CONFLICTING REPORTS.
FERDINAND'S ILLNESS. JOURNALIST EXPELLED FROM RUMANIA. (BY CKStS.-FXe.SS ASSOCIATIOS-COPTIUGUT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND H.2. CABLZ ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, April o. Tho mystery of King Ferdinand's illness, which has been the subject alternatively of the gravest reports and sharp donials, has had a curious sequel. Mr Gedge, the "Daily Express's" special correspondent in Bucharest, has been ordered to leave Rumania within 21 hours. Otherwise he will bo forcibly escorted to tho frontier by gendarmes, which the Chief of Police, in communicating the decision, described as a -very painful process.' Mr Gedgo had attempted to telegraph a statement that General Averescu had assumed dictatorial powers to cope with possible disturbances in case of King Ferdinand's death, which is admittedly true. The Royal Family spent the day at the King's bedside. KING UNCONSCIOUS. (AUSTRALIA!? A.S'D V.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) BERLIN, April 5. A message from Bucharest states that King Ferdinand is dying. He has taken no nourishment for 44 hours and has been unconscious all night.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18970, 7 April 1927, Page 9
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161CONFLICTING REPORTS. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18970, 7 April 1927, Page 9
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