TURMOIL IN BALKANS

Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9723, 5 June 1924, Page 5

TURMOIL IN BALKANS

\ > COUP d’ETAT IN RUMANIA

! ' GOVERNMENT OVERTHROW^

PEASANTS NOW IN CONTROL

FLIGHT OF MINISTERS,

United Press Association- -Copyright. PARIS, June 3. 1 Telegrams received from Human ia ! report a coup d’etat. > General Everesq, leader of the peasants, has overthrown Bratiano’s Government. V

There has been considerable fighbing. Ministers have fiedi Tlie crisis is due to alleged corruption and loss of the arsenal. —A. and j N.Z.C.A. •

! BUCHAREST EXPLOSION. \ VICTIMS INCLUDE' 77 SOLDIERS } AND 13 CIVILIANS. i (Received June 4, 7.35 p.m.) j LONDON, June 3. ; The Daily Express’ Sofia corresponj dent says a" message from Bucharest I 'for the first time since the censor- ; ship states that the arsenal victims ' included seventy soldiers, seven officers and thirteen civilians. The flames werb seen on the Bulgarian coast, a distance of fifty miles. Many 1 Russians were arrested and will he ] expelled.—A. aiid N.Z.C.A.

! REBELS CAPTURE SCUTARI

REVOLIT IN ALBANIA

ARMY BELIEVED TO HAVE JOINED REBELS. LONDON, June 3. The “Morning Post’s” Belgrade correspondent says there was fierce street fighting and much bloodshed at Scutari, which tho rebels captured. The revolutionary leaders include the Scutari garrison commander and ex-Minister of Finance. Unconfirmed reports state that the whole of the regular army has joined tlie rebels. It is believed the Government will seek to escape to Jugo-Slavia. Among the killed is the. chief of the garrison of gendarmerie.—A. and N.Z.C.A. .