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SARAH KNOWLES, an caused the greatest uneasiness and Conn., Sept. 15, 1841. She married alarm. The unrest among Mohammedan Charles E. Bolton, a merchant and phipopulations was seized upon by Lenine lanthropist. She is the author of a numand his associates as a lever for provok-ber of books, including "Girl Who Became Far can Authors" (1887); "Famous Ameri- Famous" (1886); "Famous American Statesmen" (1888); "Famous Types can Authors" (1887) ; "Famous Ameri- Feb. 2, 1916. ing revolution in the East, with the view of ultimately reaching India and overturning British rule in that country. Starting among the Mohammedan Tatars of Russia itself, the movement spread rapidly to Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Persia, even infecting the new Republics of Georgia and Azerbaidjan, and coming close to the gateway of India. An Afghan mission was sent to Moscow to principles of Bolshevism. Even in China working with fervor and a degree of success that threaten the peace and security of those governments, unless effective steps are taken to render the efforts fruitless.

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