REVOLUTION IN TURKEY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9419, 15 April 1909, Page 5

REVOLUTION IN TURKEY.

. ARMY IN REVOLT. SOLDIERS TAKE COMMAND. ■United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.— I Copyright. - Constantinople April 14. The immediate cause of the revolution was an order given t# the troops to fire on their co-religionists. All the difficulties were owing to the officers attempting to abolish the inolnsion- of*the Sultan's name in • the daily prayer. The soldiery murdered ‘ Deputy / Emir Arslan, who . closely resembled Hussein Djahed (editor of the Young Turkish news- ✓ paper). ’ Tbe Vizier, the Cabinet and -President of Deputies have resigned. The Sultan has accepted their resignations. ■ 1 The mutineers invaded Stamboni

at midnight and by morning r the greater part of the garrison at Constantinople and -the Haloihi Rifles, . hitherto the mainstay of the Committee, and many civilians, armed with revolvers surrounded Parliament. The officers were gagged and imprisoned in the barracks. The mutineers are commanded by a non-commissioned officer. They cheered the Sultan, and demanded that tire State should respect the Sheriat or Sacred Law. A few Artillery and Cavalry, who remained faithful, and massed before the Ministry of War. used quickfirers to intimidate the crowd, 17 being . killed and 30 wounded. Latest reports state that the exMinister of War is a prisoner and the mutineers are barricading the approaches to Parliament. , Edham Pasha ; accompanied by cheering troops and escorted by bauds proceeded to, Stamboni. After the resignations the Sultan’s irade was read. The Chamber, in pardoning the mutineers, announced that the Sheriat would be observed in future. The Chamber was cheered. The unrest among the troops is not confined to the capital. London, April 14.

The Times* Constantinople correspondent, telegraphing at a late hour, staged that the committee of the Union'Qf Progress has fallen; The (or League of Mahomed),\backed. .by the rank and file of the FKrst Army Corps and a large majority Moslems, arepaasters of the situation.

The soldiery wfonnded the Minister of Marine and killed the Minister of Justice. y V The leaded of the Committee of. Progress "ure hiding. 'lt is rumoured , that the soldiery around Parliament has acclaimed Tewflk Premier and Ed hem Minister of War, the appointments representing the wish of the Sultan. Received April 15, 9.20 a, m. y Constantinople, April 14. Javer Pasha, Commandant of Constantinople, has succeeded Mahmnd Mukhtar, who commanded the First Army Corps. Order has now been restored and the troops salute the deputies, showing that the movement is not aimed at the Constitution.

A Processionist on Tuesday asked the Snltan to go to StarubonT and wear a green turban as a token of respect for the religion. A BULGARIAN EXPLANAATION Sofia. April 14. A semi-official announcement in Sofia showed that the unsettled condition in Turkey is due to a delay in the of thd Independence of .Bulgaria. The Government would now he forced to act.

KILLED BY MISTAKE. Constantinople, April 14. Nagim Pasha, Minister of Justice, was killed in mistake for the Minister of War. London, April 14. V Reuter reports that Iquil Kemil Bey, Leader of the Liberal Union, had been The majority of the garrison . remained outside Parliament and the War Office throughout the night, continuous firing being kept up in honour of the acceptance of the military and ecclesiastical demands. These included the removal from Constantinople of Djahid, editor of the Tamm. The fact that the majority of Parliament belong to the Committee of Union renders the future obscure. The Sheik-ul-Isiam, who acted as pacificator, has retained his post.