The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-29
FORMER SULTAN IS
kept A PRISONER
Will Have No Trial, Because lie
Is Regarded as Above
the Law.
Observation-Disclosures AFTER
HIS HIDDEN TREASURE
Places Wealth OF
Abdul Hamid at Anything up
to 5000, 900, 600.

f,ONSTA NTINOPJE April 2S.-Ibc,
fo,mcr ruler of the empire, Abdul Ham
I'D, will be kept prisoner IN large
: house with walled grounds on height
Overlooking Saloniki, it was learned TO-
|njoht. IIc is not to be put on tral.
rs has been widely reported IN Con
stantinople, for he is considered above
, The law.
3 II was thought wise to keep the de-
posed sultan in European Turkey, re-
mote from the capital. His household
will be administered upon q generous
scale and his life Will be safeguardcd
'as he earnestly besought when notified
Iof his dcthroncment.
5 Abdul Hamid, with four wives, five
daughters and two Of his younger sons,
two eunuchs and a comparatively largo
number Of female servants, WAS takcu
',from the Yildiz palace last night ana
4sfartcd under an escort to Salonikl-
/, After Great Treasure.
= The Constituencies want to get
the great sum Of money that the for
liner sultan is supposed TO have abroad.
mot only because the government needs
Fit, but because it is desirable that he
, Should be deprived of the resources for
/ another coup 'ctat. Speculation places
'tAbdul Hamid s wealth at anything be-
b tween So5 600 ,000 and 100000 900.
I IT was mentioned with pleasure today
Z at the palace of Mchemmcd Y that the
& American ambassador was the first OF
-,fhe foreign representatives 10 commu-
4 sricate his good wishes to the newly
proclaimed sultan. The sultan sent his
= compliments and thanks TO Mr.. LelSb
man.
2 The city was illuminated tonight and
general rejoicing continued
= More Executions.
q Although this was holiday, court
A|inartsaIs were held and several of the
tprincipals in the mutiny Of the troops
were condemned to death. Later they
1,rerc taken outside the walls of the city
ktapd shot. Prince Sabah Eddine, the
rncphew of the sultan, who was arrested
r On suspicioD of being implicated IN the
a<lising. has sheen liberated. and his re-
.rIeHse has caused good impression.
i The Fetwa. or official decision OF the
fShcik -ul islam. authorizing the dcposi-
rition of Abdul Hamid has been made
+ public. 1t embraces the questions put
tby parliament to the Sheik-ul-Islam and
IBIS answer tnPrcto. i ne text OF ine
proclamation follows:
= Singing Accusations.
~ "What becomes OF an imam (thc title
lof the sultan of Turkey as head of the
- ORTHODOX faith. who has destroyed Ger
attain holy writings; who has seized
.fpropcrty in contraNcntIon TO the sbcrt
laws: who has committed crucities in or.
= Edcring the assassination and imprison-
-,ment Of eXilcs without any justification
under the sbcrl laws; who has squau-
1fdcrcd the public money: who, having
}sworu 10 govern according 10 the she.
= riat, has violated his oaths; who. by
fgifts of money, has provoked intcrnicinc
= 'fbloodsbed and civil war; and who no
rtI1onger is recognized III the province?
= To these tbe Sheik-ul Islam has re,
atpled:
J. He must be abdicaicd or deposcd.
" No one of the Constantinoplc news.
1papers has a good word for Abdul Ham
lid, whose life and reign are being held
stnp to universal execration. On the other
= hand, the accession Of Mehcmmcd V Is
.fregarded as the dawn Of new era
ffIn order 10 enable the public 10 In
'bdulge in rcJoiclngs. there has been or
dered q temporary suspension of the
-<sfate of siege until 10 O'Clock tonight
. Tho city will he illuminated, but frc
= works have been prohibited. The cab
.<inet has been requested TO remain in Of
y fec for some days longer.