New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
TURKISH TROOPS
FORCE OUT CABINET
4 DAY or RIOTTNG IN THE
OTTOH4N C1PIT4L.
SeUeHteeH Dead, THIRTY UOuHdsd-
Minister Of Justice Reported
KHed-Te5cfk Premier.

garrison made violent demonstration TO-DAY
before the parliament building against the Com
mittee Of Union and Progress and the govern
ment. They demanded the dismissal Of the
Grand Vizier. Hm Pscha. the Minister of
War and the president OF the chamber The
outbreak was caused by an order issued 70 the
troops to the effect that they must obey their
officers under all circumstances. even IL called
upon to shoot down their co-reugionists-
The mutineers were joined by other battaHons.
some of which came from Pera- HlImi Pacha-
fearing TO undertake the responsibility OF or
dering an attack on the revoIutionists. proceeded
10 the Yildiz at O'Clock in the afternoon and
rendered his resignation as Grand Vizier.
Later in the day Deputy Enir Arslan
entering parliament was attacked by troops and
NOR ally wounded Mahmoud Mukhtar ordered
a troop OF Iancers into Parliament Square
They fired in the air. but wounded one OF two
persons.
Soon after this the Minister Of Justice was
killed by soldiers while his way to Pers-
The Minister Of Marine. who with him. was
wounded in the leg by bayonet- The killed
are estimated at seventeen and the wounded at
thirty more.
At o'clock IsrnaII KemaI Bey and five dep51-
ties went to the palace and urged the Sultan 20
call Kiarni1 Pacha TO form a cabinet. as ths
only means to save the situation. In the mean
time additional troops arrived at the great
square. and instead Of shouts for the Sultan
cries of "HurietI" CIiberty.D began 10 10
heard Late at night sharp firing was resumed
m the STEAMBOAT Galata and Pera quarters. but
this appeared to be only salutes In honor % the
Sultan who had proclaimed pardon for the
mutineers.
The mutineers first seized all the officers -
them prisoners Only few Of the troops re-
Trained from taking part IN the demonstration
Those who did so were chiefly artillerymsn and
cavalrynen. and are massed at the War Minis
try. They have orders to fire any one ap-
preaching the building. and in the course Of th-
day q number OF persons were killed wound
ed Deputies were escorted to the chamber in
order that they might vote the question OF
forming new Cabinet and appointing new
president. but owing to the Easter HOLIDAYS II
was impossible 70 obtain q quorum
The Cabinet met At the Porte early in the
morning, and after long consultation the min
isters sent in their rssfgna ticns 70 the palace.
new ministry is being formed thiz evening
The latest r1mor is that Tewfk Pachs. who
vas recently appointed Ambsssador 70 Great
Britain. will BE- the Grand Vizisr. with
Edhin7 Pacha Minister Of War E,Ihim Pachs
was the Turkish commander in the Greek var.
and as he proceeded from the Tildiz 70 STAN
boul he vas greeted with cheers by the troops.
The Sultan's principal secretary read 70 the
chamber an trade announcing that his majesty
had accepted the Cabinets resignation and that
new ministry vas being formed Measures
had been taken. the trade continued. 70 pre-
serve order throughout the country II an
nounced that the mutinous troops had eeen
"a rdoned and that they could return TO their
barracks and the people 70 their occupations
The trade was received with enthusiastic ches1ES
for the Sultan
The government had Information Of the in
tended movement, and adopted defensive meas
ures. o4cers we're ordered to be prepared for
cfbIv to disperse meetings on Monday night. and
Nahnoud Nukhtar Pacha, commander Of ths
First Army Corps, issued a rigorous order 10
FIRE on the attaches of the mosques and civil
fans if necessary It was this order. as already
mentioned that led TO the mutiny
At dawn the soldiers. led by a corporal and
Kurt Hodja, a member Of the Mahonetan
Union seized the Parliament House and the
aph Offices They cut the wires and ar
rested several officers They captured the
bridges which they swung open for an hour
to prevent movement from Pera. a. suburb on
the north side of the Golden Horn They then
killed two officers belonging 10 the committee
HiImi Pacha. the Grand Vizier. arrived at the
Porte at 10 O'Clock in the morning He found
his ministers assembled. and learned that nearly
the whole garrison. with the exception Of four
battaIions and some artillery at the War Ofnce-
had mutinied- The parliament was nO~ in the
hands of the rnutineers. who had surrounded the
buildings and were demanding the dismissal OF
the government. The mutineers. however we're
admitting Deputies. sixty-hve Of whom entered
the chamber and spent the morning in trying
to bring about peaceful settlement with the
troops
Berlin. April IA dispatch TO the "LOkaI
Anzeiger" from Constantinople, dated 12,35
o'clock on Wednesday morning. says that Tewhk
Pacha has been appointed Grand Vizier Rifaat
Pacha Foreign Minister and Ahmed PaCha Min
lister Of War The troops are expressing their
Joy by firing blank voIIeys incessantIy.
Vienna. April 13-The following telegram.
dated at O'Clock this afternoon, has been re-
ceived here from ConstantinOpIe.
The Cabinet has been sitting since early IN
the morning. The Committee of Union and
Progress also held a long couclave. The mutt