The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-06-04
OVERTHROW OF THE SULTAN.
Interesting Letter from James n.
Carson.
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lawlessness by firing off their guns
in the air regardless of cost
Many were killed; one young officer
on the bridge tried to still the SOL
diers and was shot in the presence OF
all the great mass of people, who
passed over the great thoroughfare;
his body was left where the crowd
could gaze on it all day. Another
was shot in the arch of Yeni Djami
/ could go on telling you of others
In all a number of people lost their
lives. stood on the balcony Of the
Bible House when party of these
men went by and they shot their
guns below me. One of the printing
presses was destroyed and also the
club of the deputies. These parties
were headed by a sofia and when the
men wished to carry off their spoils
of war they were stopped by theii
venerable head who said that they
could destroy but could not carry
away by the laws of the prophet.
We heard many rumors and much
disquietude prevailed, but at sfA
o'clockWednesday everything passed
as if nothing had happened. Who
was at the bottom of all this The
sultan. He had placed in the hands
of these men quantities of money
and up to this time large sums of It
have been recovered. Things were
terribly disorganized many of the
deputies had fed and numbers of the
Committee of Union and Progress,
all of them knowing that the sultan
was getting his power back and that
they would not be safe in the hands
of this mob or in his. His spies were
again on the streets.
The following days were clothed in
unrest and worry. Every one feared
that the constitution was at an end
until we heard of the good news that
Niazi Ben and his army, the heores
of the constitution, were planning to
march on Constantinople to rees-
tablish the constitution. They came
and had the advanced guards sta
toned out at st. Stepano and the
surrounding country. Communica-
ton with Europe was somewhat in
terfered with, but we could well
stand that when we knew that an
army of forty thousand troops were
being brought here from Salonioa
On Friday, the %, aunty, Mrs. Mar
den, and | went out to st. Stepano to
see the army or rather what We could
of it, The parliament had been NOV
ed out there so that the movements
Of the army should not be altogether
military but that this, the only gov
eminent that we had, should have a
very active part in it's movements
and be in a safe, place where all the
members who had had to flee for
their lives could again assemble and
be free to express their candid opin-
ions on the situation.
Our little trip was very interest
ing Before we reached st. Stepano
We saw coming over the hills long
lines of soldiers, and as they march
ed over the green fields it was a
sight never to forget. When we
alighted from the train we were
amazed to find such military order
even though we had been told such
pass through one gate instead of
complete freedom, and on either side
of this gate stood rows of eagle eyed
soldiers to scrutinize every one. The
sultan had tried his best to get dis
guised men to this army in order
that they might poison their minds
and turn traitors to their officers. 1t
hot 20 FOL Oh m
a number of the Macedonian soldiers
in o rather ostentatious manner and
they turned and struck Clim and said
you go back to His Imperial Maj
esty and tell him what you have re-
ceived and that ne will get the
same" Many of mis- Majesty's spies
were caught in dresses of Mullahs,
porters, fruit vendors, etc. Every
one was watched, | as well as the
rest / did not mind it, in fact /
rather liked it. / have some friends
in st. Stephano so we went to call
on them and they were entertain
ing an American authoress, a Miss
May Hopkins. She proved to be
very interesting. She had met All
met Ria, president of the chamber,
and his sister in Paris and since the
formation Of the constitution had
been in Constantinople at their
home most of the time. Her ac-
quaintances are among the leading
men in the movement and naturally
she is very much interested. She is
one OF those persons who Is perfect
ly oblivious to any thing but that
which she wishes, and she knows
French perfectly SO that she gets
what she wants. We went out to
walk and naturally went to the
places of most interest. Parlia-
ment was in session and so we went
as close to it as possible. 1t was be-
ing held in the st. Stephano boat
ing club building and back Of 1t lay
the beautiful sea of Marmora with
the war vessels anchored In its plac-
i'd waters. They had declared them
selves in sympathy with the Mace
domains and had come here to assist.
The president of the parliament had
stood on a billiard table to open the
session. but he got 1t open and they
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