PREMPEH OF ASHANTI.
■ o RELIC OF A BLOOD-THIRSTY DESPOT. By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyriKlit "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. . London, January 1. . ,Lieiitehant-Generir'Sir. 11! 'mden-.' Powell has presented to the United Service Institute King Prempeh's famous bowl. Whenever the King paid homage to the shades of his ancestors, he requisitioned twenty men'to' be killed. Prempeh watched the sacrifice whilo seated in a chair sheltered by' an umbrella, bis Queen being seated on a stool on his left.
In 1891 Premneh was installed King of Ashanti. Accwed of promoting slavo trade, human sacrifices, attacking friendly tribes, and obstructug commerce, a firitish ultimatum was s«nt to lum after warnings had failed. The ultimatum was followed by a British military expedition under Sir" Francis Scott, which entered Kumasi.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 5
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122PREMPEH OF ASHANTI. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1948, 3 January 1914, Page 5
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