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292 of the Movement. The main purpose of the paper probably was to promote public support for the mission of Khwaja Kamaluddin to England, but as was natural, space had also to be found for the discussion of matters which were in dispute among Ahmadis. In order to obtain circulation for it among non-Ahmadis the Promised Messiah as began to be addressed simply as Mirza Sahib ‘ alaihir Rahmah , this form of address being less objectionable to non- Ahmadis. Praises were lavished up on the enemies of the Movement. The Sultan of Turkey began to be called Khalifatul Muslimin. In short, every effort was made to obliterate the distinctiveness of Ahmadiyyat and to make Ahmadis and non-Ahmadis merge into one common mass. Not long after the appearance of the two papers, the Muslims of India became highly excited over the demolition of a bath attached to a mosque in Cawnpore. The men who lost their lives in the riot in connection with this affair were acclaimed as Shahids (religious martyrs), and virulent articles were published in the public organs criticising the action of the Government. On this occasion the Paigham-e- Sulh made common cause with the other public organs in their attack upon the Government. The managers of the Paigham-e-Sulh sent a special agent