The claim of the Chinese Mohammedan "Association of Peiping &erent, the 0.000.000 "Chinese Mojammedans—a greatly -exoguerated gute..by the way=would seem to ova rather bold one. From what I faye heard, Publ whether the Ase Soeintion even represents tiny scarcely $0000 "Mohommedans "here Wsele A few million more or less, however, really do not much matter. seeing that the promised help was entirely platonic nature. "Nor is that tobe wondered at in' view of the fact. that the Mohammedan butchers here a having a pretty thin time these days owing to the "high prices of meat except ps. of coun Peiping has also been enjoying the psence niu midst of another no: lous Mahonva Pratap, who conduct-(orions anti-British agitator, the ere
oda virulent. campaign against - us Guring the last" world wor. Mr. Pratap, who arrived here from Nat king on May 16, was living for many Years in Japan, presumably as a pei Moner, or belier. az a kind of tome tiger. to be let loose. as occasion de= mands." Mr. Pratap has een giving The youth "of this city the vast Lene of the results of his philoso-Dhical' cogitations. and hak been Biving round of fectures to litre Dave and givls of the Peiping middle schools, Though old age—he must be well cover sixty—seems to have mellowed im somewhat. as he was not half as virulent. as he used to be. it does, not seem to have assisted him in any way to clear or logical thinking. For after dilating at great length on the enormous benefits to be derived from the Japanese policy of the "new order {nthe ce-prosperity sphere of greater Fest Asia—he could in common gratltude scarcely have said less—he goos on to describe in detail his grandiose scheme of a world federation. which all the nations of the whole world are to have one common army and "one common flag. As he was wise enough. however, to omit carefully any' description of the colour oF design of said common flag. he doubtless left both his Chinese and Japanese hearers perfectly satisfied and convinced.
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