New-York tribune., 1909-04-26

hbe S,,ltan's bearing is described as trouDIeu
k4e was silent and outwardly calm, no"e'ei'
md was considerate and courteous toward Hi9
bsds and others who came in contact with hli'
PT.aHs FOR TRIAL or ABDUL HAMID.
/ The e,,astiou IS now being asked by every
iue: What viii be done with the Sultan! MS
lrcr,r, was made directly to Colonel Hamol al
tbe 4eadouarters Of Schefket Pacha, the COM
k,ander Of the Second and Third Army corps
knd he replied His majestys relauon 10 'ii0
Events Of April l. wilI / understand De cum
sidere6 !pv q commission Of notable men, sltlihs
s,rfvatelz The endeavor viii be to arrive at a
bps, estimate Of his maiesty's position
) f-olonel Hamdi added that neither General
sscbAfket nor any Of the four principal subordi-
Este commanders had seen the Sultan. But we
have been told" he said, by officers OF uls
household that his attitude has had nothing 10
do with the deplorabie occurrences lie Is anu
has been for the constitution This Is not q
tci,-n war. hut a punitive expedition. Our task
IS tp cleanse the army from sedltion and orins
II TO a proper state Of discipline: to find, try
and sYecute those who have murdered their
officers and devised and led the rising against
the authority Of the state. We shall court
martial the suspected persons and execute those
that are condemned. who will number possibly
fifty possibly two hundred"
TTnsvnpathetic and resolute strangers are on
guard around the sultan a pTecaution
against his friends. He has not beer deposed
but his subjects discuss openly whether he shan
remain even the nominal head of the empire
The Constantinople party is supreme again.
hut the zealots are busy in the eastern prov
.nces striving 10 arouse Asiatic MahometanisTn
against infideI culture. Small risings are likely
10 occur east Of the Bosporus but they are also
likely to be put down more sharply than ever
by those seeking to uplift the empire
Fnver Bey. one Of the leaders Of the Young
Turks. when asked how military men regarded
4te Su7tau. fa1lied: We do not have an opn-
ion on that subject. The Sultan is il the hands
of r,arIiaulent The army is the instrument
of civil authority and the armys mission in
This affair is to uphold the civil government
SOLDIERS AFFECTION FOR ENTER BEY-
While Fnrer Bey was talking the Taxim bar
racks detachment Of Maoedonians marched in
singing the Turkish revolutionary hymn. 10 the
tune of .'Partant your Syrie." When they rec
ognized Enver Rev, they cried out wildly ana
broke ranks They crowded about him, putting
their arms cut and embracing and kissing MN
Tears rolled down the cheeks Of one gray haired
man. wearing white knitted cap He was one
of the volunteers who. Of all ages. races ana
conditions. have offered themselves for this
campaign. They love TO be near EnNer BeE'
who. besides his human qualities. his power to
stir enthusiasm and affection, is looked upon by
his associates in command a scientific sol
dfer General Schefket gave him the credit OF
working out the details of yesterdays opera
4ions and after the work here is finished ne eH-
meets 70 return TO Berlin as military attache OF
the Turkish Embassy, the post which he held
before the beginning of this campaign
Lewis Einstein. secretary of the American
Embassy. met a detachment of volunteers IN
.be streets They looked much like hrigands.
and worn
He was astonished to see among them two Of
his old friends. Rauf Pacha, formerly comman-
der Of a Turkish warsnip, and Fuad Bey, who
served for eight years in the guard regiment at
po,sdam. The latter was still wearing his mon
ocle.
THE SURRENDER OF 1000 MEN
F2nver Bey,s work to-day consisted in obtain
ing the submission Of the artillery in the
Selimief barracks, in Scutari. The desertion Of
a company or two from this barracks yesterday
caused the erroneous report that the whole COM
rnand had yielded. The commander of the bar
racks when called on TO surrender sent word
TO General Schefket: We have hundre5
guns here and four thousand men. II
attacked We viii lombard the city into pile of
dust"
General Schefzet replied. in substance: We
viii make you so busy in taking care Of US that
you viii have no time think of the city Be
sides. you have only one hundred rounds apiece
for those guns
The report Of the coming bombardment spread
throughout the city, causing great uneasiness.
In the forenoon traffic was stopped on the Bos
ror1as. the ferries being used TO transfer in
fantry and artillery to the opposite side. Sixty
guns were placed in position and trained on the
barracks. and several batteries of machine guns
were brought up. The Medjidieh. a Turkish
cruiser built in Philadelphia. which was lying
in the harbor. steamed ont OF range Of the field
spieces. but slowed down when she had reached
"a distance where her heavy guns could reach
she barracks.
RESISTANCE REALIZED USELESS
=. When everything was ready, another demand
was made for the surrender Of the Selimeh
-srtillerymen. and the demand was accompanied
10y the information that il was useless for them
Ito engage against such odds. particularly since
the Sultan had himself consented TO the surren-
=Jer Of the troops Of the palace The commander
Of the barracks late in the afternoon agreed TO
sahe surrender. and the shifting Of the garrison
ssrobably viii begin tomorrow, without a shot
being fred
There is still some anxiety in the city. Long
supply trains coming in from the country
districts. these consisting Of strings Of donkeys.
each with Two boxes of ammunition slung over
dts back. oxcarts. rudely built filled with sup
piles herds OF sheep and cattle and some fine
artillery horses and vigorous ponies.
EFFORTS To CHECK THE MAssACREs.
- Dispatches reaching here from points in Asiatic
Efrurkey bring tidings of Armenian and Turkish
conflicts all over the country. DR.. j NJ. Balph,
who is in charge Of the missions at Latakia.
Syria, telegraphs that refugees are arriving
there from outlying parts OF the district who
port nsassacres and the burning of towns He
also reports that there is the gravest apprehen-