Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-26
THOUSANDS ARE
MASSACRED IN
ASIATIC TURKEY
25.OO0 PERSONS SLAIN IN villa
YET OF ADANA ALONE
European Powers Send Warships to
Protect Christians from On
slaughts of Fanatical
Moslems

tro,,blad He was outwardly calm and
was considerate and courteous toward
his aides and others who came IN con-
tact with him.
The question is now being asked by
every one, "What will be done with
the sultan?" This inquiry was made
directly to Colonel Hamdi at the head
quarters of Schefket Pasha. He re-
piled: His majesty's relations to the
events of March 10 will, / understand,
be considered by the committee OF
notable men sitting privately. The en-
deayor will be to arrive at a just estl-
mate of his majesty's position"
Colonel Hamdi added that neither
General Schefket nor any of the four
principal subordinate commanders had
seen the sultan.
But we have been told" said he,
shat his attitude has had nothing TO
do with the deplorable occurrences.
He is and has been for the constitution.
This is not a civil war, but a punitive
expedition. Our task is to cleanse the
army from sedition and bring it to Il
proper state of discipline; to find, try
and execute those who have murdered
their officers and devised and led the
rising against the authority of the
state. We shall court-martial the sus-
pected persons and execute those that
are condemned, who will number posi-
bly, fifty, possibly 200"
Parliament to Deal with Sultan
Enver Bey. one of the leaders of the
Young Turks, when asked how military
men regarded the sultan, replied:
1--WE do not have an opinion on that
subject. The sultan is in the hands of
parliament The army is the 1nStru-
ment of the civil authorities and the
army's mission in this affair is to up
hold the civil government"
While Enver Bey was talking the
Taxim barracks detachment of Mace
domains marched in, singing the Turk
ish revolutionary hymn. When they
recognized Enver Bey they cried out
wildly and broke ranks. They crowded
about him, putting out their arms and
embracing and kissing him.
After the work here is finished Enver
Bey expects to return to Berlin as mill
tary attache of the Turkish embassy
Lewis Einstein secretary of the
American embassy met a detachment
of volunteers in the street. He was
astonished to see among them two of
his old friends, Rauf Pasha, formerly
commander of a Turkish warship, and
Fuad Bey, who served for eight years
in the guard regiment at Potsdam. The
latter was still wearing his monocle.
Subdues Artillery
Enver Bey's work today consisted in
obtaining the. submission of the artil-
Iery in the Selimieh barracks in Sou
tart. The desertion of a company or
two from this barracks yesterday
caused the erroneous report that the
whole command had yielded. The COM
mander of the barracks, when called on
to surrender, sent word to Gen. Schef-
ket:
eve have 100 guns here and 1000 men.
If we are attacked we will lombard the
city into a pile of dust"
Gen. Schefket replied: I'VE will make
you so busy in taking care of us that
you will have no time to think Of the
city. Besides, you have only 100 rounds
apiece for those guns"
The report of the coming lombard
ment spread throughout the city, caus-
ing great uneasiness. Traffic was
stopped on the Bosporus, the ferries
being used TO transfer infantry and
artillery Sixty guns were placed in
position and then trained on the bar
racks, and several batteries of machine
guns We're brought up.
When everything was ready another
demand was made for the surrender of
the Selimieh artillery and the demand
was accompanied by the information
that it was useless for them to engage
against such odds, especially since the
sultan himself had consented to the
troops of the palace yielding. The COM
mander OF the barracks agreed late IN
the afternoon to the surrender, and
the shifting of the garrison probably
will be begun tomorrow without a shot
being fired
Quiet Is Not Restored
There is still some confusion about
the city. Long supply trains are COM
ing in from the country districts, these
consisting of strings of donkeys each
with two boxes of ammunition slung
over it's back, OK carts, rudely built,
filled with supplies; herds of sheep
and cattle and some splendid artillery
horses and vigorous little ponies.
Dispatches reaching here from Asiat-
ic Turkey bring the tidings of Armen-
ian and Turkish conflicts throughout
the country DR. j. M. Balph, who is
in charge of the missions at Iatakia,
Syria, telegraphs that refugees are ar