The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-25
Sultan Yields to Force and
 Grants Constitution
REJOICING IN THE EMPIRE
Change In Government of Turkey Was Inevitable Owing to the Revolt Which Was Growing In All
 Parts of the Country.

Constantinope, July A-An imperial il ade issued this morning ordains the as sembling of a chamber of deputies in ac- cordance with a constitution which has been elaborated by the Sultan. The trade has been communicated to the Kadis and the district lieutenant governors with the necessary orders for the holdingg of cleo . tions The constitution which the trade TOW makes effective Is practically the one worked out in 1876.
 The grand vizier immediately took steps to carry out the orders of his imperial majesty. He addressed to all the pro- vincal authorities concerned a circular telegram converting the chamber of depu- ties, in which he pointed out that ths method of forming the chamber is deter piined by an organic statute which, &C., cording to the official communication, Is "an llustrious institution of the Sultan"
 Startling as was the sudden dismissal of Ferid Pasha from the grand vizier- snip and the appointment of Said Pasha IF his place, this step was nothing com pared to the sensation created in all quar- .ers this morning by the official an
 
 to convoke parliament.
 It was felt that in view of the general revolt In the army, unprecedented in the history of the Turkish empire, some change was inevitable and that far-reach- ing measures of reform in the central government were bound to be inaugu- rated. But the drastic action of the Sul- tan, who took the reins into his own hands and by the stroke of a pen sud- denly yielded to the demands of the young Turks and restored the constitution of 1876, has taken the palace clique, the members of the diplomatic corps-in fact, the entire population of Constantinople- completely by surprise
 The immediate cause of the Sultan's raising the white flag was the receipt of a telegram addressed to him from the Albanians of Uskub, informing him that they had taken their oath to favor the re-establishment of the constitution. This message landed like a thunderbolt at the Yildiz Kiosk. The Sultan had been under the impression that he could depend upon the Albanians under all circumstances. Ferid Pasha, who Is an Albanian, had fostered this conceit. When the facts became known the wrath of the Sultan immediately fell upon his favorite. who was summoned to the palace and dis missed on the spot.
 The former grand vizier. Said Pashe, was then summoned to the palace. He gave the Sultan an insight into the real gravity of the situation in the country and the hopelessness of attempting to re store permanent peace in he army and among the people unless the personal re- gime with it's attendant abuses and in trigues, which had brought the country to the verge of ruin, came to an end and some steps were taken in the direction of granting a measure of constitutional government
 The attitude of the Albanians had so disconcerted the sultan that Said Pasha found him in a mood to make conces- sions and the pressure exerted by other men who had been long absent from the councils at the palace completed the conversion which resulted in the historic trade of today.