Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-15
YOUNG TURKS DErHRoNED.

Mutinous soldiers and sailors caused
much excitement 10 OOustsntInople yes
terday morning snd business men closed
their stores, fearing more riotiDg. No
attempt IVES made TO molest the Chris
tiane.
As was stated Yesterday, the new Cab
met, with Tewik Pashs SO grand vizier,
has been installed.
Immediately after the ceremonies,
which we're followed by the resdiog oi
an imperial proclamation orcaining the
observance of the Sheri laws and the
preservation of the constitution, the
troops, who since Tuesday have sur
rounded the parliament building, dis
persed quietly and returned to their
qusrters.
The old Turkish conservative relig-
ions element appears to baVe obtained
the upper hand for the present. The
rule of the young Turks committee OF
union aud progress has been upset and
many members of this committee have
disappeared from the scene OF strife.
Ahmid Ria, the dethrOned president Of
the chamber, and several other men
prominent in the party sre reported to
have fed the country.
Confidence is gradually returning, sl.
though The military situation will re-
quire all the energies OF he new goyero-
ment for Its successful handling aud the
prou ulgation Of wise measures so tba
the frmy may be placed on q more sat-
isfactoiy basis.
1t Is noteworthy that while the revo.
luton OF last July was the work Of
officers, the present movement was car.
ritd forward by the soldiers, aided by
the religious party, the leaders in the
movement being the very troops, the
Salonski ChasseuFs, which heretofore
had been the mains ay of the committee
Of union and progress. The rising has
resulted In the complete oblltsrstion of
this committee and ils newspaper organs,
while many deputies representing the
committee group have 'esigued or remain
Ia their homes.
The movement kas not been rtactiJu-
sry Ia any but. religious sense. The
revolutIonIsls are even more ardent sup
portefs of the constitution than the
committee of union and progress itself.
The instigators of the military uprising
probably include some resctionarles, but
the chief motives of the rebellion were
Of religious nature The men who
have secured control Of the committee of
union and progress since the revolution
last July we're suspected of auti.Mohsm-
medsu tendencies, as we'll as intention
to establish political dictatorship. The
government which succeeded that Of Kis
mil Pasha's announced its intention u
enroll Christians as well IA Mosem con.
scripts ia the army. Heretofore the
army had been composed exclusively Of
MobammedsDs, and Christians were
compelled to pay taxiu lien of military
service.
Many Armenians and other Christians
recently announced their preference to
serve time ss conserIpts in order 70 es-
cape the heavy tsx apd the government
acc pied the alternative. II wai impos-
sible to organize exclusively Ohristlau
regiments, and the idfa that Christians
would be quGrtsred among them was in
stsnlly resented by the Moslen troops
rhI, ard other nOnsecLasan action by
the authorities gave the religions faaat'
ics snd other agitators 40 excnse fOl
raising the charge that the foundations
of Islam we're being undermined.
No ala'm could have been more
potent In srousiDg tho Turkish soldiers
to any extreme action.