The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
NEW REGIME BRINGS JOY The Turkish Parliament
 Opened. CoNsTANTINoPLE IS HAPPY Ihrongs Fill Streets With Glad
 Scenes. constitutionai Government Is Received With Acclalmn by the People
 sad Cheers Greet the
 sultan.
CONsTANTlNoPLE IS HAPPY

Constantinople, Dec. t7.--A new con- stitutional government was inaugu- rated today with every sign of suc- cess.
 Brilliant weather favored the cere- monies attending the opening of the new Parliament, which was elected under the constitution promulgated by the Sultan last July. and everything passed off without the slightest dis order.
 Any fear that the Sultan may have had as to the temper of his sub bjects was dispelled by the ample display of whoie-hearted enthusiasm. The fact that the Sultan came out openly to meet his people on this suspicious oc- casion, has gone a long way toward removing the effects of past evils, which have been attributed to the pal ace rule. while the Grand Vizier, Kiamil Pasha, who insisted upon his majesty's coming by the road which passes through the European quarter of Pera and Stamboul. thus bringing the sov- ereign into contact with the masses, instead of. as suggested by the timid- herted, of proceeding by water, has shown his great wisdom and has by this move secured further success in the consolidation of the constitutional regime.
 Tonight the streets are full of life and the city Is brilliantly illuminated. Frequent pistol shots are heard as sign of the general rejoicing.
 Opening of Parliament.
 The opening Of the Parliament was characterized by much soiemnity. Two hundred Deputies and Senators. togeth- CT with the chiefs of various Felig- ious communities, q large number of other State dignitaries and ministers. and the heads of the diplomatic mis- sions were present.
 With the exception of the Sultan's six sons in the box adjoining the im- perial box. no other princes were pres ent. 4F
 After the reading of the speech from the throne. there was flourish of tFuWpets and the troops naassed out side the building gave three cheers for the Sultan. while artillery salntes in different quarters of the city and suburbs announced the event to the wh ole population. z seen on the streets. a remarkable fea- ture being the great number of Turkish women filling the windows and bal- comics along the line of march.
 A never-to-be-forgotte scene was presented at the Mosque of St. Sophia. the roof of which was crowded with spectators. even to the summit of the
 
 The Ambassadors and Ministers of foreign powers were everywhere given hearty receptions. They assembled at the British embassy and from that point proceeded to the Parliament buildings. escorted by squadron of lancers. sent by order of the Grand Vizier Along the entire route cheers greeted them as the procession made it's way through the streets.
 The Sultan opened parliament Tn per- son with elaborate ceremony fashioned after the customs of older similar as- semblies. The new legislature met in the same chamber where the short lived parliament of 1876 assembled-a moderate sized hall In a building fac- ing the square of St. Sofia The scene was. perhaps, one of the most remark able in the present history of the world All the ereeds and races of the