REFORMS IN TURKEY.
A GOVEUAOfI AHRKSTED. ASTOUNDING KKVISLATKWS. HOW THE XouNG XUHK PARTY WORKED. ARMY HEADY TO MARCH ON CONSXANXUNOPLK. Keceivcd 25, U. 20 p.m. Constantinople, August 25, The Turkish Government has arrested the Governor of Hejaze, and threatened to arrest the Slieareef of Mecca
if he continues to oppose the railway to Mecca. Astounding revelations are being made regarding bribery by foreign diplomatists to secure concessions for their countrymen. The Young Turk organisation covered the country three years ago with a secret society like i'feemai-ons, and aimed at destroying the camarilla and getting rid of European control, especially in Macedonia. A resolution wan on the tapis. If the Sultan had refused' to grant the Constitution, the Third Army Corps was ready to march on Constantinople.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 210, 26 August 1908, Page 2
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126REFORMS IN TURKEY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 210, 26 August 1908, Page 2
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