The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-26

nately the officers In command saw the
nopelesSnesS of resistance and there
was no opposition when various COM
manders laid down their swords and
gave over their detachments to the
strongly entrcnched enemy.
The proclaiming of martial law was
followed by a circular note which was
sent to the foreign ambassadors. II
read,
Il have the honor to inform your
excellency that in view of the cir
cumstances, a state of siege begins
Today In the capital. Ismi TchekemdejI
Tchatlaj, Gebize, Kartal and Beyooz.
(Signed) "RIFAAT"
Minister Of Foreign Affairs"
Placards have been posted about the
city requesting the people TO continue
their business, open their shops and
avoid accepting as true, rumors pre-
judicial to tranquility of mind.
The posters advise the populace to
keep within doors from one hour after
sunset until sunrise The object in
establishing martial law is confined
chiefly to- permit military search of
residence for fugitives and to bring
seditious persons before military
court for trial.
The evacuation of the quarters
around the Yildiz Kiosk began early in
the morning. The soldiers of the gar
rison were made prisoners and their
places We're taken by Macedonian bat.
talions. Had the sultan looked out
from the upper window of his avorite
yellow and white pavilion. he would
nave seen at dawn Sentinels thickly
scattered in the grounds before the
palace and the Bosphorus and at the
gates of the canal through which the
barges pass from the Yildiz Toy lake
to the Bosphorus
Later. in front of the main gates of
the palace, row of eunuchs sat watch
Ing the movements of the officers con.
nected with the transfer of the guard
ianship OF the sultan's person.
Mendouk Pasha, commander of the
surrendered palace guards, came slow.
ly from the gate. He was allowed to
keep his sword, but was attended by
officers whose swords were missing.
Memdouk Pasha paused to talk with
the correspondents.
1T is the will of Ali" said he. I'VE
have done our duty" "It was through
me- remarked one of the chamber
lains.
Col, HamJi said that neither General
Shefkel nor any Of the four principal
subordinate commanders had seen the
sultan.
But we have been told" said he
that his attitude has had nothing 10
do with the deplorable occurrences.
He is and has been for the constitution
This is not a civil war, but punitive
expedition. Our task is to cleanse tho
army from sedltion and bring il To
proper state OF discipline; to find trv
and execute those who have murdered
their officers and devised and led the
rising against the authority of the
state. we shall court martial tho sus-
Pccted persons and execute those that
are eondemned who will number pos
sibly so, possibly 200"
bnver Bey, one Of the leaders OF
the Young Turks, when asked how
military men regarded the sultan re-
piled:
We do not have all opinion on that
subject. The sultan Is in the hands
OF parliament. The army is the instru,
ment of the civi! authorities and the
army's mission in this affair is to up.
hold the civil government"
While Envcr Bey was talking the
TaXim barracks detachment of Mace
DOMAINS marched in, singing the Turk
ish revolutionary hymn. When they
recognized Enyor Bey they cried out
wildly and broke ranks They crowd.
ed about him. putting their arms out
and embracing and kissing him.
After the work here is finished En-.
fcr Bey expects 10 return TO Berlin