The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
Abdul Hamid Profits by New
Revolution to Reach for
Old Control.
YOUNG TURKS FLY
FROM THE CAPITAL
Not Expected TO Make Successful
Stand-Whole Nation in
Disorder.

CONsTANTINoPLE. via Philippopo-
lis. Bulgaria. April 1.-THE new war
minister. Edhem Pasha, appointed yes
terday to succeed Ahmed Pasha Ria,
succeeded today in getting the mutt
nous regiments Of the First army corps
70 return to their barracks. The action
has resulted in temporary quiet being
restored, but the situation is far from
relieved
\ new danger has developed In the
military opposition to Tewik Pasha-
Hilmi Pssha's successor as grand
vizier. As long as this opposition con-
tinues. Tewfik Pasha viii be unable to
re-establish even sembIance OF a sta
: be government
Sultan Regains Power.
/ Though Edhem Pasha and Tewfik
! Pasha are nominalIy in control of the
situation, the real ruler is Abdul
! Hamid. the Sultan. who is working
| through the League Of Mohammed- He
is rapidly assuming his old grasp on
the empire. and it is feared that
Iif he is completely rs-esta bNshed
/ he Will Wreak terrible venegance
on the Liberals. who are fight
/ ing against a return TO absolutism
/ The abolition of the constitution Is one
/ of the possibilities of the immediate
future
Leaders OF the, Young Turks. are nov
I in flight toward Salonika, where they
viii organize and make a desperate al
/ tempt to regain their power
Young Turks Weakened.
The loss Of their control Of the army,
! however. and the recent development
Of gross corruption in their ranks have
greatly weakened their cause. AMI Il
IS not believed they will be able t1
make a formidable movement. at least
not until the present development has
run its course.
The Young Turks have sworn to kill
( the Sultan If he swings too far TO the
! opposition, threat that those Wno
/ know the daring of the Young Turks
do not doubt that they viii execute
Wild rumOrs spread through the city
today that the Sultan had been killed
By agents of the Young Turks. but no
| confirma ton of this is obtainable, and
I the report is discredited.
Sultan Venerated.
/ The religious phase Of the uprising
faEors the Sultan, as he is the head OF
the Church, and, as such, is veRerated
by the people despite the widest politi-
cal differences. Despite this. the Hami-
dian dynasty is recognized as being ex-
tremely insecure, owing 70 the fact that
it is dependent at present on the whim
Of an army that IS not efficiently off,
cered nor under control.
There is great danger of the fanati-
cal Mohammedans taking advantage OF
The disorder TO wage another warfare
I on the Christians. A reign Of blood
1 would follow such a warfare, as the
Christians, including vast numbers OF
| ARnenians, are armed and able 20 put
up a desperate resistance
Fully sixty persons have been slain
siTbce the present trouble began. among
the number being Minister OF Justice
Nazim Pasha and Deputy EInir Arslan-
Cabinet In Hiding.
Nearly all Of the members Of the for
msr cabinet are in hiding. The mutt
neers are demanding the execution OF
Hilmi Pasha and Ahmed Ria, but
these former leaders are under cover
and cannot be found.
Another dark aspect of the situation
is the private feuds and endless muir
ders that are sure to result from the
overthrow of the Young Turks, who
know but one way 20 avenge them
While the trouble is not OF an anti
foreign character, the foreign residents
of the city are fearful for their lives
on account of the general confusion.
All the foreign powers have instructed
their embassies to take every possible
preCaHLlOn 10 protect ln6 uFES OF LtlG
people under their charge
Uprisings Reported.
Reactionary uprisings are reported to-
day in Aleppo, Damascus. Uskub,
Dibra, and practically throughou tall
Albania. The government officers are
? in a state Of such Wild excitement that
none OF these reports can be verified
1t is also reported that Russia is seiz-
/ -. 70 haufu adj
vance across the Persian frontier.
1t is expected that Tewhk Pasha viii
be able TO announce the personnel OF
the new cabinet within a few hours.
Aside from Ahmed Pasha, the new min
lister of war, the only appointment SO
far confirmed is that OF Rnaat PaSf1a,
: who viii continue as the minister OF
me seiaetion Of Tewhk Pasha and
Ahmed Pashz is wholly satisfactory 10
the liberals
Supports Constitution.
, Tewfi< Pasha Is trying to reassure the
people by the declaration that the con
stftution is inviolable, and that there Is
no thought of abrogating it.
It is expected that the new ministry
will adopt a compromise between the
anarcBistic absence OF government To
vored by the Young Turks and the old
idea of absoluIism- The liberals will de-
| maud not only a Tea6juStment OF the
country's financial affairs, but better
protection of the Mohammedan religion,
the growing disregard OF which was one
of the chief causes OF the uprising.
Seized Committee Officers.
1 TIE mutineers, as the first move. yes
terday seized all the officers Of the
| Committee of Union and Progress and
held them prisoners Only a few OF tbs
troops refrained from taking part in
, the demonstration, which extended u
the Galata, Pera anu stambouI dis