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SURRENDER OF THE PALACE.

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LONDON, April 26.-The Daily Tel
egraphs Vienna correspondent tele-
graphs that the Sultan was taken out
of the palace by force late tonight
and that Mehemmed Rechad Effendi
was installed in his place.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 25.-The
Yildiz garrison surrendered today to
the constitutionalists. The command
ers of these battalions began sending
notices of their submission to NAH
moud Schefket Pasha last night and
the troops protecting the palace gave
their formal and unconditional sur
render shortly after dawn.
Sultan Abdul Hamid has been per-
mitted to remain within the walls of
the Yildiz Kiosk, where yesterday, in
company with his ministers, he heard
the story of the struggle between his
loyal troops and the army of invest
ment, each hour bringing word of
fresh disaster. 1t has been stated
that since victory rested with the con-
stitutionalists the Sultan himself gave
orders to his men not to resist. Wheth-
er or not this is true, it can be safely
said of the troops within the capital
| that they put up a stubborn resist
ance at all points, and the losses on
both sides are exceedingly heavy for
the length of time the engagement
| was in progress.
Parliament to Deal With Sultan.
| A representative of the commander
| in-chief of the constitutionalist forces
| is authority for saying that the Sui
| tan will be dealt with by the Parlia-
| ment and that there will be adequate
| justification in the sovereign's alleged
| completely in the recent mutiny. Up
| to the present the ministry has not
been dissolved, but Constantinople
and other places have been declared in
a state of siege. Martial law pre-
walls and order has been maintained
| with strict hand.
The last garrison to surrender was
the Selimieh artillery barracks in Sou
tart, opposite STEAMBOAT. Soldiers sta
toned there with a hundred guns
threatened to blow the city into ruins
but General Schefket ordered up sixty
big guns and several batteries of ma
chine guns to positions which com
manded the barracks and the cruiser
Medjidich steamed out of range of the
field pieces and prepared for action
The commander of the barracks ther
submitted.
Sultan's Troops Evacuate Yildiz.
The evacuation of the quarters
around the Yildiz Kiosk began earl.
in the morning. The soldiers of tn,
garrison were made prisoners AM
their places were taken by Macedo
MAN battalions. Had the Sultan look
!. ed out from the upper windows of hi
favorite yellow and white pavilion
he would have seen at dawn sentinel
thickly scattered in the grounds be
fore the palace and the Bosporus an
the gates of the canal, through whic
the barges pass from the Yildiz to
lake to the Bosporus.
Later, in front of the main gates
the palace. rows of eunuchs So
4 watching the movements of the of
| GERS connected with the transfer
the guardianship of the Sultan's pc
son. Memdouk Pasha, commander
the surrendered palace guards, can
slowly out of the gate. He was g
lowed to keep his sword, but was a
tended by officers whose swords we
Il missing. Memdouk Pasha paused
1 talk with the espondents.
IL 1T is the will of AlIah,'' said
1 eve have done our duty
III Sultan Orders Resistance to Cease.
1T was through me- remarked o.
of the chamberlains of the cou
that his majesty sent the MESA
to Memdouk Pasha not to resist. Z
of them said his majesty. still a
III my children. I do not wish any me
bloodshed.' When the Sultan ga
I'LL the command not to resist, there W
iii no resistance and the affair w
ended"
The Sultan summoned the Ora
Hi Vizier. Tewfik Pasha, and the Min
ter. of War, Edhem Pasha. to COZ
to him when the guns first began
sound yesterday. They remained W
Hi him throughout the day and recei1
Hi bulletins of the disaster from time
Hi time. The Sultan's bearing is
scribed as troubled, but he was o
wardly calm and was considerate q