New-York tribune., 1909-04-19
GOYERNUENT HELPLESS.
Young Turks Expected 10 Regain
FuU PO7Ccr.

London April iS-Whie il is unsafe 10 prem
ANYTHING in the surprising developments III ''e
Turkish crisis. the situation seems 10 Poi 'ei'u "
o,her triumph for the Young Turks. greater even
.ban that Of the July revolution, and not unlikely
This time 10 involve the deposition Of the Sultan
While the army to be raliEing TO the CoIli-
rnittee Of Union and Progress, whose leaderS al
ready are gathering an imposing force WIN 7l'l
lerv almost at the gates Of the capital win conf
pIeteness dispatch and secrecy, showing the ca
nacitv of the organizing generals, the authorities
in Constantinople both civil and military thus tar
display utter helplessness TO meet the threatened
invasion.
According to The Daily TeIegraph's' CONSTANT
nople correspondent. it is improbable that the
troops in the capital will offer any resistance TO the
invading army: on the contrary, they are expected
to fraternize the invaders The garrison IS IN
fact without officers. and could hardly pretend 10
offer serious resistance.
Dispatches from Salonica say that the com
rnittees plans are to retake Consantnople and in
stitute military dictatorship until the country is
pacifed taking measures to prevent reprisals from
the palace Then at any time they will be in a
position TO sweep Stamboul clear Of the fanatcal
element. 1t is also asserted that volunteers are
raying in thousands 10 the Committee OF Jnloh
and Progress throughout Macedonia
There is serious situation in Asia Minor, where
an outbreak Of Moslem fanaticism. for which no
precise cause has yet been assigned has led TO
terrible massacres of Christians. The murder or
American missionaries mas Detn luiiN Svi-
firmed and it is probable that many Christians
have fallen before the fanatics. 1t is supposed
that these outbreaks have been induced by the
paralysis Of the central government at CONSTANT
nople and the withdrawal Of the troops. owing TO
the revolution.
Telegraphing from Constantinople the corre-
spondent Of The Times says:
For the moment the Committee of Union and
Progress, represented by the Macedonian regiments
near Tchatalje. hold the key Of the situation II
F5iis 80 ,4 Iro f tb rit-af nartes and agree to CO
operate with Fdhem Pacha the Minister of War
C0nstantinopIe in restoring discipline to the army.
they yet NAV regain much OF the prestige they
have lost. 1t is hoped that the AdTianople troops
who are known be highly gratifed at the ap-
pointment Of Nazim Pacha; and to he less com
mitted to blind support OF the Comnlttee or mon
and Progress. will exercise moderating influence
on the saonica troops In that case IT may VI be
satisfactory arrangement between all the cohsttu-
tional parties reached 49, -..,o..,,,-
began by working on parallel nnes, bGt thelr
courses diverged. and the futile brutality dis
that they not controlled by any powerful po-
litical faction. disguised their quondam allies An
factor in the situation is the change in the
attitude Of the soldiers many of whom appear
to have repented their mutinous conduct and are
In the Turkish Chamber to-day thirty-fye tele-
grams Of sharp protest against the nutIna IN were ere
Guided messages from the commander of the
Adrianople army corps and the Armenian and
It IS estimated that since the mutiny from fifteen
twenty officers have fallen victims TO private or
political hostility.
\ dispatch from Salonica dated Sunday says it
is estimated that thirty-two thousand volunteers
already under arms in support of the Young
Turks cause. and that the Fifth Army Corps. at
Damascus under Osman Pacha, is anti-Constitu-
tional. and awaiting opportunity attack the
Young Turks The dispatch adds that Niazi Bey,
the leader of the Young Turks Resna who IS A
colleague of Enver Bey, military attache at Berlin
and a leader Of the Young Turks. arrived from
Monastir with his regiment Of Albanian voUn-
teers to-day and started at midday with three
thousand men. The dispatch says also that the
Committee of Union and Progress has rejected the
overtures from the reactionists at Constantinople
for a reCOnciliation