SHALL ABDUL BE DEPOSED?

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 5

SHALL ABDUL BE DEPOSED?

discussion In Ass^Mbti tfRdPOSAIS Foil OF HIS l'd.WElis. ;■ Cchsthritlnojilai April 23. . I'fie Siiltaii dcclariis that iio id iiiiidcbilt of.all complicity in the recent outbreak; ttiid refuses to discuss "'his abdication, saro as tho result: df ah ihqility rcgardiity; iiib gdilt' or iflttocebce, COndubted iil bbeordhiiubWilli tlip Siief'iat. * '. Tho omission of any roforbneo to tho Sul- \ tan's future in the list of conditions submitted by Blievkfet. Pcshaj Comhlniidcr .of tho ; diloillka iS ilitbrtirbted. ttt Itieaii that tlib Suiijbdt .will lib dbHlt wit-H iatei\ ! Serlih, April 23. 1 The "Cologno Gdkette" publishes ah ilhcoii- ; fiflflbd • niessajio frdni ObhSthiitiiibple Btaliilj) that'tho Assembly at San Stefbiib ha's decided 'tb dbpe tho Sultan, ' SULTAN RECEIVHO AN OVATIOW LAST \■ -.; ' ; FRibav. ;. ■ fets POl'tlLAlUTy .lN Tim CAl'itATi. ; • ; (llcc. April 25; 4 li.rii.) '. v '. / London, April 24, . j . Tho ConstantiriOpib cbitbs)>otiderit' of "Tho , Times" learns on tlio authority of a deputy ■ attendiiig tlio lifeW: National Asgeinliiy SlUiiig ! at' San Stbfatio tinit. tlio Assembly Ims tiei cided in favour of tho Sultan's Hetlirbheincllt.Bbhst ! UitlilSp;o j Ajiiil 21. I .' Tlio Stilt'ail p'aitl liis iiikiidl FHday'p visit t-d - tlio Mosqiie, in accbrdaiibo. W ; it!i tho ciistolti of • tlio Selamlik or weekly, prayer.. Crowds gavo t liiiu aii bnthusiastid ovation, - j VTiicro hrb indifcations that Shevket's cau- ( tion. regarding tho Siiitiiil'B fiitUfe

eirehg'theiied by . a warning. wtiicli rfdziiri Pasha persohaliy convoycd yesterday to San Btefanoj whfcrb tho Assembly is.sitting, stak ilig that a portion of tho garrisori of tHB bapital, also of tho populdco, aro strongly • ldyal to tho Sultan, and that bloodshed is extremely probable ill the event of all % prbbipltdtb sfbp bbiiig taken. : Proirifnenbe is given in Constantinople to 1 telegram to the Government denying that the army has arrived in order to detfitoiio tho Sultan. ■ l.ondon, April 24; ; It is Suspected iii some quarters that Sliovkbt's asSurahcci are greatly tactical. ; Tha "Daily Telegraph" . stdtes. that an agreement has been reached at Sail Stefano. It restricts tlio Sultan's authority to the narrowest limits of a Constitutional Sovereign. Other messages foreshadow that aftbr tllb' butihebrs have been overawed and discipline re-established, tlio strongest prcssuro will Ixs brought td bear to forco tho Sultan to abdicate. ;•' AH; AUGEAti CLfeAfiSINC ! NO IiALFMEASURES: ■, " SURPRISING EFFICIENCY OF THE ' : < ARMY. LbnddH, Apin) §k Tho Salonika p correspondent of "The tomes" reports that tiie prevaiiing dplriion is that .clidnges of all absdlutbly funddmeiital fcliarhcter ate impending in Turkey. It is felt tlidt tliti nibhient Hfis arrived iVlieii tlio situation iiiiist be cleared tieyohd tlio possi' bility of further ambiguities or misapprehensions. Tlio Augean stable must be thoroughly cleansed. An astonishing • wdvb of enthusiasm prevdils iii lilinielia. tflio rbmarkablo efficiency' of tile army camo as a revelation to aii. It i 3 beliovfed that foreign flatibiis will qiiickly recbgiiisb the ifnitifenso Significance df fctrohi oveiits, and. will Shate the optiinism of the Shlonikaiis. ; "The Times)" commciiting on the Turkish situation, remarks that tho appointment of jfaziin and Ildtieni j?ashas as a resuit of the Liberals' rallying was the real turhing-poiht of the rßvolutioh. It opertod tllb dbor to nbgotiatiortSj which "The Times" trusts will end in the bStatjlisiiHieiit of Parliamentary institutions oh stronger foutidations than evbr. Constahtlnaplej April . A hitch MS occufhxl in fctotai-irig-in the CdHstdntihoplb giil'risbli. tlio majority of iiic soldiers declined tb, talco the oath : unless the ollicers swore implicit bbcdiehco to the Sultan. Thefelijioh tile- Slieik-ui-Islani and ■ his cßinpanibiiS retiiiiied tb: . hbhdqiiarfcerS, • stating that their mission if a a largely a -failure. It transpired that agitators had told the men that the troops from Salonika under Shcvket Pasha did not exceed 6000, tihd that their loaders had. beeh bHbcd by the Christians to overthrow' the Siiltaii. N Tllb militdry aiithbrities aiiiiiDlinced early to-day that swearing-in is proceedihg . satisfactorily. Tllb fioverhmbnt arrested 68 ; Softas (Moslem students Of fedbred law), end ' bicorblsps strict surveillance.