UNREST IN TURKEY.
THE SIM/PAN IN . HANGER. ATTEMPT ON' HIS LIFE. IJresa'Association-ByTelegraph-Copyr'gjt Received 10.15 p.m., August 6th. • GENEVA, August 6. The lueader of the- young Turkish party •at Geneva hai> received: advices from Constantinople to 'the effect . that a minor palace official on Monday rushed- past the guards and tried to stab the-Sultan wliowas; in his r private apartments.
The Sultan's coat of mail deflected the blow which caused only a severe bruise. The assassin was arrested. • A quantity of gold a!nd notes was found among his baggage.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13666, 7 August 1908, Page 5
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