DETHRONED

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 79, 29 April 1909, Page 2

DETHRONED

EXD OF ABDUL HAM ID'S REIUX. THE XKW SULTAN* ACCLAIMED. London. April l~i. Renter's correspondent reports thai lhi 1 Sultan's dethronement i« duriil'd upon, nail that hi! I- to In- siiivi'i'ili'd by his lirntlii'i', Mehcmmcd-lti'sliud KH'ciidi. Other reports state that the niovcnieiit to dethrone liini was hastened by the discovery of many prisoners in pussession of from to to .C2O. Til,. Sultan is accused of distribuli.ig .1:1110,0(10 among the garrison. When the Sultan'* entourage realised the situation was serious anil the palace guards dispersed, the cOinT lied, leaving him alone in the apartments 01 the Imperial harem. Many servants escaped to Asia Minor whilst th,. servants remaining pillaged the palace. The Sultan's fortune of fifty millio.i sterling is invested abroad. It is expected that will be utilised for placing the Turkish finances on a sound basis.

Th e Sultan stated that the authors of the revolt were Liberals, who were adherents of decentralisation, helped by the Mahomedan League. It is suspected that the chief promoters of the plot were the Sultan's favorite son, Burhan Eddin, and Chief Eunuch Nadir Agra.

Constantinople, April 27. Ex-Orand Vizier, Kiamil Pasha's reactionary son, Said, is ~ fugitive. The Sultan's personal guard, whose surrender was cabled yesterdav, was conducted, roped together, to the headquarters of the Committee oi Inquiry. Soldiers at Erzeroum have been'arrested with fifty of thei r ollieers. A report from Constantinople bearing the time-2.30 p.m., states that the firing of the artillery announces a change in regard to the Sultan. SULTAN*'* DETHROXEMEXT, DECIDED OX BV~TIIE ASSEMBLY. ARDUL BOWS TO THE IXEVITABL':. Received April 28, 0.37 ;,.«,, Constantinople, April 28. ■At a secret sitting „/ t iie Assembly, a fetwu, countersigned hy the Sheik 1.1 Islam, was read, replying to a question whether a person guilty of tampering with sacred writings, responsible t„ r the shedding of innocents' blood, and squandering the wealth of the country, could retain the Caliphate, The I'ctwa answered "Xo. tie must be dethroned or abdicate."

The Assembly immediately shouted Dethrone him."

Two Senators and two Deputies then proceeded to Vildii!. Abdul Hamid niiswered: "I expected tiiis. My only wisli is that the lives of myself and family be safeguarded, and that I be allowed to reside at Tocheraghan I'alace, as 1 wish to die where 1 was horn." Shevket announces that the . "rent barracks at l'era have been razed lo the ground. lie was oll'ered the II rand Viziership, but refused, iu order to prevent the belief that he was seeking his own advancement. RESIZED CALLED TO THE THRONE. A WARM WELCOME. lteceived April 28, 11.7 p.in. Constantinople, April 28. A second deputation visited the heirapparent, Heshed Elfoidi, at Dolmahagsche Palace, whereupon, accompanied by Ghazi Miikhlar, a veteran of ta<Russian war, and a guard of picturesquely ragged Albanians, Resiled proceeded to the War Oll'ice, where Shevket, Ah medrizza, and the Sheik-Cl-Islam received him. After taking the oath to remain faithfill to the Constitution, and takiii" th-' title of Mahomed V, the Deputies an I Senators kissed his hands. The new Sultan then drove to Dolmnhagsche, the populace and soldiery heartily welcoming him. Mahomed will be invested with th ■ Sword of Osman forty days hence at tile Mosque of Ejub. * ' PROVISION FOR ABDUL'S FUTURE. NOT TO LEAVE CONSTAXTIXOPLE. lteceived April 28, 11.7 p.m. Constantinople, April 28. The Deputies later decided that Abdul Hamid be not allowed to travel outsiib Constantinople. lie win ~,K MI to Tschiraghan I'alace, on the shore of tic Bosphorus. Jt is presimied the accusation of tampering with the holy writings refers to an incident of ten years ago, when Alt' dul destroyed documents eoutaininif quotations from the Koran referring to the possible deposition of the Sultan. THE NEW SULTAX. WAKM HEGAIiD FOR BRITAIN. I lteceived April 28, 11.7 p.m. Loudon, April 28. The Times says that despite his vir- ( tual imprisonment for thirty-taree veins Mahomed is quite scholarly, but has no great strength of character or intellect. Humors that he is a debauched, semiidiotic voluptuary are universally discredited. He is reputed to cherish a warm sympathy for Great Britain. A DESERTED MONARCH. lteceived April 28, 11.23 p.m. Constantinople, April 28. x Tclicraghan is a jialacc of ninrulc, richly appointed. It was the scene of the assassination of Abdul Aziz, and also of the imprisonment of Murnd V. A bridge connects the gardens ot the palace with Yihliz Kiosk. . Abdul Hamid was deserted, save for a few women, before his dethronement. FRESH OUTBREAKS IX ASIA MIXOR. Received April 28, 11.2j p.m. Constantinople, April 2S. A fresh outbreak of looting and incendiarism aeeiirred at Ad.ma on Monday night, aiid the situation is critical.