The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-25

| negotiating inc SURRENDER oi 'h' ~
| diz garrison, Schcfket demanded un
conditional surrender by noon, but AT
that hour. he granted an extension OF
the time for four hours. IL Is under
stool that the Sultan Is insisting upon
D additional guarantees
Two white flags are flying from
Ylldiz Kiosk. The Sultan is unharm-
ed and none OF the members Of his
household was injured, All is quio;
within the royal payilioDS
The overtures of the commissioners
at Yildiz Kiosk were preceded by the
dropping of a shell among the widely
expanded buildings within the palace
walls.
ConstantInople, April 24.-The men
i'll the TaSoh Kischla barracks surren-
dered at one o'clock and with this
event the entire capital passed into
the possession of the constitutional
lists. 1t Is impossible as yet accurate
ly to set forth the number OF killed
and injured. hut the casualties prob
ably Will exceed one thousand.
The Red Cross Society Is active.
and many Armenian women are busily
engaged in caring for the wounded.
Several thousand of the CONSTANT
nople garrison have been taken pIis-
oncrs by the ConsttutionaliSts,
Constantinople. April 24-Complete
tranquility was restored In CONSTANT
nople by noon when the last recall
ctrants surrendered and the firing
ceased Several of the isolated guard
houses defended themselves braycly
against the Saloniklns These fights
In the center of the city resulted in a
considerable loss of life. The Taxim
euardhouse resisted for three hours
under a heavy Hotchkiss fire The oc-
cupants. numbering fifty men and Of
6cers. finally surrendered.
The artillery at the TaXim Barracks
were guilty of gross treachery They
hoisted the white flag and thereby en-
tlced the Sllonlk. infantrymcn to
close range. As the Salonki men were
approaching the barracks across an
open piece OF ground To receive the
surrender, the force within opened
upon them with a heavy shell fire AMI
compelled them to retreat The Sa-
loniki artillery was then brought up
and shelled the barracks. inniCting
heavy damage. The barracks twenty
minutes later were rushed by the in
vading troops and there was hand to
hand lighting in the barracks yard
and the cemetery behind the struc-
ture, in which the casualties were
heavy.
In spite Of the surrender of the Yil-
l,l,-, I.iN L., 4
been hoisted another detachment of
the Sultan's bodyguard, quartered In
the Tophanch barracks, continued a
stubborn resistance for some time
longer They barricaded themselves
in a mosque but finally were oyerpow-
cred
The grounds Of the Belgian legation
We're occupied by a detachment of the
LOYAL garrison who took up a position
here to oppose the advance of the Con-
stitutionalistS, In the subsequent
1 skirmish, the legation was riddled with
bullets. None Of the inmates. how
ever, was hurt, The Constitutionalists
finally cleared the grounds.
AS soon as it was definitely known
that the fighting was at an end, the
| streets of the city became thronged
with people eager to get the latest
news. Ptcltets from the corps. under
! the command Of Niazi Bey. hero Of the
revolt at Resna. last July, entered
Pera at half past ten, and were loudly
cheered by the people.
Police patrols, at II o'clock. were
visiting the shops, assuring the occu.
pants that they had nothing TO fear,
! and inviting them to open
Ambassador Leishman sent the par
ty of sixty American tourists to a
steamer about TO leave Constantinople
under the protection Of guard Of sol,
dicrs supplied him b. the local com.
: mander The ambassador then visited
| the leading hotels where Americans
were stopping to rcassure them that
! their part of the city was secure. and
| that they were In no danger
Admiral Chester expressed the opin-
ion that Schcfkel Pasha had handled
/ his forces in an admirable manner.
AS soon as the resistance at the Mat
| chka and the Tasch Kschta barracks
had been overcome, the attacking
| forces occupied the heights surrounds
ing Yildiz Kiosk.
| At 20 o'clock there was a short en-