The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-04-24
SU[TAAD KEEP job ASKS AN INCOME TAXI
DISPATCH SAYS TURKEY REVOLT
is ENDED IN PEACEFUL
MANNER,
ARMY IS At GATES OF CITY
constantinopIe :Bes}eged by constitu.
tlonaI Forces-Martial Law Dc.
cIared BY Abdul Hamid's Cabinet
10000 Die in Massacres.

cIared BY Abdul Hamid's Cabinet
10000 Die in Massacres.
London, Apr. ga special dis.
patch received hero last night from
Constantinople says that definite
agreement between tho government
and the COMMITTEES of Union and
Progress, has been concluded.
Abdul Hamid is to remain as sultan
of Turkey, but the present cabinet
will resign Immediately.
Martial Law Proclaimed,
Constantinople, Apr. 22.-The ad.
vance guard. of the constitutional
army yesterday arrived at the out.
skirts of the city.
Ten agitators who were caught
among the Constitutional troops try
ing to undermine their loyalty to their
commanders were executed by shoot.
ing, at San Stefano, yesterday, after a
summary trial by court-martial. Forty
other men have been arrested by the
Constitutionalists during the last few
days on similar charges.
The cabinet met Yesterday and
proclaimed martial law in the capital.
The administering Of the oath to
the troops still in garrison proceeded
yesterday In accordance with the de.
mands Of the constitutionists. Further
more, the authors Of the recent up.
heaval are being sought out and ar.
rested. 80: r..
A cabinet meeting was held to con.
slider the proposals made by the army
of investment.
In some quarters IL was believed
that there is an increasing possibility
of arriving at an Understanding which
may result in a reconciliation be.
tween the Young Turks and. the SUI
tan.
Americans Feel Safe.
The receipt, of the news here that
the American government had ordered
the cruisers Montana and North Caro-
lima to Alexandretta, in Asiatic Tur
key. for the protection of Americans,
has brought satisfaction and even a
sense Of security to Americans here
and in the Syrian coast cities of Mer
sina, Beirut and Alexandretta, width.
er the information has been for
warded. The trouble may be over be.
fore the cruisers arrive, but there is
also a. chance that in two or three
weeks time war may he beginning, in
which event the vessels would be in
valuable for the protection of the
Americans. Great Britain, France and
Italy already have warships on this
coast, while Germany is sending yes.
sells, and in addition all the great pow.
ers maintain guardships at Constan.
tinople.
Missionaries Are Protected.
The consuls and the consul agents
stationed on the Syrian coast sent in
kilograms declaring, that the mission.
aries were receiving strong protection
at the hands Of the Turkish authori
ties. J. B. Jackson, the American con.
sui at Aleppo, however. expresses
some concern for the missionaries in
outlying stations who have given asy
lum to Christian refugees. At num-
, Der Of places the. conditions are not
yet sufficiently quiet to permit these
refugees to leave the stations, and as
a result the missionaries are still OK
posed to the possibility of mob at
tack.
FanatIcIsm Grips Syria.
Later reports from the Syrian coast
say that the racial. fanaticism is ex
tending in the v!ayet of Aleppo. Dis
turbances have broken out at Antioch
and Bireiik. and foreigners have taken
refuge at the British vice-consulates.
The British cruiser Diana has landed
so men at Alexandretta.
The Sheik- Ul-lslam,- the head Of the
church, has telegraphed the ecclesias
tical authorities in Syria to exert
every effort to put stop to the dis
orders.
It was declared in official circles
that the pourparlcrs between the gov
eminent and the constitutional army
promised settlement. The army no
longer insists on the withdrawal OF
the present ministry and the reinstal
lation Of the Hlmi cabinet, but It docs
maintain it's demand for the punish
ment Of the authors Of the recent
trouble.
Place Dead at 10000.
London, Apr. CA special dis.
patch received here from Athens yes
terday says that kilograms that have
come in there from Mersina set forth
that fully 10000 persons were killed
in the anti-Christian rioting of the last
few days in the Adana and Tarsus dis
tricts. Entire villages were RACED, and
the country is smoking Wilderness
David Turple Is Dead.
Indianapolis Apr. 22.-Former Uni
ted States Senator David Turpie died
yesterday at his home in this city. He
had been in I'll health for ten years,
but his death was not looked for at