THE INVESTING FORCE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 98, 23 April 1909, Page 4

THE INVESTING FORCE.

FANATICISM IN ASIA MINOR.

GREAT DEVASTATION.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 22. The investing army numbers 25,000, and reinforcements of artillery are arriving daily. The Constantinople < police confiscated the journal Hilal for publishing a violent article disputing the Sultan's title to khalif, and citing the circumstances of previous deppsitiona. of Sultans.' ( - ; The wave of fanaticism which originated at Adana, and was directly traceable to respect' for the Sheriat and the popularity of the Sultan, ,is spreading to the eastern provinces. Kurds, Circassians and nomads are devastating Christian villages throughout the Sivas and Aleppo vilayets. Though confident assurances are given at Constantinople that the Sultan will not be deposed, Enver Bey and other Young Turk leaders insist to the contrary.