MURDERED AMIR.
MOSLEMS SHOCKED.
AN ACT OF TREACHERY. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Nov. •TO, 2.30'p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 9. The. flag at the Afghan legation was half-mast to-day. The Minister went to Paris . to-day to confer with the Afghan Minister there who is a brother of the late King. ..... . , The .Embassy, sltated the murder was incomprehensible and a shock to all the Moslem world. It Is an acrbf treachery because the King was beloved by everyone. ROME, Nov. 9.
Ex-King Amanullah will watch events carefully. He does not intend to leave Italy, as he states his position is not affected.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. RECEIVED IN LONDON. (Official Wireless.) • (Received Nov. 10, 2.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 9. The Afghan Minister in London received a message from Kabul stating that the King of Afghanistan, Nadir .Shah, had been assassinated and that, his 19-year-bld son Mohammed Zahir Khan, was proclaimed King later in the day.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19100, 10 November 1933, Page 8
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