The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-21
English Nobility Has Done 50 Many
Queer Things That Aston
lshment Dies
Down.
THE LATEST CAPER CUT
Member Of House Of Lords Has Be-
come. Follower Of Mohammcd
Along With
Others.
rBy Ed L. Keen, London correspon-
dent of the United Press.1

[By Ed, L. Keen, London correspon-
dent of the United Press.l
LONDON, Dec. 20-Tne British
people soma time ago quit worrying
about the unconventional doings OF
members of the nobility. True, when
the peerage began to establish brew
cries, set up grocery stores, and 9TH
erwise indulge In the vulgar pursuits
Of trade there was considerable per-
turbation over these evidences OF d.
generation. But as the signs multi
piled year by year the public appar-
emily became more or less reconsilsd
to the inevitable. Hence, only mo-
mentary annoyance was manifested
when Earl Rus sell a few months ago,
BY joining the Fabian society, pub
licly proclaimed his adherence to the
tenets of socialism. And no unusual
shock was experienced last month
when the earl Of Sandwich, presiding
at the Inauguration Of clinic of psy-
chotherapy in London, not only con-
fesssd his belief in faith healing, but
boldly asserted his own ability to cure
certain diseases without the aid OF
medicine or surgery.
By this time English folk were
prepared for almost any new depar-
ture among the supposedly most con-
sentative collection of human beings
In the world. But quite naturally
there was some curiosity as to Who
would be the next to break loose and
What might be the nature of his par
ticular lapse from conventionality.
They didn't have to wait long. Rol-
and George Allanson VIM, Lord
Headley, fifth baron of that title. who
has seat in the house of lords as
representative peer of Ireland, came
to the front with an announceme emf
that he had been converted to Mo.
hlmmedanism. A few years ago this
would have been real thriller, lut
the news of his lordships confession
Of faith aroused less interest than
the accompanying information thai
there exists in England today a well
organized and exceedingly active pro
paganda having for its object the con
version of all Britain to Islam
There has been a Moslem commun
ity in this country for number o.
years, founded by a Liverpool lawyer
named Quilliam, bearing the title o
Shiek of the British Isles But i
was only with the arrival from Indi.
ABOUT year ago of Khwaia Kamal-nd
Din as a special missionary that iht
work OF PROSECUTING Britishers to thu
religion OF the east began seriously
II Is claimed that there are nov
more than 500 native-born Engli %
men and women living chiefly in Lon
Con, Liverpool, Manchester and Edin
borough. who have espoused Moham
Medlnism, and that the number \
steadily increasing. One of the frs
tasks Kamal-ud-Din set for himsel
after reaching this country was to re
store and refit the Moslem mosqu
at Woking. which has now becom
tne headquarters OF the faithful Il
England
II was largely through the in
huence of this Islamic missionary tina
Lord Headley who for many years ha
made close study of Moslem do;
'lihes particularly during his tern
" service as civil engineer In Ir
uia' was led to make public announce
nient Oh his conversion. Kamal-ud-Dir
VINO 1orsook lucrative law practic
~ india to carry Mohamet's messag
% the rulers OF his people, was franb
y 1ubilant when interviewed at tn
"oklng mosque concerning the r;
SUITS OF his work. 1t would requir
my few more conversions anon
,He British lawmakers, he contendet
" put an end to the sedition In Indi
'lat is causing the British SO niue
anxiety these days.
Lord Headley is our brother now.
ne said, "and he would be welcome
= mecca at any time. If he shout
81 70 lndia-which hope he will do
Is could do more for Great Britai
!, one short visit than ten viceroy
IN lifetime.
me chief Misrepresentation {
,a,a'n ne said, is in the matter
,lo'sgamy. 1T is true that Islam q
.ows polygamy," he declared, "but onl
= exceptional cases or circumstance
: ,noia not more than one Moslem !
thousand has more than one wife