The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-28
M0slEMs MURDER
CHRISTIANS IND ]
FIRE TOWN
Massacres Reach Widest IxsseooD
in Asia xiuor-Toroh Il Avplis1
To village Of xassaba, whHe
Neroest Rioting Il IN Progress.
Abdul Hamid, Dspossd saltaa, -
Spend His Last Days In Prison
On Bosphorus.

BEIRUT. April 2s.---Massacrss n
the Adana province and In scores q
scattered villages without this prov.
ince reached their widest excessss %
day. according TO dispatches that are
now being received here.e
The village OF kassaba, where the
hercest rioting has been In progress
for four days, Is now on nre. The
Christian In the town. The latter have
been hunted down like wolves and
killed In the most barbarous fashion.
Conditions generally are declared to
be the worst since the initial out
break.
Seven hundred Armenians are now
refuged In Beirut and their number n
being hourly increased. The local
food supply is rapidly becoming ex-
hausted and help Is urgently needed.
There has been little trouble In Bel
rut, but the fanatical Moslems are
gradually approaching the town ana
repetition of the Adana horrors r.
feared.
Every mission center In Asia Minor
will soon be In danger OF extinction
by the Mohammedan hordes of rioters
unless large force of troops 10 I'M
mediately dispatched to the interior.
Messages were received here today
from many towns In the interior Inn
ploring the sending of troops as the
only means of preventing one OF the
worst massacres OF Christians In the
worlds history.
The wave of massacres Ia now
sweeping eastward from Adana.
One hundred Protestant missiunari
lost their li.es in the burning of n
church in tile Adana district. Asiutic
Turkey, in which they had taken ref
uge from the Moslem mob.
The governor general not only re
fused to act but actually ENCOURAGED
the massacre.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 23.-Ab-
dull Hamid will not be put to death.
He will spend the rest Of his life q
prisoner in the Tcheragan palace on
the European side of the Bospherus.
These facts. determined on at yes.
tterday's secret session OF the national
assembly, were made public today.
The Tcheragan palace is the same one
in which Abdul confined HIS predeces.
sorton the throne, Murad ". and In
imprisoned at his behest.
Abdul is in grave danger OF assas-
sination by some OF the Young Turks.
who are dissatisfied with the leniency
shown to him. In the event OF an up
rising by the reacticnaries. which is
threatened, Adults assassination will
be almost inevitable
The mutiny OF the soldiers of the
fourth and fifth army corps. stationed
at Erzerum and Aleppo respectively.
mentioned in yesterdays United Press
dispatches. was verified by the Young
Turks agents today. The situation Is
declared to be most threatening pre-
saying almost certain civil war
The rank and file of soldiers In these
two corps are anxious to start war
for the re-establishment OF the deposed
sultan and the officers OF the various
regiments. who remain loyal to the
Young Turks, are vigorously trying to
put down the mutiny
The reactionaries in Western Ma
cedonia are also in state OF insur.
rection and in Northern Albania tho
opponents of the Young turks are
continuing their revolt which began n
week ago They are in decided ma.
jority and are driving out and killing
the Liberals
The need Of immediate action to
prevent the sweeping OF Asia Minor
by terrible civil war was today
placed before Mehemmed ", which Is
the title OF Rechad Efendi as sultan.
and he has promised TO send huge
army into Asia Minor at once.
Many OF the captured reactionaries
were put TO death today. The total
OF the executions is being kept a
secret. but IL is believed to have reach
ed several hundred. with hundreds
more to follow. No mercy will be
shown any of the leaders OF the up
rising OF April IL.