The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-30
President COngratuIateS the
New Ruler of Turkey.
ASSURES him OF FRIENDSHIP.
Says People of United States Ear
nestly Wish For Happiness of
His Majesty and the
Turkish Nation.

OOAotahtluOplN, <aDll hS hCW
sultan Mohammed V. received today,
through Ambassador .Leishman, a per
sOnal message from the president of
the United States which read as fol-
lows:
Il offer to your imperial majesty my
congratulations on your accession to
the throne with such universal &C.
claim, voiced by the peoples repre-
sentatives, and at a time so propitous
to-the highest aspirations Of the great
nation over which you rule as the au.
gust head of a constitutional govern
ment.
Il assure you of the friendship of
the government and of the people of
the United States. who earnestly wish
for your majesty's happiness and for
that of the people within your do
minions, and add my own wishes fol
your majesty's health and welfare"
The former ruler of the empire, Alb
dul Hamid H.. is prisoner in large
house with walled grounds on height
been occupied by the italian conf
mander of the international gehdarme-
rie. He is not to be put on trials as
has been widely reported in Constant
tinople, for he is considered to be
above the law. af ses1s
1t was thought wise to keep the de-
posed sultan IN Nropean Turkey, re.
Apate from the capital, HIS h6uteelDia
sseNffiff be adminfsfered Tor him npdn d
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safeguarded, as he earnestly besought
when notified of his dethronement.
Abdul Hamid, with four wives, five
daughters and two of his younger
sons, two eunuchs and a comparative
ly large number Of female servants,
was taken from the Yildiz palace I'M
der an escort to Saloniki. The party
proceeded by steam launches to the
landing near the railway and were
placed on a special train.
The constitutionalists would like to
get back part of the great sums of
money that the former sultan is sup
posed to have abroad not only because
the government is in need of the
money, but because 1t is desirable that
he should be deprived of the resources
for another coup d'etat. Speculation
places Abdul Hamids wealth at any
thing between $250O0,000 and $780,
100000.
Although this was holiday, court
martials were held, and several Of the
principals in the mutiny of the troops
were condemned to death. Later they
were taken outside the walls of the
city and shot Prince Sabah Eddine,
the nephew of the sultan, who was
arrested on suspicion of being impli-
Gated in the using, has been liberated,
and his release has caused a good i'm
preston.
Carassa Effendi, member of the
deputation from the national assembly
which conveyed the decree of deposi-
ton to the Yildiz palace, tells graph
ic story Of the dramatic scene which
closed six centuries dominion of the
bOundless power of the padishas.
When the deputation arrived at the
palace the scene was one of utter des-
olatiOn. The investing army had cut
off the water, gas and electric sup
plies and had stopped the ingress of
food, so that all the palace officials
were already suffering from hunger
and panic.
! While waiting to be introduced to
the sultan the members of the deputa-
ton carefully examined their holsters
and pistols and, according to Carassa
had Abdul Hamid shown an armed
hand he would have been shot on the
spot
After much delay the unwelcome
visitors, surrounded by twenty black
eunuchs, were ushered into the sui
tan's apartment, where stood the sui
tan's' son, Prince Abdur Rahim. Pres
emily the sultan entered in a bewil-
dered manner. He was dressed some
what negligently, as though his clothes
had been hastily donned, in civilian
attire. His arms hung at his sides,
and his hands trembled.
After a silent salute Essad Pasha
pronounced In slow tones the decree
of deposition, at which the sultan
shuddered. There was a painful ST.
lencs, followed by an equally painful
colloquy lasting q quarter OF an hour.
Abdul Hanhd appealed for his life and
for the lives Of his family. He pro-
testsd his devotion to the people and
hiE innocence In recent events.
The youthful prince burst into tears
and after vain efforts to restrain his
feelings retired behind q screen, where
he broke into bitter sobs. For . mo-
ment tears trembls1 In the sultan.D