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Constantinople. Turkey. Atrn. 22.-- The Young Turks have won another victory over the Sultan Abdul Hamid. but whether the Sultan will remain as sovereign of the Empire is yet to be decided. although he has offered to entirely in the hands of the ministers responsible to Parliament.
 Tewfk Pasha, the Grand Vizier, to- day arranged . compromise with cer. tain Influential censtitutionalists and this was approved by the Sultan per sonally, but doubt exists whether this agreement will be accepted by the ma tority of the committee of Union and Progress or by enough of the military group 10 carry 1t into effect
 In addition to promising to with. draw himself from administrative ac. tivities the Sultan agrees to a change in the personnel of the troops guard ing the palace. and the replacing of the constantinople garrison by troops from the corps which has practically been investing the city for four days Tho chamber of deputies and some of the Senator's met today at San Stefano and are now discussing the question of the disposition of the Sultan. The war ships have gone to that place and of icers and men have offered their ser vices to the constitutional party. Mah-
 mOud ScneIket HaSna commanQer QF
 the third army corps. has arrived
 at that place and the concentration of the investing army Is now complete. Doubtless the next twenty-four hours will decide the fate of the Sultan, who remains passively at his palace await ing the issue.
 The authorities are closing their eyes to the great numbers of deeertions yes- terday and today from the units sta- toned in the capital. Tonight hun dreds of soldiers, uniformed but with- out arms or munitions, were slipping out bound for Asia Minor. Their old batallions will be freshly recruited and shifted to the provinces which will make the introduction of the coLsti- nationalist soldiers an easy matter.
 Few white or green turbaned priests are seen on the streets Many of them have also left the city for places in
 Asia, threatening to raise the country and return with the faithful to rescue the Grand Caliph@ and save the religion
 from the unbeiievers
 The fleet sailed this afternoon for the Mediterranean, ostensibly for ma noeuvres but in reality as a guarantee that the investing army would meet
 with no opposition from the navy. The
 only vessel that remains here Is the cruiser MadJidieh, and she Is moored in front of the Dolmabagtsche palace. The Sultan, or those acting In his behalf, have supplied the constitutions alists with a list of the principal Inem- bers of the palace group who brought about the events of the last week.
 This list includes Charlxir Pasha. first l aide-de-camp to the Sultan; Rear Ad- mirai Said Pasha, son of the former Grand Vizier: Kiamel Pasha, Emin Bey. l Second Eunuch; Halid Bey, minister of | the civil list and pr. Noureddin Pasha. private physician to the Sultan. Among those outside of the house. hold are Ali Kemi Bey, manager of the l new spaper Serbeste. Vadehti Bey. edi- l tor of e9sie Volkun. Mourad Bey, man.
 ager of The Mizan and Ismail Kemail deputy of Berat. Some or possibly all
 of these have left the capita{
 It Is understood there are to be no reprisals except that the Palace af- | fcials implicated are to be dismissed. The members of the cabinet today | offered their resignations to the Grand Yizier. Tewfik Pasha, but he declined to accept them. He said the existence of the present cabinet, was under the constitution, irregular. that he was perfectly aware of that fact: but he felt that the ministers ought to remain | in ofnce rather than leave the country without a government. All the mem bers of the cabinet consented to re-
 main. As a matter of fact the cabinet is practically a oYung Turk cabinet,