SIEGE SUSPENDED TO PERMIT REJOICINGS.
By Electric Telegtaph. — Copyright. CONSTANTINOPLE, Apnl 29. When inhumed ol his deposition, Mxlul llamid said " I am innocent. Since the Constitution was renewed I Ivne ne\er laded to support it. 1 lease the authors ol this tragedy to (;od. During my leign the (ireek war wa-. won. I luiM' extracted the country item many dilliculties. God's will be done." The state of siege is suspended in j Constantinople to permit ot rejoicings. Tnkish newspapers are execrating the lalleu despot. Two armoured motor cars escorted \bdul to the station at 2 o'clock in the morning with his two sons, agod ,i'Vt'ii a id seventeen, eleven wives, some eui.uchs and servants. He was accompanied by a detachment ot soldiers aboard a train. Abdul has taken a villa at Alitmi, I Salonika, which is surrounded by s roops.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13947, 30 April 1909, Page 2
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140SIEGE SUSPENDED TO PERMIT REJOICINGS. Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13947, 30 April 1909, Page 2
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