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180. Essence of Islam-V for him not to have come to see me, and that it was his sheer misfortune that he would return with such a warning from me. Thus he did not like my admonition and spoke ill of me upon his return. In the announcement of 25th June, 1897 I had also pointed out: Is it not possible that what I have said about the internal workings of the Ottoman Empire may actually be true, and might there not be in the fabric of the Turkish government strands that will snap at the crucial moment and betray their treasonable intent? These were the revelations vouchsafed to me that were publicized through announcements among hundreds of thousands of people. It is regrettable that thousands of Muslims and. Muslim editors of newspapers pounced upon me with frenzied rage. About Hussain Kāmī they said that he was the representative of the Divine Caliph, the Sublime Porte, and that he was divine light incarnate on account of his righteousness. With regard to me they declared that I deserved to be put to death. Now, let it be known that these prophecies were fulfilled two years after this episode, and there was an uproar in the whole of India about Hussain Kāmī's embezzlement and criminal breach of trust. For instance, let me quote here an excerpt from the newspaper Nayyar-e-Ãsfi,. Madras, dated 12th October, 1899: “Hussain Kāmī, with brazen cheek, misappropriate all the money (collected in India for the poor victims of Crete). . With great finesse and effort the concerned committee forced him to repay the whole amount which was approximately one thousand and six hundred rupees, and it