IN FAVOR OF HIS BROTHER.
A FEELING OF RELIEF,
ABDUL PROSTRATED
[press association.] (Received April 21, 1.5 a.m.) , CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20. _ Widespread rumours of the deposition of the Sultan caused great excitement in Constantinople, with aij! ultimate feeling of relief in view of its apparent inevitableness.
_ Thirty-six thousand troops, including a large contingent of artillery, ar<* concentrated at Hademkeui, and hold ■a line from Aansto Fanio to the Daudpadhe barracks. The outposts are/ tailing back on Constantinople or surrendering. Mahmud Shevket Pasha commander of the Third Army Corps is directing operations. Nazim Pasha/ ordered the First Army Corps to avoid! a collision with the advancing force unless attacked.
Some Macedonians insist oai the/ Sultan is abdication as a preliminary; to .negotiations with Nazim and the/ Government.
Tewfik Pasha, speaking in tl'ev Chamber, explained that he assumed office m order to save the country and! the Constitution, which everybody; believed iras endangered by recentf events. The Chamber unanimously! postponed discussion of 3iig pro"pranime. '
The Sultan is prostrated. He expressed a, desire to abdicate. A! proclamation announcing the change! m the throne is being drafted in the/presence of Prince Mohammed Reshadf Effendi, the Sultan's brcthea- a-nd heir; presumptive.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 96, 21 April 1909, Page 4
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196IN FAVOR OF HIS BROTHER. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 96, 21 April 1909, Page 4
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