EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA.
NEARING HIS END. ■y Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON, 24th March. A Reuter's telegram says that Menelik, Emperor of Abyssinia, is dying. At his instance the Empress was deposed, and ordered to a quiet palace. All the chiefs have taken the oath of, fidelity ito the heir-apparent. Menelik 11., King of Shoa, was born in 1842, and succeeded to the throne iv 1889. He is a G.C.B. and G.C.M.G. In 1908 he nominated Lidj Jeassu (born in 1896), son of Ras Mikhael and the Emperors daughter, Shoagash, as his successor.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 71, 26 March 1910, Page 5
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