The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-04-30

DOWNED
HIS TROOPS LOSE TO RE
FORMERS OF TURKEY.
OVER 1000 PERISH IN FIERCE
BATTLE SATURDAY AT
CoNsTANTINoPLE.

Constantinople, April 26.-The Yildiz
garrison surrendered Sunday to the con-
stitutionalists. The commanders of
these battalions began sending notices
of their submission to Mahmoud Shelf.
ket Pasha the night before, and the
troops protecting the palace gave their
formal and unconditional surrender
shortly after dawn.
Sultan Abdul Hamid has been permit.
ted to remain within the walls of the
Yildiz Kiosk, where, in company with
his minister, he heard the story Of the
struggle between his loyal troops and
the army of investment, each hour
bringing word of a fresh disaster. It
has been stated, since victory rested
with the constitutionalists, that the sui.
tan himself gave orders to his men not
to resist.
Whether or not this is true it can be
safely said of the troops within the
capital that they put up a stubborn
resistance at all points, and the losses
on both sides are exceedingly heavy for
the length of time the engagement was
in progress.
At night unsympathetic and r~esolute
soldiers stood guard around the sultan.
He has not been deposed, but his sub
jects talk openly of whether he shall
remain even the nominal head of the
empire.
The constitutional party is supreme
again, but the zealots are busy in the
eastern provinces, striving to arouse
Asiatic Mohommedanism against ''inf.
del culture.'
A representative of the commander
in chief of the constituencies forces
is authority for saying that the sultan
will be dealt with by the parliament,
and that there will be an adequate in.
quiry into the sovereign s alleged com
pllicity in the recent mutiny.
Up to the present time the ministry
has not been dissolved, but CONSTANT.
nople and other places have been de.
clared in a state of siege. Martial
law prevails and order has been main.
tanned with a strict hand.
Following Saturday terrific fighting
the city took on an aspect of strange
quiet toward evening.
Placards have been posted about the
city requesting the people to continue
their business, open their shops and
avoid accepting as true rumors preju-
dicial to the tranquility of mind. The
posters advise the ~populace to keep
within doors from one hour after sun
set until sunrise.
The object in establishing martial
law is chiefly to permit a military search
of residences for fugitives and to bring
seditious persons before military courts
for trial.
Surrender Of sultan's Defenders.
The evacuation of the quarters
around the Yildiz Kiosk was begun
early in the morning.
Rumor Sultan Is Out.
1t is rumored that the sultan was
taken out of the palace by force late
Sunday night and that Mohammed
Reichad Efendi was installed in his
1000 Turks Have Perished.
The London Standard CONSTANT.
nople correspondent estimates that
1000 men were killed in the capital Sat.
urday and that the losses were heaviest
on the side of the constitutionalists,
who did all the attacking.
During the conflicts, the mollahs and
softas, fearing vengeance of the people
everywhere, sought refuge in the
mosques, where they were caught and
many killed. At the time of the sur.
render, the correspondent adds, the sui.
tan had with him, besides the grand
vizier and the war minister, two of the
nearest heirs to the throne, Mohammed
Rechad Efendi and Yussif I~zzedine,
whom he detained as hostages.
1t is reported from Rome that about
so of the softas and mollahs who took
refuge in the mosques were found to be
armed when they were captured and
were placed against the nearest wall
and shot