THE NEW CONSTITUTION.

Grey River Argus, 4 August 1908, Page 3

THE NEW CONSTITUTION.

, THE CABINET. (.Red 1 1. 13 p.m) ' CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug 3 . The Turkish Ministers of War, Ma rine, Foreign, Education, and Fjmiance sire unchanged. tt> is said that seve%. ral new ministers are appointed, but the impression is that the Cabinet is '• : only txau'sitorv. . . The Cons'riiiition declares that all Ottomans, are equal, 1 regardless of race or relisjooo.; Iz^r Pasha, who was denounced as JTa-fwey'-s: evil genius, escaped from ■v Constantinople aboard the British ship Maria, whioh will be stopped at che Dardanelles, pending communication with the British Embassy respecting his- surrender. - The Sultan's recent action and langu age, combined with the fall of the head Palace officials, favourably impressed the Liberals who are trying to persuade 20,000 troops in Macedonia to support the Sultan as Constitutional Monarch. 9,000 troops in Constantinople and the fleet support the Constitutional. One thousiand time-expired soldiers in Adrianopie mutinied, desiring to proceed to Constantiople to rescue the Sultan.