Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-04-20
SULTAN IN
CONFERENCE
Turkish Lea ders
Afraid to Take
Cabinet Places
MISSIONARIES ARE SAFE
Sick Old Man on Eve of
Momentous Develop.
ments.

Constantinople, April 20.-lt is un-
derstood here that Tewfik Pasha,
Vizier, Edhem Pasha, minister of war,
and Nazim Pasha, commanding the
forces in the Capital, sent in their
designations to the Sultan late last
night. The Sultan thereupon sum.
moned Hlmi Pasha, late grand vizier,
but he hesitated to resume Office. His
majesty then called Tewfik Pasha to
the Palace and he has been closeted
with the Sultan since an early hour.
1t is expected that the result of the
conference will be announced shortly.
Missionaries Safe.
New York, April 20.--The Ameri-
can missionaries in Mersina are safe
according to dispatches received by
the Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church. The mission
aries of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church abroad are: C. A. Dodds and
wife, and r. f. Wilson md wife, Of
Iowa: DR.. John Peoples of Philadel-
phia. and Miss Elma French of Win
chester, Kansas.
Young Turks Occupy Forts.
Constantinople, April 20.-All the
forts surrounding Constantinople all
the way from the Sea of Marmora to
the Black Sea. are now occupied by
the continental troops, and soldiers
supporting the Young Turks are ad-
vancing on the Capitol. There is no
information as to when they will en-
ter the city.
Five Thousand Massacred.
Constantinople, April 20.-Five
thousand persons lost their lives in
the massacres that have been going
IN at Adana in the last few days as
the result of an outbreak of Moslem
fanatcism OF these, 1000 were
killed in the city cf Adana 200 being
MOslems.
Turkish Soldiers Underpaid Men.
During the present troubles in
Turkey bridge was destroyed by
the insurgents, and was being quickly
rebuilt. The engineer in charge asked
a captain stationed nearby for a guard
over the bridge at night.
"The sergeant stationed on the
other side of the bridge ought to help
guard it," said the captain. We'll
each send six soldiers
In the morning the engineer found
the bridge still unguarded. Furious,
he upbraded the captain.
well, the sergeant wouldn't send
any men, and | wasn't going to I'M
less he did, was that worthy's de-
tense.
The sergeant challenged the state
ment, and the engineer, disgusted,
left the two officers in fist fight
about who was more negligent in
looking after his Sultan's property.
These are the soldiers who are sup
posed to make up trained, disci-
plined army.
The Turkish soldier, unkempt
dirty, has been called one of the best
fighters of Europe. Modern observ.
ers now admit that he is dirty. but
deny that he has courage or ability.
The Turkish soldier is poorly paid
when he is paid at all The common
soldier gets about dollar a month
when he gets anything. Sometimes
the money starts for him from Con-
stantinople, and the officers get it.
AS often it never leaves the capital.
OF course, money is no great OBJ.
ject to soldier as long as he is in
the country or small village. There
he can always pillage. The officers
never object. This keeps the soldier
fat, but it is rather hard on the 10y
atty of the nation.
The native Turks in Turkey make
up less than a majority of the whole
population, even in European Turkey,
The rest are Serbs, Greeks, Arabs,
Jews, Armenians and other nationali-
ties. On the loyalty of the native
Turks, unframed and underpaid, de-
pends the success Of the government
In holding its own.
The Wolf Is at the Gate.
Constantinople, April 20.-The pop
ulation of the Turkish capital awoke
this morning to find the pickets of
the constitutional forces who have
surrounded the city to make the Sui
tan guarantee a continuation of con-
stitutional government, within calling
distances of the old walls that flank
the city on the south side The lines
extend in a wide semi-circle around
three quarters of the city at Pera.
Galata and Stamboul. All roads out.
side of the capital are occupied by the