New-York tribune., 1909-04-21

san stefano. ran special trains during tha u1S
10 accommodate thousands more than the regu-
lar trains could carry. who were anxious 10
the advancing troops. Gust as the ualn oi,
which the correspondent OF The Associate
Press was a messenger was ready TO ieaNe
the station a dozen OF more Salonica ChasseuIS'
who had deserted from the Palace Guard came
at double quick down the PLATFORM
a5ausers in their hands and bandoiers fuu o.
cartridges. They climbed into third class COR
riage They are going to join the otheIS'' ie
marked the station master; that must pe III &c
hundred whom ! have seen to-day taxing inc
train to san stefano-'
THE CoNsTITCTIONALlsT CAMP
Outside the Byzantine walls the travellers
cav the first squad Of Consttutionalist soldiers
There was great clapping OF hands ana cries ol
salutation from the Turkish party ana lhe
Armenian women on the train waved 'Heii
soarfs and handkerchief The powder anu
cartridge works. lust beyond. are strongly held
hv the Constitutionalists, who took possesso"
~ then, last night The extensive factories
were in operation all the chmneys smoking
At san stcfano. about eight or ten miles from
-, .;.,, C-clona1 o,balib Bey. commander Of the
advance guard had his headquarters in the
railv-az, station. He received the correspondent
cordially He said that as yet no orders hao
come TO him indicating when the city was TO
he eccuuied General Husni Pacha, the COM
u1ander in chief. near Hademkol' twenty
five miles distant, and it was to be presuiiieu
that no el.try would be made until he was
nearer the capital. so that he might nave llle
advance under his personal direction ne
could not. however. reach the neighborhooo OF
the cftv before tomorrow at the earliest
I'VE are hardly expecting trouble sa'u
Colonel Chalib. but every disposition Is Ue'hs
made Just as if were
A, orderly. came in with dispatch at that
-no-oent. and the conversation was at an end
When the commander of the advance guar
came ont of his headquarters he was greeteu
.asnac-f11v by many hundreds Of Turks VINO
+.d bAen allowed TO enter the line. MOST OF
-base we're well dressed. Beyond the lines there
,,-era rrohablv Thousand CT more coffee selleIS'
,enders Of sveetmeats and others ehsaeeu III "
variety Of small business improVlseu loI e'ie
crowds No such throngs have been seen IN san
s+efano. it was said since the Russian aus an
guard held that place for seVeral Hloi''''S
lS1S
,,rrr1E>cS WELCOME THE INNASION'
.r,o ,,e,,,1,ers of the San Stefano Club nave
offered their building to General huSih
&C his headquarters while some oI tne Az" =
s+sn+f,,ople merchants, with villas at lla' P'"
are .,royiding the troops with cigarettes - go
ing Them by the ten thousand u -. -.
go The rank and file Of the inVaulns ai my
.;o,1,, the volunteers. are fine looking young
- 7rro,. anneared TO know the aims ol li'e
,-.-,i+..a of Union and Progress thorousiii''
- - enthusiastic and determined IN liiei
support .,-,, aragoman
.7,,7 ,,.i,,, several Of them. They felt s'I"i
.t,e +raacherv as they called it, Of the
,,seea,,rs who had been selected 1or 'lle
,,,,ortart post by the committee-lla' q 20
,-,,ar4 They avoved that the chasseu'9' -,
,,,rtad hv eight months residence III ~
- "a ,-ior5ad n the soft living and ho'houSe
,,fs If the Yfdiz barracks The youth lioi'' ~
,,,.,,,r,- had been too weak to resist TINS soi'
Of existence -. .,,a+
.,,,,a = likely TO come they feel that 'hes
iii not t.a treated mercifully, although 'lie
o,,,,i,tae If is understood, is not disposed u
n,,niso any except the ringleaders' VINO are
fo~ The most part. corporals and sergeahls'
ANIMATION IN THE CAPITAL.
4 ~ore+antirorle tonight IS gay and animated
An she cafas are crowded. Political talk Is
e-oine On At every table in the most open fash
ior Strange stories are being told, with eFNrV
indication Of being believed. principally aoou'
the Sultan Terror Of his spies being raised an
tongues are unloosed. At one Of these tapies
:, was related that the Sultan was han uncoh-
scious and had been moaning for hours
throughout the day. Another tale was that he
had inlplored first one and then another OF ms
17slace favorites to devise means TO save him
4 newcomer Joined the table. with a circum-
stantial narrative that the ambassadors had
waited on the Sultan with the demand that he
abdicate: the Sultan had replied that he would
not abdicate except by dying, scimitar in hand,
with Constantinople in ruins and flames. Extra
newspapers in Turkish Greek, French and Ger
man are appearing in the various quarters every
hour They are hawked shriIly. Many Of these
extras are merely hand bills sent out by ire
sponsible persons. but all seemingly find ready
market and are read eagerly one Of these an
nounced that the city being occupied by
Constituencies. The ciaJter Of cavalry was