The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-28
NEW SULTAN
RULES TURKEY
ABDUL HAND NOW DtP0StD
Tragedy of History Enacted With Fir
ing of Guns-Wild Turks Continue
BlDodshcd i'm Outer Districts.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 27-The
reign of Abdul Hamid III ended by his
own disposition today and the Access
sion of his brother Achmid Rachad
Effendi as Mehemed ". The name is
a variation of Mahomet, it being con-
sidered inappropriate to assume the
precise name of the prophet.
MANNED " is the 35th sovereign
of Turkey in male descent of the
house of Osmon, founder of the en-
pire and the 10Th sultan since the
conquest of Constantinople.
The two houses of parliament,
meeting as a national assembly, ap-
proved of the decree of deposition
which was read by Sheik Ut Islam,
chief of the Ulmas and supreme judge
on the ecclesiastical question.
The document recites that the Alb
dull acts were contrary to the sacred
law and set forth long list of crime,
the whole making a terrible document.
The assembly chose Rachad sultan
and appointed a committee to notify
the dethroned sovereign and his sue
cessor. The firing of 101 guns an
nounced to the waiting people that the
new sultan had been proclaimed.
Martial law was relaxed tonight and
the people gave themselves over to a
celebration of the victory of the
Young Turk party and the end of
Abdules reign. Many buildings were
decorated and thousands of rounds
were ioyfully fired by the soldiers.
The question of the new cabinet is
not yet settled, but it is thought All
med Ria will be the Grand Vizier.
BEIRUT, April 27.-Later advices
received here show little improvement
in the condition throughout the dis
turbed regions of Asiatic Turkey.
Every day adds to the sufferings Of the
refugees and to the death list. dis
patch from Adana says the fires have
been extinguished but there is fear
of further incendiarism. The Ameri-
can mission buildings, the Catholic
school and one Gregorian church have
been saved. The Jesuit and Armen-
ian, Catholic and Protestant churches
and schools have been burned. Twenty
thousand persons are destitute and
there are few supplies of any kind.
Hadjin is still besieged. 1t has with
stood the attacks made on it. All the
American missionaries in that town
were safe up to last night No direct
report was received from there today.
BERLIN, April PA dispatch to
the Tagelblatt says the Abdul Hamid
when told Of his deposition said:
"Since the renewal of the Osmanice
constitution I have never departed
from it, I leave the instigators of
this tragedy to Gods justice. My in
nocence concerning these occurrences
is proved by the fact that no shot has
been fired from the Yildiz during my
reign. We won the Greek war and 1
have saved my land in several crises.
If my abdication is desired, let Gods
will be done"
LONDON April 27.-Dispatches
from Constantinople give sensational
accounts of the methods employed in
the deposition of Abdul Hamid who
is represented as being in a state Of
abject terror, some reports even say
he is dead None of these accounts
have been confirmed and it seems to
be a fact that Abdul Hamid met his
deposition with courage and resigna-
ton.
LONDON, April PA Belgrade
dispatch to the Telegraph says that
according to news from Macedonia
an ominous movement among the AL
banians is increasing in the district
around the monastery. The Albanians.
demand the enforcement of the Sheri
laws