Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-04-29
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
Hundreds Are FIOcking to
the Mission Houses Seek
ing Protection.
NEW SULTAN RECOGNIZED
United States Is thu First
to Greet the New Mon
arch of Turkey.


Mersina, April 29:-Thc Christian
village of Bakdjeh is reported con.
pletely destroyed today by Nfoslem
mobs. The torch was applied and
not house is standing. Tie popu-
lation was largely Christian Arme.
mans. II is believed that nearly ain
were slaughtered.
At AIepho countless widows and
orphans are Moslem victims. People
are fiocI1ing into Christian missions,
and sickness threatens 20
sweep the country.
Murders in Adana province arg
now estimated at $4,000.
Constantinople, April Mohams
med ", the new sultan, was greatly
pleased today to receive from the
American ambassador a formal motifs
cation that the United States goveriis
ment recognized his accession to the
throne, the American government beS
ing the first of the great powers to
take such action following the deposIr
ton of Abdul Hamid II.
Ambassador Leishman presented q
cable message from President Taft to
Sultan Mohammed, which went bef
,-o,,d ahn ,,e,,c1 -
good win. President Tafts message
was as follows:
Presidents Message coraisI.
Il offer to your imperial majesty my
congratulations on your accession to
the throne with such universal ac4
claim, voiced by the peoples repret
sentatives, and at time so propitou4
to the highest aspirations Of the great
nation over which you rule as the au4
gust head Of a constitutional governs
ment.
II assure you of the friendship oE
the government and of the people oA
the United States, who earnestly wish
for your majesty's happiness and for
that of the people within your dos
minions, and / add my own wishes foH
your naJestys health aud welfare"
Abdul Hsmid at salonikl.
The former ruler Of the empire, ABB
dul Hamid H., is prisoner in n large
house with walled grounds on a height
overlooking Saloniki which has lately
been occupied by the Italian CONS
mander of the international gendaFmes
rie. He is not to be put on trial, as
has been widely reported In Constan-
tinople, for he Is considered to be
above the law.
Abdul Hamid was taken TO Salonikl
with eleven members Of HIS harem
and two infant prlncesses He Is to
live there at the house Of Allatlni, q
wealthy merchant.
1t was thought wise to keep the de-
posed sultan in European Turkey, re-
mote from the capital His household
will be administered for him upon q
generous scale, and his life win be
safeguarded, as he earnestly besoughs
when notified Of his dethronement
Painful Scene With Old Ruler
Carassa Effendi a member Of the
deputatlon from the national assembly
which conveyed the decree of depoais
tion TO the Yildiz palace, tells graph
ic story OF the dramatic scene which
closed six centuries dominion of the
boundless power of the padishas.
When the deputation arrived at the
palace the scene was one Of utter des-
olation. The investing army had cut
of the water, gas and electric sup-
plies and had stopped the ingress Of
food.
While waiting to be introduced 70
the sultan the members OF the deputa-
tion carefully examined their holsters
and pistols and, according to Carassa.
had Abdul Hamid shown an armed
hand he would have been shot on the
spot
After much delay the unwelcome
visitors, surrounded by twenty black
eunuchs, were ushered into the suls
tan's apartment, where stood the sui
tan's son, Prince Abdur Rahim. Pres
emily the sultan entered in bewil-
dered manner He wos dressed some.
what negligently, as though his clothes
had been hastily donned, In civilian
attire. HiB arms hung at his sides,
and his hands trembled.
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