REVOLUTION IN TURKEY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9425, 22 April 1909, Page 5

REVOLUTION IN TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE SURROUNDED.

BY WELL ARMED FORGES. ’

United Press Association.— By Bleo^ irio -Telegraph.— I Copyright. Constantinople, April 21. The Saltan’s yacht, after getting up steam, took ammunition aboard. Hnsni Pasha, commander of the Salonika troops, issued a proclamation addressed to the garrison and inhabitants, assuring them of the safety£of their lives and property. Hnsni’s troops are spread in a semi-circle, within striking distance of tho walls of Constantinople and intersecting all roads thence. The force is well fed, disciplined and confident. , . Military are amazed a the excellent equipment, including field telegraphs, hospitals and-supp y trains. . - . ‘ Tewfik Pasba, the only counsellor who has received an audience at Yildiz, spent 30 out of the 48 hours with the Sultan, who is secluded in his favourite pavilion, and professes to await the arrival of the Constitutionalist army with benevolence, and equanimity. ■ sTewifik declares that the Sultan has nothing to lose, gain, or fear since he is the supreme guardian of the Constitution. The Sultan has ordered that no shot is to be Lfired against the Committee’s forces. All Hosni's requisitions for food and live stock were paid for in cash. One of the. attaches counted 30 machine guns. Another,learns the corps has 60 field pieces, and is well horsed. Husni considers that besides taking the city he mast be able to patrol and control it. It contains a million inhabitants, with many oangerOQ9 mob elements. ■ Trains full of visitors arrived at Saustfrano yesterday, including many secret agents, seeking to converse with the troops. Fifty were arrested, several of whom were disgnised as Hadjis. Many real Bojas, Hadjis and Softos, whose subversive p-eachings were responsible for Tuesday’s outbreak, * have fledjjto Asia Minor. -Constantinople is practically surrounded by a strong force, with several heavy gnns from Tefiataldja approaching. The Cabinet is discussing Husni’s terms.

One report states that the Saltan has been allowed nntil to-night to. abdicate. MASSACRES IN THE PROVINCES Consular telegrams estimate that there were 3000 deaths at Adana, and 3000 elsewhere in the vilayet, which is in a state of anarchy. The position of Marash is still precarious, owing to the renewed attacks on the Armenians. Advices from Laranaca state that the massacre at Adana began in the markets on Wednesday. A Moslem mob, impelled by fanaticism and a desire to loot, killed five Armenians, the remainder of whom withdrew to their own quarters and resisted the mobs for 48 hours. Hordes of Moslem villagers arrived, and were supplied with arms by the authorities, who affected to regard them as a military reserve. Women and ohilden were horribly mutilated. Tbe town resembles a shambles. Similar scenes occurred at Tarsus, where 4000 took refuge in the American College,

ATTEMPTS TO RETAIN THE SULTAN. Vienna, Apiil 21. Immense surprise has been caused in Vienna by the statements of an Austrian official to the Telegraph Agency that a more conciliatory mood is apparent among the Young Turks, and that Abdul Hamid is likely to be maintained. This is interpreted as pointing to some diplomatio intervention, probably German or Austro-German; - London, April 21. The Times’ Vienna correspondent states that the German Ambassador reported using all his influence ‘With the Constantinople members of the late Committee of Union with a view to retaining the Sultan. Vice-Admiral Ourzon Howe aboard the battleship Ocean with the battleship Canopus and the cruiser Minerva stationed at Malta, have started for Turkey. Other ships have been ordered to be In readiness.

MATTERS STILL UNSETTLED,

Received April 22, 8.45 a.m. Constantinople, April 21. Official circles at Constantinople state tbat the pourparlers between the Government and the Army are in a fair way to settlement. Husni’s army no longer insists upon the return of Hilmi, but demands the punishment of the instigators of the Revolution, including the staff ol the Volkan, the organ of the League of Mahomed. The editor has been arrested. A later message states that the Judicial authorities are already arresting the Revolutionaries. The majority of the Oonstantinonle Garrison favour the investing army. Individuals who fear punishment are flying to Asia Minor. The disturbances are extending to the Aleppo,Vilayet, v Tn<j -jlzC. forc'g:as hav. r. ,

taken refuge at the' Vice-Consulates at Antioch and Biredjik. The Diana landed 50 bluejackets at Alexaudratta. DEMANDS OF THE INSURGENTS Received April 32, 8.85 a.m. Constantinople, April 31. Hnsmi Pasha’s proclamation had a most reassuring effect at Constantinople. It declared that the Constitution should be absolutely in accordance with the Sheriat an henceforth it should be safely guarded. * . His demands include the following . —No obstacle to he placed in the way of the reinstatement of officers a-id soldiers, who are to swear upon ths Koran in the presence of the, Sheik-ul-Islam .and of the commanders, blindly to obey the orders of their superiors and not to mis in politics in future. Furthermore the garrison is'to undertake not to intermeasures for the punishment uf guilty persons, and is to denounce spies and other instigators of the disturbances. If the land and sea forces accept these demands and show a passive and real obedience nothing wMI befall the garrison. A prompt reply is required. Order has been restored at Adana and Tarsus, whereJVali and Mntessarif were respectively dismissed. The Times’ Salonika correspondent reports that six battalions are entraining daily. Sherkofc Pasha, Commander of the -Third Army , Corps, is able to send 100,000 men to Constantinople if necessary.