TURKEY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13888, 27 April 1909, Page 5

TURKEY.

■ POPULAR LEADERS. ONTHE BARRACKS. .' THOUSAND; KILLED. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyrighi CONSTANTINOPLE, -April 25. The population '<if Porn • warmly cheered'the arrival of Maza Pasha, the hero of'the'Resria revolt: :

Shevket. Pasha, was everywhere given ovations.

One thousand persons were killed or wounded'; in the attack on. the Taxit barracks alone. The casualties elsewhere were comparatively few. A message received at midnight declared tliat Constantinople-• was never known to he; so: quiet. . ...It., is stated: that .once the military situation is cleared; an. enquiry into the ;; authors of the revolt will be undertaken, and in' tliis'connection the question .of the throne ".will be : considered.

.STREET, FIGHTING

ATTEMPTS TO AVOID BLOODSHED

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 25

Thrj conduct of Shevket Pasha's troops is perfect, and inspires general confidence.

The Zildiz garrison had planned considerable resistance by strengthening the Guards' house and even taking up points'.of' vantage in private houses, hence street lighting was expected. The garrison of the fort refusing to surrender, a .sharp fusillade followed, which was kept up, and compelled the garrison to hoist the white flag. It is now seen that the prolonged parleying.? at San Stefano were intended to avoid fratricide and blood-: shed- .Many officers of the garrison did their utmost■ -to hinder resistance by locking up. the guns, and ammunition. ■-. '

' Sheykbt Pasha intends to remove the entire old. garrison, the majority going to Salonika.

During; yesterday morning's bombardirieirt a shell burst qver a wall adjoining the Austrian Embassy. A fragment" of. the shell fell in the Embassy courtyard; but the staff were" not injured.' -•• •• - - - - - Mr Moor, the wounded snapshottor, represented the '"Daily Chronicle." He received a slight bullet wound. It was imagined that he was firing. Mr Booth, the representative of the "Graphic," received a wound in the head. 1 ' '

Stray bi:'llets killed some .bluejackets aboard an Italian guardship.

CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS

ORDER AND SECURITY PERFECT

LONDON, April .25. It i-5 difficult, even in Constantinople itself, owing to the state of siege, to ascertain what is ' occurring at- the palace, but Reuter's Salonika message, despatched at. 6! o'clock • last evening, stated that after the Tashkisla, Matehka and Taxi'm barracks were captured,, the garrison at the Yildiz Kiosk surrendered unresistingly.

The r 8 ofc-lork Constantinople message ■■ stated that the capture may be, extremely difficult. Thc.Yildiz Kiosk! possesses artillery'which may be able to give.a Rood account of itself. The other positions already captured were iu>t provided with artillery/ • Official messages state'that'the position, as far as order and-'security :>re concerned, is perfect.:

MOSLEM FIGHTS MOSLEM. THE SULTAN'S. ADVICE. : MUTINEERS SHOT. Received 11..55 p.m., April 26th. , CONSTANTINOPLE, April 26. The National Assembly have agreed to a state of siege; in Constantinople, but object to .facilitating arrests enabling, trials by court-martial. The idea of Moslems fighting Moslems is producing a deep impression, and is likely to load to \further trouble. The defenders of the,'Tildiz kiosk state that the Sultan personally advised them not to resist the Salonikans, who gained possession of the Yiltliz barracks-at mid-day on Sunday. The mutineers who were guilty ot abuse of the white flag were summarily shot. Their treachery resulted in the death of Mukhtal Bey, and 15 Salonikans.

Envoi-' BeV, ' who ' commanded the Taxim district, admits that the attackers lost seven officers and 100 men. At Taxim, a body of mutineers avoiding the/ Salonikans' left flank escaped north towards Therapia, the rest were disarmed and -interned at Stamljoul. They, greatly.resent their defeat at.,the hands ot fellow. Moslems.

KILLING IN THE MOSQUES

POPULACE JOYFUL. Received 12.5 a.in.. April, LTtli. CONSTANTINOPLE* April 26. During their entry-into Stamboul the Salonikans'drove many H'odjas from the mosques;'-'some. .were, arrested, some killed, despite the sac.rocanetity. • The* populace of the eit.y are joyfii'l. There are bonfires, and ; illuminations. Everyone was impressed with the organisation and discipline of the: -victors'. .-.■•'■.... ■TIIk' KILLED A X D WOUNDED. TTIE TAKING OP YILDTZ. ( Peeeivcd 11..5 a.m., April 27th. LONDON, Appril 20. The "Telegraph's" Constantinople correspondent reports that 800 were killed and 1200 wounded. Directly the barracks we're captured the Salonians converged on Yildiz. Two large barracks with .17 guns,-immediately oi:'tside surrendered on Sunday morning. Negotiations proceeded until noon with the 4000 men whom the Sultan urged not to resist. When the Salonikans entered they found thousands commandeering boats and lorries to take them hack to Selimich barracks at Scutari, where the garrison were threataiinii to bombard Pei-a. Pal rolling torpedo boats, however, prevented many of the Yildiz garrison escaping. Many of the fugitives during the evening wore found in the cemeteries and

houses, and were shot on showing the slightest resistance. The defenders at Scutari, who nuniljerod -1000, precipitately retreated.'

On Su'mlay evening, after tlie Salonika ns had'ferried t!ie Yildiz guns across the' Bosphorus, they threatened bombardment. The Sultan forced Towl'ik and Edhen, the next heirs, to remain at Yildiz Kic.sk as hostages, and accepted a Salonikan guard after capitulation.

' It is reported that Ahmed lii/.a will 'beitho next Grand Vizier.