New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-24
THE TURKISH REVOLUTION.
THE s1uTAN,s OVERTHROW.

EFFORTS HAVE HIS Sun MADf. MIN
ATTIC INCIDH rs ATTENDING THE ACCESSION OF
MtIR,D " AND THE FALL OF ABDUL AZlZ.
frRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
CossrANrINoPLr May 31.-Tho demands OF the
Sofas Theological studcnts, which were niaue
known TO the Sultan on the 10th and l9th OF inns
MONTH bore fruit in the complete remOoehhg ol the
Ministry. Name after name was added to the Caoi-
net until all the most enlightened PGshas OF the En-
pire had been sought out from retirement. Inc
Ministry contains now dozen Ministers WITHOUT
portfolio. All the names thus added were those
of men who had been driven from office by
the Sultan, and were put on the Cab
met without Lis cordial assent. Meantime
the other demands of the reform party were not
finding fulflment at the hands of the Sultan. and
his deposition was determined upon. The Grand
yizier the Minister of War, and two or three OF the
Ministers without portfolio, among whom Midhat
Pasha was chief were the active conspirators.
The Sultan insisted on having as an equivalent Of
the reforms demanded the consent of the Ministers
TO the change in the order OF succession so that his
own son might be heir to the throne instead OF ms
nephew who as the Oldest male of the blood royal,
would legally inherit. The Ministry and the Sofas
as well as the mass OF the people have always been
opposed to changing the succession.
On Sunday the 2Sth, the Ministry applied to the
Sutans private estate for the promised gold to pay
tie army. The young prince lzeddin brought the
SutanS answer to the effect that the papers chang
ing the succession must be drawn up before gold
could be furnished The Ministry refused again,
and the Sultan at once ordered the Grand NiZier,
Rushdi Pasha, to restore the seals to Mahmoud
Pasha, who had been driven from Office by the mob
of May IL. This precipitated what had been IN
preparation. and Monday night about midnight,
couple Of battalons of troops were posted on the
roads leading to the Imperial Palace, while line of
hoatS loSbc her thrown
front of the building and picked force was sta
toned at the gates the land side. Twice
staff officers from the Palace attempted to force
their way out to learn what was occurring, but they
were driven back by the soldiers. Meanwhile the
high dgnitaries of the Empire assembled at one of
the large mosques in STEAMBOAT, and the Shckh-u!-
Islam the depositaTy of sacred truth, read to them
his Etrd authorizing the deposition of the Sultan
This document gave to the movement legal char
aeter as based upon the principles of the Koran and
made it proper for ali Moslems TO join in it. The
heir apparent was then called from his residence III
the court of the Imperial palace and carried to the
War Department where several hundred dignltaneS,
Mosem and Christian, were assembled. These ali
bowed low 10 the Prince he entered. shouting,
Long live the Sultan M1rad V.!' Then each one
came. forward and kissed corner of the
skirt of his coat in token of allegiance TO him. Then
the Governor of the Holy City of Mecca blessed the
new sultan, ana "a crown Oh coiiao 'i'hI"
in an adjoining hall began to chant prayers for his
success rs Sultan.
Sultan Murad " then went into this hall and joined,
kleeng in the prayers Of the multitude, while from
the great fre-tower the parade-ground the lnre-
rial flag was unfurled. 1t had by this time
become broad day, aud as soon as the flag appeared
on the tower the flagship of the iron-clad fleet
hoisted the same flag, and in an instant the whole
feet as by magic decked out IN gala c0ioTs.
Then every ship ard every battery fired salute OF
100 guns which reused the inhabitants of the great
city to the knowledge that they were under Ecw
Government According TO custom, criers went
through the streets bawlng ont, :" Prince Murad
Y is Sultan. Abdul Aziz Kahn is detlroncd. God
bless the former and forgive the sins of the latter
Amen"
AT this iuncture Abdul Aziz, hearing the guns and
the shout "Long live Sultan Murad v" from the
soldiers at the palace gates, TO have first real
lied his pOsiton. and sent his aid-dc-canp 10 the
Grand Vizier to say that he was ready TO grant
everything Tie Grand VizeTs answer was SIMPLY
TO hand 10 the aid the signet OF the eXSultan, with
the remark that he had 10 further use Tor ana inc
aid under guard, rode dejectedly back to the PAL
ace Up 10 this time TO attempt had been made to
enter the palace, whose inmates were now thorough
" panic-stIicken. Revolutions In Turkey nave
rarely been accomplished without bloodshed. In
deed remember but the single case of Sultan Mus
tapha " in his first reign, when royal blood has
not been shed when the throne has been forcIbiy
secured for more favored candidate. Hence the
expectation Of every one at the Palace
down to the blacklist negro wench i'll the kitchen
was that the whole population of the huge
building were doomed. But there was no blood
shed. About 6 o'clock in tho morning Redh Pasha'
the President Of the Board of War, WHO had charge
of the troops investing the Palace, sent for the Chief
eunuch: This duslly functonary, whose oihciai
title is Master Of the Girls" nGzlar Agassil ont
ranks all PashGs, except the Grand Nzier, and con-
ueouently came but slowly Hc vas ordered to sec
that Abdul Aziz removed at once to quar-
tcrs prepared for him in the ancient palace at the
Seraglio. And without tie Humiliation OF being
driven ont or removed by force the dethroned Sui
tan and his son Izeddin age 16), Lieutcnant-Gen-
eral commanding the FirstArmy Corps, and ms son
Jeusleddin (age I2l, Admiral commanding the
Navy-Yard; and his six wives and lis other chill
dren. and the servants of his wives, embarked on
large caiques for the Seragho Point Several boat
loads of clothing and bedding followed them, and
by 10 o'clock the palace was empty, except for the
servants and the hundreds of concubnes locked
nm until the next day in end of the haIcm.
About 10 o'clock the Sultan, dressed IN his
syery-day plain black broadci0th, entered cOEn-
mon coach drawn by two horses and drove through
the city. bowling right and left in acknowledgment
of the shouts of the really enthusiastic multitude.
With hin were the Grand Vizer, the Minister OF
War Ailhat Pasha, the supposed leader Of the
whole movement, aud few other persons OF note.
There were no troops, and there was 10 display.
Arrived at the palace, the new Sultan was lmmc-
dately beset with dignitaries coming to take the
oath of ALLEGIANCE and have no dOnbt thai Sultan
Mnrad V. began TO wish that there had not been 50