TURKEY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13890, 29 April 1909, Page 5

TURKEY.

-iSULTAN ;;i)]HTHRONED. \ V^lj|TlJli3t|ei^ ; '; ' ■"'■.';' Vvf ss' Assoeial : .ion~Bv' Telegraph-Copyriglu .}::,:.■;•'■' -i' - ■'-,' ,:Li)NDON, April 27.: . 'Renter reppr/s- thiit',th;e- Sultan's ! do-* tlufonepient litis' been decided upon. RoSihnd jEffon'di,- his brother,' : succeeds him; : ' ■"-. ' ' ;'.'''■''..' " : Oilier reports state that, the niove'menli to dethrone the Sultan was hasteiiecl . by'the discovery that m'ahy prisoners were'in ikisjf'ssfon .of froni £s' ■ to'r.-fi-20.-,'.T'he-'S'u : lt'afl'is ; rtcoused of dis- ■" t-siliuting' £300,000 among the''garrison.' '■' -flw .Saltan's' fortimo; of"'£ob;C|00;000' ■is.rinvested'aVna'd.' jt is expeeled fhat this,will' be utilised Jir : .placing .Turkish finances rin a shund basis.-

WJion-.'thc Sultan's-cinfotirage realised j that the situation was serious, and tlie' Palace Guards dispersed,, the Court ffed; v leaviiig him nlo'ne. in his apartmerits.,in. the harem, ■'."' -Many servants, escaped, to Asia Minor, and tlie servants; remaining pillaged..the.palace. The. Sultan stated that? the authors of tlie revoitjfwere .iie'reri ts '6f" ilecentfaljsatidri, /lielped liy', the Mrihanimedan. ijeagrie: It''is . strspected tliat'the chief prrimoter' of'the.pTbt -was' the; Sultan's fay-, burite son' Bur Haneddirif and the' chief eunuch, Nadir Aga: ! ' ;. DISGRACING THE GUARD. ; NEW ' ~' ■-. CONSTANTINOPLE,' April 27. ( Kiiimil Pasha's red'etipriary son, Said,, is a. frigitiye.'■'" • ..'...-'

vTlie' Sultan's personal guard,, whose surrender' w-ns,cabled yesterday, were cor due ted loped together to the headqinrters of the Committee of Enquiry Thes oldiers at Erzeroum anestcd "iO of their officers.

A lepoit d.ited Constantinople, 2 30 this nftemoon, states that the filing of artillery announces the 'change of Sultan THE S[ T LT\}s VISII GRE VT BARB VCKS DESTROYED

Received P 33 p m., April 28th

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 28. At a secret sitting oi the Assembly. *i Fotwa, conn Lei signed by the Sheik nl islam, was i cad,-replying to the question whethei a'peisnn guilty of lamponng with the sac ted writing, and w'lJs responsible foi the shedding of innocent blood and squandeiing the wealth of the , counti\, should letain the ctliplnie. The Ferwa answeied '"No." ho imisr be deduonod o abdicate

'The Assembly uhniodialoK shouted ' dethtone him," and two Senatois and two Deputies pioi ceded to A ildi7 Kiosk

Abdul Ilainid answeied, ' I e\pci ted this. M\. onlj wish is that the lives oi mjsoir and'family bi» saieguaided, and that I icsule at tho Tcolni aghan palace, as 1 w i«h to du wheie I was born, '

Shot Let Pasha innonntid tint the ,/iPit banieks it Poii wore r>y>d to ihe giound lie wasofiored the Grind Vi/u rship, but rolused to pie\ont i helier lb if In w is seel mx his own ad \ ancenu m Tin 1 M'W STLTVN i vivi\G rfir ovru Rtceijod 11 7pm Vpnl - ,c hh CONSTANTINOPLE Apnl 2R V t,i cmul deputation visited Rishul it Dolmalngskhev pjlioe wliPieupon acpoinpamed b\ Gha/i Mukhtai, the vitenu Tunisian and a guild of pioluiPsqurh ragged Albanians Rpshad pioceeded to t)ie Wai Office, where Shevol Ahmid Ki?a and Sheik ul Islam leeeived bun A feet liking the oath to remain faithful to the Constitution and taking the title of Mahomed V Dip Deputies and Senators kissed hands The new Suit in cliove to Dol mahagskbev, the populuo and soldi t\ beaitilv welcoming him M ihomeil V" will be invested with the swoid of Osma 40 <la\s hence it the Mosque of Ejiib

The Deputies litei on decided that Vbdul n mncl should noi lie il'owpd to travel outside Const in tinople Tit wis taken to Tehijaffhin pnlnre, on Ilie shines of the ]}osphoii* ]i i-, pip sinned that llk at c usilion ol i uupei ing with thp hoh wntings refeis lo in mi idi nt oi un \rai-, ago w liph Vbdul cle iio\<d dor unit nt i nmlaining quol i lions iuui) Ihe Ivoian n the pi silil ilc- position ct the Suit in tin I ondc n fiuisr ' us Hi it dfspit i \uti il nnpiisnn input ol H \eii-, M lhonipd \ is quipl ind nhnlailv but ol no j,ir u stipiigth of thai letei oi intellect The rumotiis Hut he is i dtbiuilud ind spun fdiolu \olup(iiii\ nt uimeisirih diseiediteil lie is leputed to tln i ish i w um s\m pith\ loi Hut un Ithiiightn pilire which is ol innble iithh appointed, wis the some of Vbdul \/i/s assissinidon ind Mm id 1 itth's lmpnsonmeiil V bridge rounccts the caidrns ol the pilite with >, lldi/ kiosk

■. A>duT\Hamid was' des.orf.ed' save for a' i'eWwomen, before his dethronement. . .

A fresh outbreak of looting and' incendiarism took placo. at Adamv on Monday night. The situation, is critical.