NEW MAHDI IN YEMEN.
.-■ ■' ' .'/' '■' .':" *\. '■'::. ■'''■ ■ :.'■ .-'"" '}'.: '.-''■;.; HIS FOLLOWING 40,000. .■.." .-'; TURKISH TROOPS PCTORING INTO' : ■•*■. -}-~: . : r_.--y .;■.■ ARABIA. ■/;,/;. ;.; ■■■ ] ID* -Tcleerapb.-rreas Aijoctallon.-Oopjriehl.l '-}■'■ , Constantinople, October 3. ■The-new-Mahdi,;'who has headed a -revolt in: the.Yemen province, of Turkish' Arabia, on the. southern coast of the Red' Sea, has gathered a forcb of 40,000. followers.. ■; . ... ■...■'■ .In order'to deal with.tho situation;.■ Turkey is pouring:troops into Arabia.; '\ ; /.'.'-. '-, [Some little time ; ago' tho new Mahdi\ who is. known as Seyid"Mehmed, was reported to .have. a/, following of 25,000.- A Turkish force [consisting of five battalions and two batteries-of-field artillery was dispatched to chastise mm, but apparently the Mahdi turned the tables on - thorn, annihilating Beveral detachments. In August he; was reported to be approaching Hodoida, tho principal town of ■Yemen, and the Italian gunboat Volturuo was sent to that port in ordor to protect Italian 'interests;" Tho :Arabian':provinces of Turkey have, long;been more or less out'of hand, and , the, new regime at Constantinople has had too many-troubles at home to do much in tho Bed Sea. Now .apparently the task is 'to be ■seriously undertaken.) :.i .'.-'■•.";• .'■'.- ■■■■'; -■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 629, 5 October 1909, Page 7
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173NEW MAHDI IN YEMEN. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 629, 5 October 1909, Page 7
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