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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 99, 28 April 1909, Page 5

EXIT ABDUL HAMID. • DETHRONEMENT DECIDED UPON. SULTAN'S SAD PLIGHT. THE GAKRISON HEAVILY BRIBED. STORY OF THE REVOLT. DESERTED BY COURTIERS AND SOLDIERS. By Telegraph. — Press Association. — Copyright. (Received April 28, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, 27th April. Reuter's agent at Constantinople reports that the dethronement of the Sultan has been decided upon, and that Reshad Lftendi, the Sultan's brother anil legitimate heir, will succeed him. Other reports, state that the movement to dethrone the Sultan was hastened by the discovery that many prisoners were in posses= sion of from £5 to £20. The Sultan is accused of distributing £300,000 among the garrison. When the Sultan's entourage realised that the situation was serious, the Palace guards dispersed and the Court fled, leaving him alone in his apartments in the Harem. Many of the servants escaped to Asia Minor. Those remaining pillaged the Palace. The Sultan's fortune, which amounts to fifty millions sterling, is invested abroad. It is expected that this will be utilised in placing the Turkish finances on a sound basis. The Sultana stated that the authors of the revolt were Liberals who were adherents of the Decentralisation party, and that they were helped by the Mahometan League. It is suspected that the chief promoters of the plot were the Sultan's .favourite son, Bnrhnn=ed=din, and the clue! eunuch, Nadir Aga.