Evening star., 1923-08-31
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

By THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.t
Lord Headley, who has just re-
turned to London after spending four
weeks at Mecca as an honored guest
of King Hussein of the Hedjas. can
boast of being the only peer of the
British realm who has ever set foot
in that hoIiest of all holy cities of Is
lam, the bourne of pilgrimages of
more or. less pious Moslems from all
parts of the world, from China, where
there is large Moslem community of
several millions; from the American
Philippine Islands, from Java and the
remainder of the Dutch Indies, from
the wilds OF the Sudan and central
Africa. from the mysterious and un-
explored regions of the Atlas ranges
of Morocco, from Senegal, Egypt; from
central Asia and, above all. from
among the near hundred million of
devout followers of the prophet in the
British empire of India.
If Lord Headley. who is the htth
peer of his line and the holder of the
Irish baronies of Allanson and Winn.
as we'll as of two of the oldest Brit
iSh baronetcies, was so cordially re-
ceived at Mecca, which the famous At
rican and oriental explorer: the late
Sir Richard Burton, was only aple to
visit in the disguise of dervish and
at the risk of his life, it is because
he has been for many years convert
to Islam and rejoices in the Moslem
name of Saiffurrahman Sheikh Rah-
mahillah Faruk, which is abbreviated
to Ell Farug, Is one of the leaders of
the growing Moslem community in
England, a constant attendant OF the
weekly religious ceremonies held un-
der the direction of the leading Mo-
hammedan imaun, or ecclesiastic, In
nd hoS hnn N
raising considerable amount of
money for the erection of the only
mosque IN the United Kingdom as
tribute to the memory of the Moslem
soldiers who fought under the British
flag in the great war.
Lord Headley is no mere learned
and eccentric crank. like the late Lord
Stanley of Alderley. who was buried
in Alderley Park, his country seat in
Cheshire, according to Moslem rites,
but a very practical man OF about
the Society of Engineers and is rec
|ognized throughout Europe as the
greatest authority in the engineering
world on the question of the protec-
ton and Improvement of foreshores.
He was a noted athlete in his younger
days at Harrow and when at Cam
bridge won the middle and heavy
weight championships at boxing ami
has written several standard WORKS
on the art of self-defense. He is
frequent contributor to the London
Saturday Review, to the outlook and
to other English weeklies, many OF
his articles, especially during the war
time, being in favor of military and
naval preparedness. one of which he
commenced with the famous oriental
axiom Of Trust in Allah-but tie your
camel
He is a frequent guest at the
"A merican Luncheon Club in London
and on one occasion during the war,
in the presence of several ministers
of the crown, created sensation by
urging the treating of 1000 promi-
nent Germans. then interned in
England, as hostages and the putting
to death of ten OF them for every
English woman or child killed by
bomb from a German Zeppelin or
airplane. He insisted that the only
way Of dealing with Teuton fright
fulness was by means Of British
counter frightfulness.
Lord Headley was likewise active in
connection with the British secret
service in hunting down German spies
and dangerous aliens. spending night
after night disguised as a laboring
man. In the worst districts of London
and Liverpool
One night. about 2 in the morning.
he came to a small bakers shop in the