The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-20
SULTAN'S SAD PLIGHT,
 APPEALS TO GERMANY
Grand Vizier and War Minister Re-
 sign Their Posts.
Abdicaton Momentarily Expected, Reports Declaring He Has Already Done So and Is In F1ight-Forty Thousand Young Turks Camped About the City and Forces Being Hourly Increased


 To-day's developments in the Fur
 kish situation:
 Grand Vizier Tewfik Pasha, and
 War Minister Edhem Pasha re-
 sign their posts and Sultan tries to
 induce Hilni Pasha to resume the
 the post of Grand Vizier
 Sultan appeals direct to Germany
 and to the foreign embassies in
 Constantinople for protection.
 Publication of the Sultan rnomen-
 tarily expected, some reports de-
 claring he has already done so and
 is in flight.
 Sultan's imperial yacht under
 steam.
 Forty thousand Young Turks
 camped around the city their force
 being hourly increased.
 Bloodless capture of the city ex-
 pected within AS hours.
 Massacre of Christians renewed
 in ASia-Minor; 5000 dead in prov
 ince of Adana alone.
 Prince Kopasis Effendi assassin
 ated.
 Eight hundred men land from
 British ships at Marash and the
 British ships ordered to proceed
 from Malta to Turkey.
 Young Turks prepare long list of
 
 cupy offices.
 Constantinople. April 20.-Grand Viz fer Tewfik Pasha is reported to have resigned and to be now conferring with the Yildiz Kiosk with regard to)the Sultan's surrender. Representative of the Young Turks are now said to be at the palace awaiting the Sultan's de- ciSiOn.
 The Sultan is trying to induce Hi1mi Do 70 Ni1io hi in Hilmi succeeded Kiamil Pasha as Grand Vizier being named by the Young Turks and held office until last weeks uprising. He adjudges that he will not resume his office until the Young. Turks resume their control of the government.
 Edhem Pasha- the new minister of war and commander of the Constanti- nop1e garrison. has also resigned.
 Martial law will be declared as soon as the Young Turks enter the city. The Pera and Galata sections of the city. containing most of the foreign residents. are assured of absolute safe ty even in the event of fighting.
 Salonica, April 20.-In the hope of a battle in the streets of Constantirop1e. the Young Turks are to-day delaying their entrance into the capitol until their numbers are Swelled to such proportions as to be over and thus force the Sultan and his few followers to see the futility of opposition. - diers are now camped within a few hours march of the city and at the rate of addition to their ranks will have an army of 80,0O0 within 4S hours. The Young Turks control every road leading to the capitol.
 The belief is general that the Sultan will abdicate to-day. Every hours delay lessens his chance for clemency at the hands of the Young Turks The escape of the Sultan or his flight. is deemed impossible. Soldiers and sail DTS guard every mode of escape. The Imperial yacht has been put in read1- ness but the Young Turks have war vessels stationed at both ends of the water is impossible. Leaders of the Young Turks declare that their unwill- ngness to shed blood unnecessarily does not mean that the leaders of the long list of those who are responsible for the mutiny and every one of them will be put to death as soon as the city is taken. The fleet remains absolutely loyal to .he Young Turks and if necessary will lombard the city the moment the Young Turks army begins the attack by land. London. April 2O-Rumors that Sul- an Abdul Hamid has abdicated his 1 throne and has either fled or is pre- oaring to flee from Constantinople continue to pour into London. There las been no authoritative confirmation if any of these reports owing to the | act that communication with the | Turkish capitol is practically cut oil, l except through the lines of the Young | Turks army that is now encamped | within shot of the city. | London. April 2O-That London fin | ,nciers expect the Turkish. crisis to be l settled within Turkey and do not ex- ;ary is shown by the tone of the stock | market. Last week the market was Jerv nervous and all stocks suffered | put losses have been more than made l 1p and the tone of the Exchange to- law is one of remarkable f1rnness. | A feature of the trading is heavy | ,uying for continental accounts. This ,uying is cosmopolitan in its character. | \ mericans and British favorites all be- | n- in demand. Mexican railway issues Ire also buoyant. International in | -estment issues lead the market with | he mining shares not far behind. Reirute. April discrimination of | he report that several Europeans were liIIed in the Adana massacre was re- | eiyed to-day from Mersina where men | rom the British warShipS which have 1 Lrrived there went ashore. The com
  ,eople were slain in Adana alone, Sev- l raj Europeans being among the num- | ,er Hundreds of other Christians were l lain within a radius of fifty miles Of dana where the rioting ragged fiercest l Smyrna. April 2O.-M. F'endi. Turk sh minister. has been aSsassinated recording to a dispatch to-day.
 London. April 20.-The British bat eships Canopus and Oceana and the ruiser Minerva were to-day ordered to ave their rendezvous at Malta to- fight and proceed under full steam to turkey. This precaution is taken to 1 uard against possible injury to Brit ,h interests in Turkey as a result Of l. ne fall of Constantinople which is be- eyed to be imminent.
 Washington April 20.-Despatches to ne state Department to-day from Am --ndor Leisnman indicate, that for