Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-15

- ONSTANTlNOplE July 3'-On
I Aprl 20 an Official announce
Y mcnt was issued to the effect
that the Mltdns brother Prince
Ahmcl kcmal Eddin, was dead ami
buried, This announcement caused cone
siderable surprise because no one IN tbs
Turkish capital, even IN the court cir
clos, had the least idea that Prince
Ahmed konml 3ddIn was suffering
from any maHdN Tho news of his
iNnpsg death ana burial came stimuli
loucoutly ana gave rise TO estimate
suspicious regarding the nature Of M
doceasC, Great secrecy was maintained
regarding The whole affair and, al
though most persons VINO are acquaint'
cd with the methods OF the Turkish
court felt sure what had happened, II
has taken couple Of weeks for the
truth 10 inter through the court circles
ana come TO the knowledge Of The out
side world,
Prince Ahmed Renal Eddin did not
die u natural death, but Was murdered,
ana there are good grounds for believe
INK that he was suangcd by order Of
his imperial brother the sultan Abdul
nmld OF Turkey
smca the murder Of Kng Alexander
of S1rNiu, which took place IN June,
/, 1908, the sultan Of Turkeys fear OF as
sassmation has become perfect mania,
The impression created ON his mind by
the belgrade climc was all the greater
because the rcgicidos by whose hands
| the SoNiun royal couple fell were olll'
GERS bdunglug TO the ScWIan army
| Abdul lumld Wlg In such n state of
| fear ana excitement after the belgrade
tragedy that he hid himself from his
| own SQUIRT, u fact which gave rise to the
| umo,s Of his deposition ana nssnssln-
alton by his Albanian bolyguard, After
"A brloi interval Abdul llamid recovered
some degree of composuro but traces of
| the fcnIul events at Belgrade were
| found IN his increased nervousness ana
! misruM toward all his relatives, ooul'
lers and servants,
FEARS RUSSIAN EXAMPLE,
Recently events IN Russia have
caused me sultan renewed anxiety IN
| pulp o. Official secrecy ana Of the strict
| IurklHh CungOwhip, when cndoNNurod
to prVont the TurKish nation from ub'
! tanning news Of the arsasginotiOn Of
| Grand Duke SorgluN, the story OF the
| Crime ~ Moscow rapidly became known
In Cunstanliuoplo ana was received by
| The Turkish people with feelings Of
| keen satisfaction, The Turkish nation,
| which rrRardA Russia 40 IT'S hereditary
| m,my has followed oVonN In the fhr
! east with Intense interest ana, ellmu.
| lated Dy the revolutionary agitation N
| Russia, has already ekolchpd oui nice
| uno uf itR own future, the realization
of which Nv based ON the introduction Of
"A constitution and DE abolition OF tho
present system of lErAnnleal absolute
| Ism,
IN, sultan " wen aware that the IN
tornal revolution In RUSSIA is We've |
| win sympathy among the Turkish poo
plo. nui the enormous number of spoS
| Win witch Abdul llnmid has Mrround'
| ed IN important personnRea IN lh1
| ottoman empire take care Ia depict pup'
mar feeling "a the sultan In the hlholt'
pW colurs According 10 trustworthy
rcuous from his immediate surround
nga Abdul llnmId'a forohodlnRs are
| p,numy n The oNtromo, lie has Wlihs
drawn moro nnd moro from immediate
ronlnc, Win the nation ana has turned
| hW palace into u fortress, Which serves
him M the same time ~ a voluntary
| prison,
The events In Russia have also affected
the mdm's state Of health IN nm alarm.
Inc mNuncr, his old heart complaint
hnyIuB become more acute, II 4 roNo'
mtIol Wcro TO break out IN Turkey the
wllnn knows That the people would not
initiate the example of the g. poteln.
burg Workmon and approach their
monarch wornol to lay their groV-
nnoos before him Abdul liumid knows
that every TURK " armed and UNDER
stands how 60 make good use OF hls
Weapons, Revolution IN tonstnn-
lnoplo, n succossful would Inevitably
result IN the savage butohefy of the
sultan ana Ms c0nrloiH,
contemplation of these terrible posel'
hniIos has driven Abdul llnmd into
II ycrltablo frenzy Of fear lio smells
puAsea Va every dsh, regards every