REVOLUTION IN TURKEY.
United Press Association—By .Electrio Telegraph —Copyright* London, May 5. Reuter reports tbat Sultan Mohammed relinquishes £SOOO, or 20 per cent., of his monthly civil list. The Chamber warmly appaluded the announcement. Further massacres have opourre where 4000 soldiers are looting, shooting and burning. Instead of pouring water on the fires, they saturate and feed them with kerosene. Both the French schools and the Josephine Convent have been destroyed,, and fears are entertained regarding the American missions at Nad jin and Tarsus. It is estimated that 0500 have been killed at Adana and 30,000 killed in the entire provinces, while 35,000 are homeless and penniless. Constantinople, May 5. .Tewflk remains x in office until after the ceremony of investing the Sultan with the sword of Othman.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9437, 6 May 1909, Page 5
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128REVOLUTION IN TURKEY. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9437, 6 May 1909, Page 5
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