DETHRONED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 494, 29 April 1909, Page 5

DETHRONED.

RESHAD REPLACES ABDUL

THE SHEIK'S DECISION. HOW THE EX-SULTAN ACCEPTED KISMET |UV TEU.EOIUPII-miESS ASSOCIATION—COI'tnIOnT.I (Roc. April 28, 0,37 p.m.) i Constantinople, Apri) 28. At a secret sittinn of tho National Assembly, a Fetwa, countersigned by the Shelk-uMslam (Jemal-cd-Din), was read replying to a question which'had. been submitted to him, viz,; Whether a person who hnri been ouilty of tampering with the Sacred Writings, anfl who had been responsible for tho shedding of innocent blood and tho squandering of tho weplth of tho country, should retain tho Caliphato? The answer conveyed in tho Fetwa was: "No. Such a porson must bo dothroned, pr, ho must abdicate." Tho members of tho Assembly immediately arose and shouted: "PETHRONE HIM." Two deputies proceeded to Yildfz Palace fo convey tho news to Abdul Hamld, who nn . swered: , "I expectod this. My only wish Is that the lives of myself and my family may bo safeguarded, and thgt. I may rc» side ip Tschiraghan Palace, as I wish to die where 1 was born."

EXfT A3DUL; ENTER REStfAB. OEREMONY AT WAR OFF|OE. R*c. April 28, 11.7 p.m. Constantinople, April 28. Whib tho two deputies convoying to tho ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid tho ljews ql his deth'ionement, a second deputation yisitod tho heir to tho throne, Mohammed Reshad, at Dolma Baghtchc Palace, on the shore of tho Golden Hqrn. Thereupon, accompanied by Gliazi Mukhtar, tho veteran Turkish General of tho Russo-Turkisl| War of 187S, and attended by a gpard of picturesquely ragged Albanians, Mohammed Reshad procoeded to tho War OfDco in Stamboul, uhero ho was received by, Shevkot Pasha, Cominaqdor of tho Constitutionalist farcos from Salonika, by x tho veteran Young Tmk lpador Ahmod Riza Paßha, and by the Sheik-ul-Islam. Tho new Sultai took an Oath to remain faithful to the Constitution, and took the titlo of: MOHAMMED THE FIFTH. Tho coremqny pf kissing Ijands was tfien perforp)C(} py tjm pepflters mi Depptics, and th,p pew SpUau cjroyp to Polma Baghtohp, Thp ponplnqp and tlia spldjpry hearti|y. wplcqnictlliipitis lie flrovp tlir«HgU the streets of tho capital. Mohammed V. will ho invested wjtjl the Sword of Ospian fqtfy days lionca p,| t} } a Mosque of Jljul}.

THE NEW RULER'S CHARACTER,

HIS LQMC INTERNMENT. REPORTED SYMPATHY WITH BRITAIN, . (Req, April 28, U,7 D,m.) Lonttori! April 20, "Tho Times" states t|int, despite his yirtual imprisonment at the hnnda of the cxSultan for thirty-tlireo ypars, Mohammed V is quiot and scholarly. Ho has no groat strength of chaipcftr or intollcpt. Rumoifrs that ho is a dohaiiphod Eamj-idiqtic voluptuary are universally disoicdjtecl, If js jcportcd that ho chcrishps warm sympathy with Pritain.

TH,E PLACE QF OOHFIN^MENT. INCIDENT OP THE HOLY WRITINGS, i (Rcc. April 28, 11.7 p.m.) ' Constantinople, Apiii 28. At a lator sifting o{ tho Assom.bJy it WAS decided that the dethroned Sultan, Abdul Hamid, should not bo allowed to travel outside Constantinople. Ho has been taken to Tschiragh.au Palace, on the shoro, of the Bosphorus. ' It is presumed that the accusation agamst him of tampering with holy writings, refers to an incident ten yeqrji ago, lyjion Abdul Hamid destroyed documents containing quotations from the Koran referring to tho possible deposition of tho Sultan.

ILL OMENS FOR A DEPOSED SULTAN. DESERTED NEAP, THE END. (Ilec. April 28, 11 2.; p.m.) Constantinople, April 28. Tschiiaghan Palace is built of marble, and is ricldy appointed. It was the scene of tho assassination, on Juno 4, 1876, of Abdul Aziz, who bad beon deposed from the Sultanate on May 30 of that year, because of dissatisfaction with his reform pojicy, and tho depletion of his treasury. Tschiraghan was also tho place of imprisonment of the Sultan Murad V, Abdul Hamid's elder brother and predecessor, who, on. August 31, 1876, was deposed on the ground of insanity. A bridge connects tho gardens of tho palaco with Yildiz. Kiosk, Abdul Hamid's lato rpsideuce. Bcforo his dethronement, 'Abdul Hamid was deserted, save for a few women.

EX-SULTAN'S HUQE FORTUNE MAY BE SEIZED. BRIBES TO GARRISON, PILLAGED BY HIS OWN SERVANTS. Constantinople, April 27. Reports state that tho movement to dethrone Abdiil Hamid was hastened by tha discovery ihat many prisoners weio in possession of from £5 to £20 each. Abdul Hamid is accused of distributing £300,000 among the garrison. When the Sultan's entourage realised that the situation was serious, tho Palace, guards dispersed and tho Court fled, leaving him alone in his apartments in the harem. Many of tho sen-ants escaped to Asia Minor. Those remaining pillaged tho Palace. Tho Sultan's fortune, which amounts to fifty millions sterling, is invested abroad. It is expected that thjs will ho utilised in placing tho Turkish finances on a sound basis. Tho Sultana stated that tho authors of tho revolt of April 13 («hich overthrow tho Tlilmi Ministry, and led to the present intervention of tho Salonika troops to jostoro* tho Constitution) wore Liberals who were adherents of the Decentralisation party, and that they wore helped by the League of Mahomet. It is suspected that the chjcf prompters of tho plot were the Sultan's favourite son, Iluilian-cd-din (since icpoitod mjssing) and the chief eunuch, Nadir Aga.

GRAND ViZ!ERSHIP;H 7 % THE TURKISH CAESARREFUSES^IT.;; : . 'NOT! .jIeRK- V: , (Rcc; -April.2B;' .9,37 :;p.jn.)M.^' ii' ;: ; ; ; v Cqpstontinople,:; Api'i]-28.;y : ; Shovkct ..Pasha,' Com'mar/dcr.j'.of 'tlio.'.Salo-; nika troops, has announced'. that'.the..-great■■ barracks at- Pcra;; ■ wi11... bo. \razcd to. the' ground.' '■■-<■■■" ' "';';:;/£.... -'.d-U , ■'?';'" '.■ '■'''■"'|i Shovkct was offered-■ tlio./Grand Viziersbip (Premiership), but refused . it,, in order'.to prevent tlio belief arising that ho! is. seeking jiis own advancement..'.■■■■.-.',...'..,.,', ■'.■■■- [It was lately reported that 'Ahmed Riza Pns|ja would bo offered tho Qraud Viziershju,]. A FUGITIVE. . Constamfjipple, April 27, , gijjd Pasha; tho reactionary son of Kiainjil I'lisliji, ox-Grand Vizier, is a fugitive, Tim Sultan's personal guard, after th.cjr sijrrondor at tho Palace, were conducted, ropod together, to the headquarters of ibx? Committee of Inquiry. ..London, April 27, A report, dated Constantinople, 2,30 ihjs nftoriwon, states that the chingo pf /Suj,tan was announced by tho firing of artillery '• ANTI-ARMENJAN OUTBREAKS. A RECRUDESCENCE. (Rep. April 28; 11.25 p.m.) Constantinople, April 2S. A fresh outbreak/of looting and incendjar-i Ism'occurred nt Adana, jn Asia .Minor, on \ j\r.ond»y night.'. Tho situation is critical, I f3o)djprs at Erzeroum, in Asnv Ml'wor, arr J rested fifty of tltoir officers, .." '