ARMED REVOLT.

Hastings Standard, Volume XII, Issue 4130, 15 April 1909, Page 5

ARMED REVOLT.

TURKISH MINISTRY UPSET

SUCCESS OF INSURGENT TROOPS.

Constantinople 14, received 10.5 p m—The immediate cause of the revolution was an order given tc fire on co-religionists under all circumstances. The officers are attempting to abolish the inclusion of the Sultan's name in the daily prayer The soldiery murdered the deputy Emir Arslan, closely resembling Hussein D'J an,cl > editor of the Young Turkish newspaper London 14 —The 'J imes' Constantinople correspondent, telegraphing at a late hour, stated that the Committee of the Union Progress had fallen, and that the League of Mahomed, backed by the rank a.id file of the First Army Corps and a la'ge majority of Modems, are masters of the situation

MINISTERS MURDERED,

The soldiery wounded the Minister of Marine and killed the Minister of Justice. The leaders of the committee are hiding. It is rumoured that the soldiery around Parliament House acclaimed Tewfik as Premier and Edham as Minister of' War, these appointments representing the wish of the Sultan.

STAMBOUL INVADED,

The mutineers invaded Stamboul at midnight. By morning the greater part of the garrison at Constantinople and the Haloihu Rifles, hitherto the mainstay of the Committee of Union and Progress, together with many civilians ar,med with revolvers, were surrounding Parliament House, not the Porte. When officers accompanied them this was due to compulsion. The rest of the officers were gagged and imprisoned in the barracks. The mutineers were commanded by a non-commissioned officer. They cheered the Sultan and demanded that the State should respect the Sheeriat, or sacred l?w.

A few of the artillery and cavalry remained faithful. Massed before the Minister of War, they used quickfirers to intimidate the crowd, 17 being killed and 20 wounded. According to latest reports, the exMinister for War is a prisoner. The mutineers are barricading the approaches to Parliament House. Edhem Pasha, accompanied by cheering troops and b?nds, proceeded to Stamboul after the resignation of the Ministry. The Sultan's irade was read in the Chamber, pardoning the mutineers and announcing that the sheeriat would be observed in future. The Chamber cheered the message. The,unrest of the troops was not confined to the capital. The conspiracy against the Committee of Union and Progress is in the interests of Albanian autonomy.

SERVIA'S INDEPENDENCE. (Received 15, 8.5 a.m.) Sofia, April 14. A semi-official announcement at Sofia states that should the unsettled condition of Turkey deiav recognitFon of Servia's independence, the Government ,vill be forced to act. A FATAL ERROR. (Received 15, 8.5 a.m.) Constantinaple, April 14. Margim Pasha, Minister for Justice, was killed in mistake for the Minister for War. THE NEW VICE-PRESIDENT.

London, April 14. Reuter reports tha Iquil Kemil Bey. leader of the Liberal Union, has been appointed Vice-President. THE GARRISON, REJOICES. The majority of the garrison remained outside the Parliamentary Buildings and War Office throughout the night and continuous firing was kept up in honour of the acceptance of military and ecclesiastical demands. These included the removal from Constantinople of Djahid, the editor of the "Tamin."

THE FUTURE OBSCURE. The fact that the majority of the members of Parliament beiongtothe Committee Union, renders the future obscure. The Sherkulislam. who acted as pacificator, retained his post. THE NEW COMMANDANT. (Received 15, 8.26 a.m.) Constantinople. April 14. , Javer Pasha, Commandant at Constantinople, has succeeded Madmud Mukhtar in the command of the First Army Corps. RELIGION THE CAUSE. The processionists on Tuesday asked the Sultan to go to Stamboul and wear a green turban in token of respect for their religion. A small force of Russian Cossacks was sent to Meshed to protect foreigners.

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REVOLT NOT AIMED AT CONSTITUTION.

Order is now restored, and the troops salute the Deputies, showing that the movement is not aimed at the Constitution.