The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
Court to Try Sultan

NOurt 10 Try Sultan
The question is now being asked hv
every one: What will be done wifb
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 13 will. [ understand. he
p considered BY committee of notable
men sitting privately. The endeavor
VIII be 10 arrive at a Just estimate
OF his maJesty's position"
Colonel Handi added that neither
General Schefket nor any of the four
principal subordinate commanders had
seen the sultan
But we have been told said he
that 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 II IN
proper state Of discipline: to find try
and execute those VINO 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 viii number pos
sibly 80. possibly 200"
Enver Bey. one Of the leaders of the
Young Turks. when asked how mill
tary men regarded the sultan. replied:
We do not have an opinion on that
subject. The sultan is in the hands Of
parliament The army is the instru-
ment OF the civil authorities and the
army's mission in this affair is 10 up
hold the civil government"
Honor Enver Bey
While Enver Bey was talking the
paxim barracks detachment of Mace
donia marched in, singing the Turkish
revolutionary hymn. When they recos-
nized Enver Bey they cried out wildly
and broke ranks. They crowded about
him. putting their arms out and en-
bracing and kissing him. After the
work here is finished Enver Bey ex-
poets to return to Berlin as military
attache Of the Turkish embassy.
Lewis Einstein. secretary of the
American embassy. met a detachment
of volunteers in the streets. 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.
Enver Bey's work today consisted
in obtaining the submission of the ar
tillery in the Se1omiah barracks in
Soutari. The desertion OF a company
or two from this barracks yesterday
caused the erroneous report that the
whole command had yielded. The COM
msnder OF the barracks. when called
on TO surrender sent word to General
Schefket:
I'VE have 100 guns here and 1000
men. II we are attacked we will bonn
bard the city into g pile of dust"
General Grbafkes -ensfed- We will
make you so busy in taking care of US
that you viii have no time to think OF
the city. Besides. you have only 100
rounds apiece for those guns"
BOmbardment Threatened
The report Of the coming lombard .
fuent spread throughout the city.
causing great uneasiness. Traffic was
stopped on the Bosphorus. the ferries
being used to transfer infantry and
artillery. Sixty guns were placed in
position and trained on the barracks
and several batteries of machine guns
were brought up
When everything was ready another
demand was made for the surrender of
the Solomiah artilierymen. and the de-
mand was accompanied by the infor-
nation that it was useless for them
20 engage against such odds and par
ticularly since the sultan had himself
consented TO the troops of the palace
yielding The commander Of the bar
racks late in the afternoon agreed to
the surrender and the shifting of the
garrison probably viii begin tomorrow
without a shot being fired.
There is still some disquiet about the
city. Long supply trains are coming in
from the country districts. those con-
sisting OF strings of donkeys, each
with two boxes Of ammunition slung
over its back, OK carts. rudely built
filed with supplies: herds of sheep and
cattle. and some splendid artillery
horses and vigorous little ponies.
Dispatches reaching here from
Asiatic Turkey bring the tidings of
Armenian and Turkish conflicts all
over the country. Dr. J. NJ Balph. who
is in charge of the missions at LatakiR.
Syria telegraphs that refugees are ar