RULER OF ABYSSINIA.
_j—«— — I YOUNG KING DEPOSED. I — I " EMPRESS PROCLAIMED. e : t * ft Australia, an( l Cable Association. (Received jk P- m -l ROME, September 30. ADviCEsfrora Adis Ababa, the capital of jybssinia, state that the principal cjjefs have deposed the Negus (King)fij Yasu, and declared Menelifc's (Jughter, Quizero, empress. Thefaction, which was due to jealosy of the growing power exercisedsy the father of .the Negus, did not «iuse any disorderuj the death of Menelik 11., in I the death of Menelik 11., in December, 1913, his grandson, Lij Yasu or |flssu, who Had been virtual ruler undf the guidance of regents, during the prefius four years, became supreme ruler of Abyssinia. He was the son of the preoous King's second daughter and Ras Mifeel, the chief of the Wallo Gallas. Tlj? deposed king is only 20 years old. I '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16349, 2 October 1916, Page 6
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142RULER OF ABYSSINIA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16349, 2 October 1916, Page 6
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