AFFAIRS IN TURKEY.
AN AMNESTY.
NEW YORK, July 31
The oultap; Abd -ul - Hamic?, through the Consul-General in New York, has proclaimed an amnesty for political fugitives, regardless of races. This affects 200,000 Armenians and others in the United States.
BRITISH MINISTER CHEERED
"LONG LIVE ENGLAND."
CONSTANTINOPLE, Ju'Hy 31
The garrison at Adrianople -—probably the most populous town in European Turkey after Constantinopledemands the Sultan's abdication.
"Young Turks" ovationed Sir Gerald Lowther, the British Minister at Adrianople, and Constantinople, where his carriage was esco"ted amidst cheers and cries of 'Long live England, Liberty and Constitution!"
AN INTRIGUE FEARED.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 31. Despite remonstrances of the press and responsible citizens, a thousand ordinary criminals were released in Constantinople. It is feared this is 'the result of a Palace intrigue to create a "Black Hand" fomenting disorders, with a view to discrediting the Constitution.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9157, 3 August 1908, Page 5
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142AFFAIRS IN TURKEY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9157, 3 August 1908, Page 5
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