TROUBLE IN TURKEY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3164, 15 April 1909, Page 5

TROUBLE IN TURKEY.

REVOLT OP TROOPS. DISMISSAL OF A MINISTER DEMANDED. SITUATION GRAVE. Received April 14, 8.30 a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13. A revolt of troops has occurred in Constantinople. Two battalions of troops surrounded the Parliament Building and demanded the dismissal «f the Grand Vizier, the President of the Chambers, and the Minister for War. The situation is grave.

MARCH OF INSURGENT TROOPS. SERIOUS DISTURBANCES. PANIC PREVAILS. Received April 14, 9.5 a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13. The insurgent trooDs were quartered at the Ministry of War. At I dawn they marched to the Mosque of Saint Sophia, and thence to Parliament Buildings followed. Panic prevails in the city, and the shops are closed. The immediate eaiise of the; tVouble is not disclosed. OFFICERS ABSTAIN FROM THE MOVEMENT.

Received April 14, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, April 13. A private message received in London states that there are no officers with the insurgents. THE CAUSE OF THE REVOLT. 'MINISTER OF JUSTICE KILLED, Received April 14, 10.5 p.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 14. The immediate cause of the revolution was an order given to fire on coreligionists in all circumstances. \ The soidietfc murderel the Deputy ' Emir of Atslan. LONDON, April 14 The Constantinople correspondent of Times," telegraphing a late fcour, ; s!-&ted that the committee •oJtihe Union of Progress had'fallen in with the JemietimahomelUch, or ■lieague of Mahomed, ai.d hM backed tffae rank and file of the Fffrst Army 'Corps, a large majority of «vhom are Moslems, who are mastatfs of the situation.

The Grand Vizier, Cabinet, and President of the Chaml&rs, have resigned. The Sultan h#s accepted the,j resignations. j; Soldiers wounded Vice-Admiral I Khaill Pasha (Minuter of Marine), I and killed HassawFteJimi Pasha (Min- j ister of Justice). she leaders of the Committee are Isi hiding. It is rumoured ''that the soldiers around the Paaflijgment buildings acclaimed M«tu»et *Tewfik Pasha Premier, and EdfoeiK "Pasha Minister of War, the appointments representing the wish of the Sultan. CROWD FIRED ON. SEVENTEEN PERSONS KILLED. Received April 14, 11.55 para. CONSTMITINOPLE. AprM 14. The maulsneers, 'commanded usy noncomraissioneil officers, cheereS the Sultan and demanded that the State should ffeapsEt the sheriat or -sacred law. A few artillery and cavalry remained faithful. The Miafeterof War used jrusicto-firers to infcteaidate j the crowd Seventeen were killed i and twenty^wounded. The Satest reports state that the ex-Minis*er >of War is prisoner, and that the (mutineers are barricading the approaches to Parliament. Edham 3?asha, accompanied by cheering taopps and bands, proceeded, to StambouS. The Sultan's irade was read in the Chamber pardoning the mutineers and announeiiag that the sheriat \jjpuld be observed) in future. The Chamber cheered the message.