THE TURKISH CRISIS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 78, 28 April 1909, Page 2

THE TURKISH CRISIS

i» RKSHINATION OF THE MINISTRY. PARLIAMENT KAVOHS DEPOSITION, TROUBLE FEARED IN' ASIA MINOR. Constantinople, April 20. Four thousand reactionaries, including a number of Hadji* (Moslem* .who hatuperfumed Hie Mecca pilgrimage) and Sofia,* (Moslem student of sacred law) have been arrested. Tlie Ministry transmitted its resigii.itiou to the Kultnn und informed Parliament, winch has now returned to Constantinople. A massacre it proceeding at Latnkiu, v.irllier a French •battleship u, hastenin<.'. Marijin is burning, il is feared that Hadjis and Sottas who took i-efiijie in Asia Minor will further intlaine reactionary outbreak-*. Mighty Koftas were killed whilst assisting in the defence of the (Suard 'House at Stamboul, after yielding the ■barracks which flu 1 }' occupied.

Seva-al bodies oi Macedonian volunteer-, consisting of various races and creeds, attached to the Salonika!) force-, were acclaimed when marching through Pera, a suburb of Constantinople, but tliey did not receive a welcome in the Turkish quarter's.

Tewlik Pasha, who was acclaimed Grand Vizier, and Edhcm Pasha, who r>vns acclaimed Minister of War, at the instance of the Sultan hav 0 returned to their homes. It is,declared that the Snltun was cool and collected throughout the ordeal.

During the preparations for th e bombardment of Yildiz the cries of women in the Imperial Harem were heard in tlto distance. Traitors at Taxim were summoned from the ranks after the occupation of the place and summarily shot. Many mosques have ibeen closed and Kurds within tlie city disarmed.

White handkerchiefs and flags are still flying over the surrendered barracks ami guard houses. According to the Ministry, at the Sultan's instance a Macedonian battalion occupied Yildiz. The Sultan takes ■ credit for preventing 'further bloodshed from prevailing at Yildit,and says the troops did not resist the Macedonians. Parliament is almost unanimous on the necessity of deposing the Sultan. Shevket I'aslia, leader of the Constitutionalists, fears a bad effect in the army and in the Stolia owing to the latent hostility between European and Asiatic Turks. CABINET RETAINS OFFICE. CONSTANTINOPLE'S TERMS OF SURRENDER. THE PEOPLE'S FREEDOM. CONDITION FOR RAISING THE SIEGE, j Received 27, 10.5 p.m. Cnslantinople, April 27. Four thousand defenders of Scutari have surrendered. The Senate and the Chamber, at • joint and secret sitting at Stamboul, asked the Ministry to remain in office for some days longer. ', The Ministers have acceded. . The Salonika Committee announce* that Shevket Paslia, prior to the capitulation of Constantinople, issued an ultimatum that the defending soldier* of the First Army Corps activejy engaged in massacres should be sent to Yemen, those guilty of complicity should ' \ lie employed on the construction of '" Macedonian roads, and neutrals incorporated in the Third Army Corps, lie also demanded that Constantinople be garrisoned by 10 highly disciplined bat- ', talions of the Third Army Corps; that i those quartered at Rami* and Tschiftllk j barracks, outside the walls, support the " ( Constantinople police, and the gendar- I merie and present police i>e replaced by ,| ; gendarmes and police from Macedonia. "j Shevket announced a state of siegu ~ would last until a Chamber passed aa fe , Association Law, Press Law, Public j Meetings Act, and Suppression of Vagabondage Law. ; lladi Pasha, acting commander of the Third Army Corps at Salonika, presides ** ' over the court-martial at Constant!- : i "' 101)lc ' • > ■ I t Refuges* are pmirjng into Athens. | ; BURIAL OF CONSTITUTIONALISTS, 3 r SULTAN'S PERSONAL BODYGUARD I ; SURRENDER. '| ] ' Received 27, 10.25 p.m. I j •, Constantinople, April 27. .3 ; Three hundred Constiutionalisk ] ■ troops, killed on Saturday, were buried j in a common grave, with great cere- 3 1 .many. ]

The Sultan's personal guard, consist- ' mg of 300 Fusiliers, body servants and I secretaries, -surrendered on Monday «f- • s ternoon, after Shevket had trained num- ~i erous guns and massed troops at all A approaches to the palaces. j The arrests now number 10,000. In- 1 eluding several high officials. • | The journal Ikdani, which supported J Jviaimi Paslm, has been suppressed. The A editor lias fled. <1