ASSASSINATED

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 20 March 1913, Page 5

ASSASSINATED

KING GEORGE OF GREECE. y*'; SHOT BY A MADMAN. QUEEN ALEXANDER GRIEFSTRICKffN. (Received MaTch 19, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 18. King George of Greece has been Assassinated. (Received March 19, 10 a.m.) LONDON, March 18. A Reutear's message from Salonika announces the assassination of King iGeorge of Greece. No official confirmation has reached Marlborough House or the Greek .Legation, The piibliqatl/ra of th,; 1 message jAfcxused a sensation in the city. V " (Received March 19, 1 p.m.) LONDON, March 18. ' His Majesty the King, who is at "Windsor, has received official information. of tho assassination of the King of Greece. , His Majesty was shot at close quarters during the afternoon. His assassin was. two yards away. King George is greatly shocked at the news H Queen Alexandra „ was prostrated at liearing that her ■ brother had been ffatally shot. There are no details. (Received March 19, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, March 18. The Lord Mayor of London unci the Slayoir of Windsor have condoled with their Majesties,

Lord Selborne, speaking at the Colonial Institute, said that it was rmJBiecessary to express what was parain their minds—their deepest .sympathy with Queen Alexandra and ■at her great loss. ■ ATHENS,-March 18. 3Uie Administrator at Salonika reports that two individuals, one of whom was named Alexander Schinas, -who is demented, attacked the King in the street from behind. King Nicholas reports that King v George di«d in half an hour. , (Received March 19, 1-45 p.m.) LONDON, March 18. The King was walking at the time ihe was shot. Schinas is a Greek degenerate. He had in his possession a pistol loaded with seven slugs. was arrested 'by army officers. KINO GEORGE'S SYMPATHY. ' NEWS RECEIVED BY MOSLEMS, WITH CRIES OF "SHAME." i (Received Last Night, 11.25 o'clock.) ' "LONDON/ March 19. The "Ring is coming to London today to condole with Queen Alexandra. A meeting of Moslems in London Received the news w'itli <ories of "Shame.' 1 The assassin's nationality and oilier details were tlien unknown. MESSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND. {By Telegraph.—Frexs Association.) • TIMARU, Last Night. The Hon W. F. ' Massey sent the following telegram to the Governor to-day: "The Pirime Minister presents his compliments, and respectfully requests His Excellency t<f telegraph to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, expressing on behalf of the Government and people of NewZealand their horror at the assassination of His Majesty, King George . of Greece, and also their sincere sympathy with the bereaved Royal fnmily, and the Greek nation. The Prime Minister further suggests that a. message be sent expressing the sincere sympathy of the Government V and people of New Zealand with Her ' y "Majesty, Queen Alexandra, in the assassination tof her brother King George of Greece." LATER DETAILS. - DIES IN A CARRIAGE. FEALTY TO NEW KING. ASSASSIN IRRESPONSIBLE. (Received Last Night, 11.30 o'clock.) • SALONIKA, March 111. The King, at half-past five o'clock, left General Nicholas's residence, accompanied by an aide-de-camp, and Colonel Fraakoudis, and had ju,st ier•minated his usual walk when the bullet struck liim in the heart. He fell into the arms of his .''ide .and two soldiers, attracted to the scene by the firing, who conveyed him in a carriage to the Military Hospital. He died in the carriage. Nicholas summoned the -officers to the hospital, and announced •the King's death in a voice choked with sobs, and inviting them to siv-Ciir fealty to King Constantino. ; All took the? oath with cries of "Long live King Constantane." * There are signs cit mourning on all ■sides. Schinas, who is aged forty, declared himself to be a Socialist. His impassive and evasive demetonflur suggests that he is irresponsible. KEvG',B LAST WORDS. ▼ CAPTURE OF SALONIKA. FILLED HIM WITH HAPPINESS. A DESPERATE ASSASSIN. /Received Last Night, 11.45 o'clock.) SALONIKA, March 19. Queen Olga had been inspecting the hospital at Prevezna. She k now at Athens, and is coining to iSalonika, where Prince Constantino joins her. Many rumours have lately been cirV culatcd of King George abdicating in ■ Prince Constantino's favour, after " the celebrations. The jubilee was fix-