THE TURKISH CRISIS.

Evening Star, Issue 14039, 21 April 1909, Page 6

THE TURKISH CRISIS.

THE SULTAN'S FALL. RUMORS OF DEPOSITION. ITS COMING INEVITABLE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ' ' CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20. Widespread of the deposition of the Sultan caused great excitement, blended with'a feeling of relief, in view of its apparent inevitableness. Some Macedonians insist on the Sultan's abdication as a preliminary to negotiations with Nazim Bey and the Government. The Sultan is prostrated, and has expressed a desire to abdicate. A proclamation announcing a change in the, Throne is being drafted 'in the presence of Mehemmed Reshad Effendi, brother of the Sultan and heir-presumptive. CONFIRMED BY 'THE TIMES.' THE PLOT THAT FAILED. LONDON, April 20. 'The Times' has received from Vienna confirmation of the Sultan's abdication in favor of Prince Mehemmed Reshad. It was generally expected as a natural epilogue to the failure of Tuesday's coup against the Committee of Union and Progress, who, it is expected, will not allow Abdul Hamid a further opportunity ,of undermining their position. THE NEXT SULTAN. LONDON, April 20. Prince Mehemmed Reshad Effendi, who is in his sixty-fifth year, is described as just, temperate, and inexperienced, but honest, and susceptible to guidance. MOVEMENTS OF THE TROOPS. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20. Thirty-six thousand troops and a large contingent of artillery are concentrated at Hadamkaui, and hold the line from Aansto Famo to the Dandpadhe barracks. The Government outposts are either faUing back on Constantinople or surrendering. Mahmund Shevket Pasha commands the Third Army Corps (from Salonicaj and directs operations. Nazim Bey (who commands the Government forces) has ordered the First Army Corps to avoid a collision with the advancing force unless they are attacked. WILL ENTER CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20. (Received April 21, at 8.30 Izzet Pasha reports that the Young Turk forces reiterate their demands, and intend to send five battalions to assist the authorities here in the maintenance of order. THE COMMITTEE ANGRY. THE. MURDERED OFFICERS. LONDON, April 20. It now appears that there is an element of bitterness in the minds of the Committee, and many officers who are now almost at the gates of Constantinople are eager to avenge the blood of their murdered comrades. An official telegram mentions a report in military circles to the effect that 220 of the Young Turk officers, including all the officers of the cavalry regiment, were murdered last week by their men. WHY HE TOOK OFFICE. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20. Tewfik Pasha, the Grand Vizier, speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, explained that he had assumed office in order to save the country and the Constitution, which everybody believed had been endangered by the recent events. The Chamber unanimously postponed discussion of his programme. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONEATHENS, April 20. (Received April 21, at 8.50 a.m.) Mukhtar Pasha reached Athens aboard a German vessel. He states that the Ministry and Parliament were too cowardly to proclaim a state of siege, otherwise* the revolt would have been nipped in the bud. ASIA MINOR REVOLT. BCO BLUEJACKETS LANDED. ATHENS, April 20. (Received ApriL 21, at 8.30 a.m.) The British warships landed 800 bluejackets at Mersina (near Adana, south-east coast Asia Minor). RUSSIA SUPPORTS THE CONSTITUTION. ST. PETERSBURG, April 20. Opinion in Russia is entirely favorable to the constitutional cause in Turkey.