The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-15
.ORDERRESTORED IN
C0NSIAATINOPLE.
Soldiers Induced to Return to Their
Barracks.
SULTAN is REGAINlNG POWER
Troops Attempt To Awe Parliament
Murder of Liberal Editor Fans
the SmouIdering Embers
Into Flames.
SULTAN is REGAlNlNG POWER


Bulgaria, April 14.Edhem Pasha, the
new war minister, today succeeded in
getting the first army corps to return
TO their barracks, thus partially reliev-
ling the situation. The Sultan is rap
idly regaining his old grasp on the en-
pire. The young Turks threaten him
with death If he sides too much with
the opposition. The military opposi-
ton displayed against Tewfik, Pasha,
the new Grand Vizier, is making it inn
possible to get up any stable govern
|ment.
Situation is Grave.
The cabinet late last night re-
signed, and their designations have
been accepted.
1t is reported that Kaimil Pasha,
the former grand vizier, has been
charged with the formation of new
ministry.
Want Grand Vizier ousted.
Frankfort, Apr. 14.-"C onstantinople
has been in full revolution since early
this morning. declares the CONSTANT.
nople correspondent OF the Frank.
furter Zeitung in a dispatch from the
Turkish capital dated yesterday.
Two battalions of troops quartered
in the ministry of war marched out at
dawn, headed by their officers and pro-
ceeded via Divan and Jolu streets to
the mosque of st. Sophia, from which
point they surrounded the building OF
parliament. They demanded the dis.
missal of the grand vizier, the presi-
dent of the chamber and the minister
of war"
Minister Of War Fiees.
Vienna, Apr. 14.-Startling rumors
are current here to the effect that Con
etantinopIe yesterday was4in- the thross
of grave revolutionary movement.
| The information thus far received 4:
meager, but it is reported that several
thousand mutinous troops have sur
rounded the building Of parliament
and that the whole capital is in a state
of dangerous excitement.
Another report says that the min
istry of war has been occupied by the
insurgents and that the minister has
fed
Dangerous upheavai Ahead.
| London, Apr 1.-THE only news Il
| reach London up to to-day of the sit
uation at Constantinople was con
tanned in a code message which SCI
| ~ haf OF rIo nf {
revolutionary character had broken
ont and that the situation was grave
| This message was accepted here al
foreshadowing dangerous upheaval
| Neither the foreign office, the Turk
| ish embassy nor the banks with Con
stantinople connections had any fur
| Their information. 1t is known, how
ever, that the situation has been ex
tremely strained for several week.
past owing to the great bitterness be
tween the Committee of Union ant
Progress and the liberals. The liber
ais resent the attempts Of the com
mittee to control public affairs
Murder of Editor Is Climax.
The murder of Hassan Fehmi Ell
fendi, editor of the liberal newspape
Serbesti, on April 7 is thought here Il
have been the climax of this politica
fued. The editor was shot and killeI
by an unknown man as he was enter
ing his office, and government oficia
accompanying him was wounded. Tn,
Serbesti had been carrying on a cam
paign against the Committee of Uniol
and Progress, in other words, tn
Young Turks.
Violent demonstrations both insid
parliament and in the streets adjacen
followed the killing of the editor. TIL
grand vizier and the president of tn
chamber were obliged to harangue tn
crowds outside and assure them tina
justice would be done. The chambe
accepted an Interpolation denouncIn
the crime as political murder an
calling upon the government to TAX
the necessary steps to apprehend tn
: assassin. ..~