The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
DOWN And OUT
Sultan CT Turkey Dsposed Fer
His sTeiher
CAUSED EXCITEMENT

The Boom of Big Guns Told the
People of the Chanse-The Troops
at Adana Have Revolted and
Seized Fifty of Their Officers and
Hold Them
Abdul Eamid has been deposed
as Sultan of Turkey and Nehemmed
Reschad Enendi, his brother, has
been proclaimed his successor.
The deposition was through the
regular form prescribed by the tenets
of the Nohammedan faith. 1t is un-
derstood that Sheik u Islam, the
head of the church, Will issue de-
cree of deposition.
The news of the deposition OF All
dul Hamid and the selection of his
brother to succeed him caused great
excitement throughout Constantine
nle Crowds at once began to gather
in the principal squares and thor
ouehfares and around the imperial
oalce of Yildiz in anticipation Of the
proclamation Of the new sultan.
4 salute of l0l guns, fred at 2:3o
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, announc-
ed to the populace Of Constantine
ple a change in the sultanate. II IS
reoorted that the sultan has been
removed from the imperial palace
of Yildiz and conveyed across Bos-
phorus to point in Asiatlc iuf-
key.
Mehemmed Reschad Efendl was
proclaimed sultan of Turkey at ESQ
o'clock Tuesday afternoon IN sue
cession to his brother, Abdul HAND
II The sultan was dethroneo oE
the national assembly whose decision
on the proposal was unanimous.
Fifty Turkish officers have been
arrested at Erzeroum by their troops
and dispatched under escort to Ire
bizond. The exact significance OF
this action is not clear, but II is
feared that it means the beginning
of 2 revolt Of the provincial troops
against the Young Turk officers.
Disorders at Adana.
The following account OF disorders
at Adana has been received here by
telegraph from Rev. Herbert Adams
Gibbons, missionary:
The entire vilayet Of Adana has
been visited during the past i've days
by terrible massacre Of Armenlans,
the worst ever known in the history
Of the district. Terror has been uni
yersal and the government has been
powerless to check the disorders
Adana, the capital Of the province
has been the storm center.
He added that the unsettled con-
ditions and the animosity between
the Turks and Armenians resulted
from political activity of the latter
An Armenian and Turk were killed
on Wednesday night and theil
corpses were paraded through the
streets, infaming the inhabitants.
Gibbons then described how the
mob assembled and shots were free
in the air. This was followed b!
killing. Local authorities feared u
act. While Gibbons and Field Secre
of A
were :, the telegraph Office, where
they went to summon aid of the Brit
ish consul, the Noslems burst in anc
killed two Armenians before theil
eyes. Gibbons and Chambers Wen
into the next room and made repre-
sentations to the Vail.
Being afraid of his own life, tha1
Official made no effort to protec
them.
The situation, according to Glib
bons, grew worse. The Armenians
he said, withdrew to their quartz!
of Adana and converted their houses
into fortresses, where the fighting
went on for two days. Gibbons con
tinued:
''Adana was a hell. The bazaarS
were looted and set on fire. There
was continuous and unceasing shoot
ing and killing in every part Of the
town and fires ragged in many quar-
ters.
The Moslems from the neighbor-
hood began pouring into the city and
Notwithstanding our vehement pro
tests. All distributed arms to these
men, alleging that they were Turkish
reservoirs
The missionary added. "On Thurs
day Daniel Miner Rogers and Henry
Maurer, American missionaries, were
killed under treacherous circum-
stances. On Friday the Armenians
yielded, and since then there has
been little numbering.
'Adana is in pitable condition.
The town has been piilaged and de-
stroyed and there are thousands of
homeless people here without means
of livelihood. 1t is impossible to
estimate the number Of killed.
Corpses lie scattered through the
streets. Friday when I went out
had to pick my way between the
dead to avoid stepping on them.
Saturday corning counted doz-
ems Of cart loads of Armenian
bodies in one half hour being car
ried to the river and thrown into
the water In the Turkish ceme-
teries graves are being dug by the
wholesale The condition of the
refugees is most pitiable. Not only
aTe there orphans and widows be-
yond number. but great number of
babies are even suffering from Sc
we're wounds. The situation in
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