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SULTAN'S SPEECH TO
PARLIAMENT
AMSTERDAM, December '16.
A telegram received here from Constan
tinople states that yesterday the Khedive
of Egypt attended the opening of the
Turkish Parliament.
The Sultan, in his speech, declared that
when Turkey was firmly observing (the
strictest neutrality the Russians attacked
•her Black Sea Fleet, and England and
France sent troops to her borders. There
fore she was compelled to go to war. The
•Sultan said he was convinced that Tur
key would add fresh victories to those
gained by the ''glorious German and Aus
trian armies."
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