FERDINAND’S ILLNESS
GRAVE RUMOUR & DENIAL STRANGE SEQUEL REPORTED PRESSMAN ORDERED AWAY By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, April 5, The mystery of King Ferdinand’s illness, which has been the subject alternately of the gravest reports and sharp denials, has had a curious sequel. Mr. Gedge, the special correspondent of the Daily Express in Bucharest, has ■been ordered to leave Roumania within 24 hours, otherwise he will be forcibly escorted to the. frontier by gendarmes, which the chief of police, in communicating the decision, described as “ a very painful process.” Mr. Gedge attempted to telegraph a statement that General Averescu, who lias assumed dictatorial powers to cope with possible disturbances in case of King Ferdinand’s death, had spent a day at the King’s bedside. Berlin, April 5. A message from Bucharest states that King Ferdinand is dying. He has taken no nourishment for 24 hours and has been unconscious all night.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1927, Page 9
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148FERDINAND’S ILLNESS Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1927, Page 9
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