NEAR EASTERN QUESTION

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 139, 14 June 1913, Page 2

NEAR EASTERN QUESTION

SHEFKET'S LAST WORD®.

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LONDON, June 12. Bulgaria and Servia have accepted the Tsar's arbitraii««. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 12. Shefket's last words were: /'My country ! alas., my country !"

CONSTANTINOPLE, June'l2. Shefket was buried on the Hill of Liberty, where the soldiers were interred who were killed in the 1909 revolution. There was great military pomp.

The newspapers extol Shefket's Integrity and patriotism. There have been further arrei&ta made, including Djavid, the chauffeur of the assailants' car. The city is tranquil.