Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-25
Sultan Helpless Prisoner Covering Behind Walls of
Yildiz Kiosk; His Fate as Yet Undecided
COMPLETE TRANQUILITY
FOLLOWS CAPTURE OF CITY
Rules of Civilized Warfare Scrupulously Observed;
Few Non-Combatants Among the
Killed or Wounded.
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Constantlnople, April 24-The con-
sttutional forces are in complete con
troll Of the capital tonight The sui
tan is practically a prisoner in the
Yndlz palace. His formal submission
has not yet ben given but he and the
troops with MIN are at the mercy OF
the army Of occupation.
Mahmoud Sehefket Pasha. tho COM
mandcr-in-chief Of the invading fore as
desires to finish the work without fur
ther bloodshcd He is In negotiation
with the sultan's Representatives and
has extended the period of grace with
in which the sultan must make his
final declaIOn The Yildiz Kiosk may
be rushce during the night, for some
five thousand infantry are disposed
within a mile and half of the pal
ace
What disposition win be made Of
the ruler OF the empire when he is in
the hands Of the constitutionalists IS
uaknuWsi 10 tho elnoassice. aitUo IAt
the opinion is held in authoritative
quarters that he Will continue as the
nominal constitutional executive with
the officials of his household, largely
responsible to the cabinet, who, in
turn. viii be responsible to parlia-
ment
Complete tranquility prevails in the
city at the present moment but anX-
ious looks are cast in the direction OF
the Yildiz, the refusal of part of i.s
garrison to submit being the serious
feature Of the situation. General
Schefkot is concentrating large forces
near this point Troops have been
pouring in since noon and several bat
tcries have been planted in the neigh
boring heights but it is feared that the
task Of capturing this well guarded
stronghold may be extremely difficult
owing to its excellent defensive posi-
tion and the thorough preparedness
of the garrison,
The other positions already captured
by the investing army were not pro
vided with artillery. which gave the
assailants an immense advantage,
since they were able to she'll the bar
facks without reply from artillery
The Yildia garrison not only pos
scsscs artillery, but it is believed that
the ncighborhood is mined. Apparent
N General Schctkot and the other
leaders of the Salonika troops arc anh
ious to avoid further bloodshed, hence
their desire to give the sultan and his
advisors ample time for consideration.
The sending forward of the advance
posts Of the Salonika army Yesterday
afternoon to within two and one-hau
miles OF the palace foreshadOWcd tho
attack on the city which began at
O'Clock this morning The bridges
had been picketcd and small parties
Of cavalry reconnoitercd the ground
After desultory firing just before
dawn. strong advance was made in
tine southwest part Of Pera The at
lacking forces spread out in long
line and made an assault on the
Matchka and Tasch Kiskchla bar
racks south of the palace, where
they met with a stubborn resistance.
The invaders continued to advance
in three columns with the utmost pre-
cision and occupied all the points oi
vantage The volunteers from thcN-
geli received their baptism of llr'
from Mathcka but they stood Their
ground wcll aud replied with steady
Nolleys The strength of the Voiun-
te'rs was overwhelming and the MAI
chka garrison soon surrendered.
Almost Immediately the loyal sol
diers in the Tasch Kischla barracks
on the opposite hin opened fire WIZ"
q deadly effect but notwithstandlhs
many Of them fell. the Salonika troops
did not hesitate in their advance nut
moved slowly and cautiously bring
ing up their machine guns "hicn
eeentually resulted i'm silcncing the
garrison. There were heavy losses ON
both sides. While this ataick WIS
another corps Of SdlonlNa
infantry encountered a sudden attach
from the artillery men i'm the IaNim
barracks but these were only supple"
with rifles. Mukhtar Bey. commandei
of the Salonika forces fcii dead and
many were killed or wounded on tine
first assault
The fighting in the Stamboul guar
t'r occurred AT the Porte. where tine
garrison refused to surrender bat ar
Ter "a sharp fussilade they We're oblig-
ed % hoist the white flag. There was
Shll fighting at the Aplik Kaneh bar
racks where the mutlnous artillery
men who recently arrived from fcha-
taila, We're quartered Perhaps the
most remarkable feature of the attack