EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 655, 4 November 1909, Page 7

EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA.

REPORTED TO BE DYING. (Dy Telegraph—Prfcsß Aosoclntlon—Copyricni I ''• Constantinople, November 2, Several roports received hero stato that Menolik, Emperor of Abyssinia, is dying. ABYSSINIA'S .STRONG EMPRESS. Tho following .message from the Rome cor resppndept of "Tlw sent in May, throws light on tlw delicate situation existing in Abyssinia: "The proclamation .of Lid] ( J«assu. son of. the Ras. Mikaal and tbe Prinoes9 Snoagash, as successor to his grandfather tho Emperor Mfi.nelo.kt and the further announcement of hie betrothal to the seven-year-old Prinoess of thq Tlgre have aroi!s«d no little interest in Italy, Tho Tnbuna,' in giving a brief sketch of the dynastic complications in 'Abyssinia and of the probable rca- ' noni which have inHuonced Menolok in making ono announcement immediately after tho other, does no 1 , seem very hopeful as to the future. Italians who .know thq country, seem agreed in'doubting if tho aspirations of the powerful Errpress Taitu will do satisfied with ! tho sngßestod compromise, and will find in this Marriage with a Tigre Princess sufficioht compensation for a succession which she and her adherents of tho Titjro have eo long op. ptfscd." v - l A telegram Id the "Cologne Gatotto" from . Mnt'in Jhly, ,: further reports , .thot.''th6AßmpCTf.r/;H«Mlek.'is '■seriously j ill, . and tJjat the-.Government, is, irt the'.hands,of ' tho -EripiiKS-. Tnitii.-.; The' Empress has under >. popular,: pressure:, rtluqtahtly coiisentod ■. to '. hl- ; low the.'Emptriir toi rteeiyei , medical trea'tj. ment,''. but;.'refuses to guarantee'that no fur- ; ther attempts 1 stall be: made'.upon; his' life.' . Th()S9 '6f tn« Cotirt who; Sere ;devoted!'to-the i Emperori have been' remo?ed,-'and In tho.north , of Abyssihii abattlein .the i bsred. ,150 i^ , . said !'to have.; taken plr.C3 between tho ■followers of the,'E}rip(ir6r and thb partisans ■ ,': bf:thoEniprcss."':'■;.• ■'":■"■ ■'■ '.S:■"■:;■■■:■