, shouted de handed over to the driver, and the van fiantly, You scoundrels, you cowards, was dragged through the streets by his ang low notes high and high notes. low. I wish I were a man, I would soon show ptors. One of the latter schmitted to a bis topaytarry outlook on life we that The explanation advanced in regard to you what I would do with you in christened with beer and whiskey peculiarities left the medical scientists Press representative that Mr Johnson. forsooth, is what they call liberty loving
he had a camera eye," but his vocal England, remarked an American visi- tor who had lost his hat and stick in the After the tummit had died dr. Mitchell Banks returned to the platform
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mitting to superior force with great good had an irresistible impulse to do things FRENCH LESSONS ed to take his capture in good part, sub- humour. One of the students offered him backwards An Aray examinatio
cigarette, which be accepted and showed that her best was not on the?
and addressin¬those who had reussibed On" being ontmanouvred by the police hamrida bus other organs including
asid, be was extremely sorry for their Chairmen and his opponente Chart
(Continued at foot of
|brain, wire misplaced
the students reformed and marched back tion we never found, howe
to King's College Henital, and there die voesl idiosyncracy of Californian girl mizsed and went quietly
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