Evening star., 1909-04-19
YOUNG GTURKSM MARCH
ON SULTAN 'S.PALACE
Abdication to BesForced lin
Probable Event .oEuccess !,
of Revolutions -.
TROOPS: ARE ASSIGNED NJ :
TO PR0TEcTsACLAC1ENS
Maintenance of PublicsO Order. Promo
ised byeReuolntiunistSsJ
NO RESISTANCE 1ssExPEcrE1
salonikins- May AttacksYndiz KiosN
by Boat-Twentys ThousanfsMen
Before Constantinople-Riots
&; May NotBe.Avoided. j
Maintenance of Publics ordert Promo
ised bysReuoluti ionistxsS
NO RESISTANCE 1ssExPEcTED

Turkfs1 troops Loyal to q thee Young
Turks< andsd determined tto renforceskhe .po-
liticaf aspirations OF the reformera are
ra pidly. concentrating, upon sConstanttnople'
and threatening to march into the city
and force the. sultan tor abdicate unless
government Is given full
recognition. -, 49, /.
Yildiz Kiosk. the residence OF the sui :
tan. is their objective. No resistance is
expected and steps are being taken by
the Young Turks to protect the lives
and property Of foreigners and Chris
tians.
The nearness OF the expected victory Of
the Young Turkssis evidenced>by thesfact
that they and not the authorities. at Con-
stantinople are giving assurances OF pro-
lection and theymaintenance OF order.
Thes advance, guard Of the constitutions
alists As at. Kutchuk. ..tanmiJe1from, Con.
stantinople, on thexSea OF Marmora.. 1t
is possible to- reachSY ndizeKiosk by rsea
from Kutchuk. .stusaMGdingsthe passage
Of the. soldiers through the. .cityrproper.
The remainder OF the forces OF fho'
Young Turks. estimated . at .some 10000
men and rapidlyincreazng IN .numbers. Is
wfthini forty m1sss<WeStsnfssC Constanainopis
by rail-. Tchatalta.is<hskAyto.the-sirdle'
Of fortincattons.around thesuapftaI.
Movements Are Orderly.
Thesea troops. bare come n,nstlyssfrom
Saloniki. the headq,aners OF the Sd
Army Corps, MISUNDERSTANDING
the Young Turks In stheir demands for
constitutional reform They are acting
with dignity and sdetelnination,-a -and their
concentration is proceeding lnsan orderly
manner and with every ndicationeof: pre-
paredness. :.
They declare they: have no. idea~.of waE-
Ing a fratricidal wan. but they are, de-
termined that the constitution be OBJ.
served. They are prepared to 90 to- ex-
tremes, should it become necessary.
One ofstheir commanding. officers said to
a committee OF pacification from Con-
stantinople that came out to parIeys
Have you brought the head OF the-old
man? We cannot negotiate SO long as
you come without that head3"
The indications are for a successful
and bloodless victory for the Young
Turks. But the situation stin is exceed
ingly serious. and contains the possibility
Of rioting and massacre. particularly
should the advance Of the Young Turks
be delayed.
Public opinion favorable to the Young
Turks is growing rapidly IN the capital.
While 1t looked last week as though the
reactionaries were gaining the upper
hand, the Young Turks have gathered
their forces. and have received many evil
dences Of supportsfrom all races. and al.
most ,every section Of the empire.
Sultan Anxious to Treat.
They declare ,that the~uprisings on. the
part Of the Constanfinnple garrison OF
six days agoaxlaat resuitedtin the TesignA-
ton Of the cahtnet was not a. national
movement. that II, was not even~religious.
and that every counter-revoIution will be
nipped in the bud by the imposing dem
onstra tinns'iut favortof the constitution.
It is reported that the sultan. seeing
the he.hopelessnesssof the situation. has sent
his chamberlain and his secretary TO the
grand vixier withrorders that the govern
menr make peace with the Young Turks
on any terms. in order to prevent gen.
eral bIoodshed. The euttan Is described
as ready TO sacrifice himself In order to
save the fatherland from catastrophe.
The Turkish warships stationed at
Smyrna ara loyal to the Young TURKS
Orders have been issued for both French
and German warships TO proceed at once
to Turkish waters.
Tho bourses OF Parts and Berlin and
the London Stock Exchange showed con-
fidenoe today. that the Young TurkS~w0uld
have an easy and rapid victory.