Evening star., 1909-04-21
TEN SLAIN FOR ATTEMPT
TO DISAFFECT SOLDIERS
Punishment of Instigators of Recent
Troubles Exacted.
TERROR IN TURKISH HAREMs
Exodus From Constantinople In
duced by Fear Of Rioting-Troops
Swear Fealty to Young Turks.
Eerty Arrests Made.

LONDON, April pa special dispatch
received here from Constantinople says
that definite agreement between the
government and the committee Of union
and progress has been concluded.
Abdul Hamid is to remain as Sultan
OF Turkey. The present cabinet will re-
sign Immediately.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN. April PA dispatch to the
Tagblatt from Sofia states that the Young
Turks army entered Constantinople to-
day without bloodshed. and surrounded
the Yildiz Kiosk. but the sultan had
taken refuge on board a Russian steam
ship.
Martial Law to Be Proclaimed.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 21.-12:3O
pm.-The advance guard of the constitu-
tional army has arrived at the outskirts
Of the city.
The cabinet will meet this afternoon
and proclaim martial law in the capital.
Ten agitators who were caught among
the constitutional troops. trying to under
mine their loyalty to their commanders,
were executed by shooting at San Stefano
today, after q summary trial by court
martial.
Forty other men have been arrested
by the constitutionalists during the last
few days on similar charges. The editor
Of the Volkan, accused Of being one Of
the instigators Of the movement against
the Young Turk regime, is among those
in custody.
Troops Swear Fealty.
The administering Of the oath to the
still Av, O. k,
day. in accordance with the demands Of
the constitutionalists. Furthermore, the
authors Of the recent upheaval are being
sought out and arrested.
A cabinet meeting was held this morn
ing to consider the proposals made by
the army Of investment.
In some quarters it is believed that
there is an Increasing possibility Of ar
irving at an understanding which may
result In q reconciliation between the
Young Turks and the sultan.
1t was even declares in official circles
this morning that the pourparlers between
the government and the constitutional
army promise a settlement.
II is alleged that the army no longer
insists on the withdrawal of the present
ministry and the reinstallation OF the
mand for the punishment Of the authors
of the recent trouble.
New Ruler Predicted by Turks.
abdul Hamid will be compelled to
abdicate 1 do not think he will be ex-
ecuted. But the Young Turks will not
stand for any more Of his schemes and
will send him away and put somebody
else in.
Turkey is ripe for a modern constitu-
tional government. | do not think It
Is ready to become republic.
Therefore. a new sultan. in sympathy
with the aims Of the Young Turks. will
be installed
This Is the view expressed by Curt
Melnitz. a naturalized American. who
lived at Constantinople for years and
was intimately associated with Prince
Abdul Medjid as his private secretary
He called at the White House today
with Representative Cole of Ohio He
is to see the President Friday afternoon
and tell him what he knows about the
situation In the Ottoman empire
Mr.. Melnitz learned so much of Turkish
affairs while there that he had to leave
the country because he had written some
magazine articles describing matters too
Intimately.