TURKEY'S REGENERATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 75, 24 April 1909, Page 2

TURKEY'S REGENERATION.

SUCCESSFI'I« STRATEGY.

POPULARITY OK THE SULTAN SI'HKAUISIi.

London. April Ji Kniler report* Egtf et ■'* chief oi llu- stuiV, xvlio al*» f il u , nriiioiiial </on*tantmople member ol » t &«.,• »f i » i ™, iu t l> r ) s -3 SO directed alMrs that the hr«t Awy ' < Virus on garrisoning tile '»)' "" won over lo tlie constitutional cause. Hi, able assistant «'As «»aat Pasha. The Committee delac-hod practically eveiv person of ili-tim'tio,. from tlie i Sultan anil refuted to negotiate with , an voile on the Sultan's behalf regarding the future of the Sultan.' Constantinople, April -- The investing army numbers 25,000, and reinforcements of artillery are airiving daily. . , i! The Constantinople police confiscated « the journal Hilal for publishing a violent Ij article disputing tire Sultan's title lo ■! Caliph, and citing circumstances previous to the deposition of tin. 1 Sultan to which I the wave of fanaticism at Adana is , J Uiroctly traceable. ■ Respect for the Slieriat and the popularity of the Sultan are spreading D ■'>. the eastern provinces. Kurds, Circnssions, and nomads arc devastating Christian villages through- * out the Swas and Aleppo vilayets. Though confident of the assurances at | Constantinople, that the Sultan is not to be deposed, Enver Bey and other young leaders insist to the contrary. ,

POPULARITY OF HCSXI'S ARMY.

FETED BY ARMENIAN LADIES. - Received 23, 0.10 p.m. Constantinople, April 23. The Sultan did not, as previously stat. cd, make overtures. Armenian ladies of Red Crow Society presented Husni's troops with ft flag! which was thankfully accepted. Many Armenian Indies presented them with flowers, and offered the services of tln> Red Crescent Society if needed. Contingents of the Third Army Corps were sent across the Sea o{ Marmora, and occupied the railway station at Eskihehr, to intercept fugitives from Constantinople. THE CONSTITUTIONALISTS' TERMS. ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. •

Received 23, 10.55 p.m. London, April 23. The latest Constantinople advices state tlwt the (iovernment has unconditionally accepted Shevket's demands, including the formation of a Cabinet, the vlection of a President of the Chanib'ir conformably with the law of the Constitution, tiie discovery and condign punishment of the promoters of the revolt, the reduction of the garrison to lout battalions, and the enlistment of police and gendarmerie at Constantinople on the Macedonian model.

THE l.\TK'l.\(i OPERATIONS. .SULTAN" PREPARING TO RESIST. Rewivcd 24, 0.23 a.m. London, April 28, Advices from Salonika state that Shevkvt Pasha luis proceeded to tM front and directs the investment operations. It is rumored that the Sultan is paring for resistance. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUS' SIONS. DEPOSITION STILL AX ELEMENT. Received 24. 0.23 a.m. Loudon, April 23. Messages from Vienna announce that tlie National Assembly of Senators and 120 deputies, now at San Stefano, discussed two motions; the first providing 'lor the Sultan's deposition, and the second declaring the march of the Macedonian Army legal, and those resisting it rebels. 8 While Mukhtar was speaking against dethronement, five warships, without Admiral Uainble, appeared and placed themselves at the Assembly'* disposal. Among the factors influencing teeling iu favor of dethronement was tile belief J that deposition was already a decided if principle, iind that the SheikuMslam had assented thereto. 1

The assembly, which lias increased to 20U postponed decision regarding , but adopted the second niution. Deliberations are resuming to-day. ATTITUDE OF THE FLEET. Received April 24, 12.25 a.m. l.omlon, April 23. The warships started before the fixed t time, without Admiral Gamble, as they desired to hasten to join the Constitutionalists. Shevket, at defender of the rights of till Ottomans, has assumed the direction of negotiations with the Government. . THE ASIA MINOR MASSACRES. M..UT.HTKU OK ARMENIANS. Received 23, 0.50 p.tu, Constantinople, April 23. Bot'wvon ten and fifteen thousand Al> menians were massacred in Syria, prill-, cipally in the Adaua vilayet. * The (lovernment has urgently instruct* ed the Vali to suppress the disturbance! and deal vigorously with the ringleaders. The situation at Tarsus has improved. The reactionaries in the districts devastated spared neither woinea nor children. The massacres were everywhere conducted with the greatest violence, amid shouts: "Not a twig of tK# accursed lace shall he suffered to live!"