Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-23
'ULT|MATUM TO PORTE
Young Turks Demand Inn.
mediate Compliance.
THREAT OF REPRIsALs
Monastir Will Be Seized and Parlia.
ment Established.
AIM IS TO .DEPOSE SULTAN
Army Infected With Sympathy for
Movement for Constitutional
Government.

received here from Monastir European
Turkey. says the committee OF the
Young Turks party has sent memo
randum to the representative of the
sultan setting forth the party's wishes
and demanding reply in eleven days.
Unless the porte receives the party
demands. the committee announces II
will seize the municipal administration
of Monastir and establish a parliament.
Dispatches from Berlin and vienna
report the arrest of Izzet Pasha, the
sultan's secretary, and number OF
officers accused of plotting to force the
sultan to abdicate. These reports. how
ever, are unconf1rmed.
Details received here of the crisis
which has arisen in Turkey through
the infection of a large section of the
army with Young Turkish sympathies
are still somewhat obscure. 1t Is evil
dent the sultan has been driven to
ADOPT strong measures to meet the diff
ficult situation.
Meeting at Monastir.
The present crisis appears to have
been the result Of general dissatisfac-
ton large body of the sultan's troops
in the Monastir district, discontented
with their irregular pay. bad food and
clothing, have fallen under the inf1u-
ences of the Young Turkey propaganda
and mutinied.
The leading features of the Young
Turkey movement are a demand for
constitutional government and opposi-
tion to any European interference IN
Macedonia on the ground that II wouIo
mean the ultimate separation of Mace
donia from the Ottoman empire.
AS 1t is admittedly hopeless to expec
the sultan to grant parliamentary RUE
the Young Turkey demand Is really 10
the abdication of the sultan. to enable TN
Inauguration of a constitution.
The adherents of the Young Turkey fac
ton are scattered among all GRASSES
tradesmen and officials. The movemen
evidently Is making great headway. al
strong leader.
Assassination for Suspects.
During the past week numerous assas
sinations Of officers under suspicion o.
being informers or opposed to the Young
Turks have been reported from Macedo
MIA. Greek outrages against Bulgarians
tend to strengthen the reformist move
ment.. becausee the Bulgarians are likely
to make common cause with the YOUNG
Turks
The means the sultan has adopted te
counteract the movement have been tnt
wholesale promotion or omceIs IN Con ear
stantinople to prevent the contamination
of the garrison by reformist IDEAS oroer
ing of troops from Asia Minor to quei
mutinies and an endeavor 10 negotlate
with the Ottoman Bank loan to pa!
arrears to the troops.
The sultan hopes in this way TO stem
the advance of Young Turkeyism In th<
army, while through the new grand Vlzler
Said Pasha, reported to have been giver
dictatorial powers. he will probably make
some small concessions.
The sultan desires to treat the YOUNG
Turks with leniency because that move
ment helps him to oppose any encroach
ment of the powers in -'iacedonia.
Outcome of Congress in Paris.
PARIS, July 23.-The present insurrec-
ton in Macedonia, under the leadership
of the Young Turks. is said here to be the
beginning of the realization of the pro-
gram mapped out by the congress held
in Paris last fall by representatives oil
Macedonians. Bulgarians, Albanians. Ar
menians and kurds. as we'll as the pro-
sressive Turks and Egyptians.
1t was then unanimously decided to or
ganize for joint action to overthrow the
present Turkish government and to sub
stitute a liberal constitutional form OF
government Armenians. Turks and Bull.
garians in America were represented al
this congress by delegates.
An agreement was reached whereby
each of the races put aside its individual
grievances to work for the common pur-
pose. The supreme aim is the elimination
of Abdul Hamid. the sultan. either by
forcing his abdication or. II necessary, by
his assassination. After this it Is planned
to wipe out the, present corrupt govern
ment and establish a representative gov
ernment based on western models.
1t is understood that much money was
raised to this end. especially in England
and America. From the United States
more than 5000 Armenians, Turks and
Greeks sent in contributions. Prince
Fadah-ed-Dine. a nephew of the sultan,
and Ahmed-Riza, whose headquarters are
in this city. are understood to be directing
the movement