Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1914 — WHAT THE HOLY WAR MAY MEAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHAT THE HOLY WAR MAY MEAN

The announcement from Berlin that the head of the Mohammedan church in Turkey has issued a proclamation calling on Mohammedans in all parts of. the world to fight for the cause of Turkey, Germany and Austria, against the allies gives interest to this map showing where the population of Mo-

hammedans is large enough to make trouble for the allies if they heed the /Turkish call. The distribution of the Mohammedans by countries is as follows: Austria-Hungary 600,000 Russia .........J..;..... 3,800,000 Roumania 50,000

Turkey in Balkan states 1,250,000 India 62,500,000 China 30,000,000 Russian Asia 14,600,000 Other countries 63,400,000 Africa 68,000,000 Australasia s.uou ■ Total 246,703,000 1