The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-07
THE REVOLUTION WHICH
OVERTHREW THE SULTAN

ilNtlA NTlNpPIE, Apfl a. --
Heavy rifle airing shortly after 3
o clock this morning, mingled with the
occasional rattle Of artillery from the
heights surrounding Yildiz Kiosk. mark.
cd the elimination Of the expected clash
between the troops OF the Constantine.
pie garrison and the army Of invest
ment, which began its advance on the
city yesterday afternoon. The fighting
started in the southwest part OF Pera,
near Yildiz Kiosk, between the troops
under General Mahmoud schefket, com.
handing the army Of investment, and
part of those loyal to the Sultan.
The Salonika troops attacked the
Matchka and Tasch Kischla barracks,
south Of Yildiz Kiosk, where they met
stubborn resistance. Despite the fight
ing. excellent order prevailed in the
city for while, but later n panic en-
sued. and thousands began fleeing. De
tachments of military cadets, command
ed by officers of the Constitutionalists,
are protecting the foreign embassies,
and every possible measure has been
taken to prevent disturbances in the
city. Enver Bey, one of the Young
Turk leaders, has sent a company of
infantry to guard each legation.
At 10 clock the firing had almost
ceased, but at long intervals the field
guns could be heard, with the scatter
ing fire of heavier artillery.
Streets Cleared for War.
From house near Yildiz Kiosk. the
bodies of those who met death during
the encounter near Tasch Keschla bar
racks are plainly visible. The streets
near the fringline have been cleared
and all non-combatants have been or
dered to remain in doors to prevent
casualties and the possibility of mob
violence, leaving the streets clear for
the exclusive movement of the troops
The public was warned away from the
neighborhood of Yildiz Kiosk.
General Schefket, commanding the
Constitutional army, began to occupy
Constantinople at dawn. Word came
| from the city at midnight that the long
expected entry had been made, but peo-
pie nevertheless went to bed skeptical,
only to be awakened in the Pera quar-
crash of rifle fire in the direction of
Yildiz Kiosk a battalion of the Sui
tan's household guard occupied fash
Kischla barracks, about 800 strong, and
resisted the advance of the investing
army. Expecting an attack the guards
were deployed outside the barracks
when an officer from General Schefket
demanded that they surrender but they
refused. 4t eII
Opening Of the Battle.
Within minute after the represen-
tatiyes of the Oonst itptionalists return
ed the firing began. The investing
forces brought into action one battery
of field guns and one battery of machine
guns. Only a small part of the Con-
stitutional troops was engaged in the
attack on the barracks. The Young
Turks are protecting all hotels and
banks in the Pera quarter, where Amer.
leans and Europeans are gathering for
security.
From the head of the Grand Rue de
la Pera, the main street, one was able to
get partial view of the operations.
The brilliant sunlight now and then
flashed on the field, showing landscape
of gun rims or succession of sparlSles
as machine gun slowly fred away at
segments of the thin line of infantry,
glass. At the Tasch Kischla barracks
the Sultan s men were standing the rifle
fire steadily. Presently the loyal troops
occupied the military field near by and
fred on the advancing troops, while a
considerable reinforcement from the
Yildiz Kiosk barracks joined the troops
at Tasch Kischla, where the Salonika
chasseurs, accused Of betraying the Con-
stitutional cause, were defending them.
selves. The fire was concentrated on
the barracks of the chasseurs and they
were shown little quarter They put
up splendid fight and many of them
were killed.
By 1880 in the morning the Tasch
Kischla barracks were half destroyed
by the shell FIRE, whereupon the fire
generally slackened. Yildiz Kiosk also
had been subjected to shell fire. Schef-
ket Pasha issued orders to shoot down
any soldiers of the Constantinople gar.
rison seen carrying arms, whether US
ing them or not. He declared also that
all unarmed soldiers would be treated
as non -combatants.
Bullets Fall in Crowd.
During the encounter a rain of bull
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ment on the question of county respon.
sibility under the new regime estab.
lished by the county acts" passed