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King George In Peril

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Day
30
Month
April
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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London, April 27.- A dispatch received t one of the embassies here from Athsns says that King George of Greece n;ay at any moment be deposed or assassinated, and that the mobs are likely '.o take posesssion of the city. The dispatch adds that the worst is feared. The fact that a cabinet meeting was held here Tuesday morning before the . return, expected on Thursday, of the Marquis of Salisbury, is held to indícate that matters of urgency are under consideration. A special dispatch from Constantinople announces that the sultan has recalled Osman Pasha in order to avoid embarrassing Edhem Pasha. A special dispatch from Athens says that the Greek minister of marine ras resigned. Naval Battle Imminent. According to a special dispatch received here Tuesday afternoon from Constantinople the Turkish fleet has started for Salónica, where a naval battle between the Greeks and Turks is imminent. It is further reported that four Russian warships are within view at the entrance of the Bosphorus. The Russian embassy, it is also sfited, has a semaphore at Boyukdere constantly exchanging signáis with the Russian ships. Another dispatch from Constantinople says that a telegram has been received there from Edhem Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, announcing that a división of his army is on its way to Volo, the port of Thessaly, and that another división is en route to Trikhala.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News