The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-29
|DEPOsED SULTAN
NOW IN SALON|CA
Will Be Held There As a Prisoner
by the Young Turks.
HADJIN IN FEARFUL PLIGHT
Town is at Mercy of Moslems and tht
Authorities Refuse to interfere
American Missionaries in
Great Danger.
HADJIN IN FEARFUL PLIGHT

ell 10 odiOLlCd last night uHueT
guard OF Young Turks. He was ac
companied by eleven wives. Saloni-
ca is the Young Turks stronghold
and 1t Is thought he will not be able
to engage in any intrlgues from
there. If Abdul takes his defeat
gracefully no attempts to arouse DIS
sentions will be made and possibly
he will be returned to Constantinople
and held a prIsone. in Tcneragan
Palace. Such secrecy was maintained
on the trip last night that it was not
known Abdul had departed until to-
day.
Mutiny among the soldiers OF the
Fourth and Fifth army corps had been
verified today. Civil war IS imminent.
Reactionarits in Asia Minor threaten
an uprising Though the number ex-
ecuted yes erday is kept secret the
list will include several hundred.
Sultan Broken in Health.
Salonica, April 2S.-Abdul arrived
here this afternoon. He appeared fee
BILE and broken-hearted. Eunuchs
had to almost carry him to his car
rage. He was taken to the resi-
ience of General Robilant, comnan-
liant of the gendermerie. 1t is be-
,ieved Adults -ealth will be greatly
Affected by the change.
Hadiin in Fearful Plight.
Constantinople, April pa letter
received today from Miss Rose Lam
bert, at Hadjin. says that city is al
most without food and she begs for
assistance. The letter was written
Monday, when Misses Lambert vir-
ginia Billings. ENTITY Richter, of Chr
cago. and Miss Baldwin, American
Missionaries. were in greatest danger.
She says trops are unable to restore
order and the provincial governor re.
fuses to intervene. Moslens have
have been firing on the Armehians
for five days. Shops lave been rob
bed and there is no food for anyone.
The first messenger was killed in
trying to get her letter through the
Moslem lines.
Powers Recognize New Sultan.
Washington, d. c., April 2S.-The
United States government will recog-
nize immediately Mehmed " as
Sultan. The state department re-
ceiyed an official notification of his
ascension today.
Paris, April 2S.-President Fallieres
of France, has sent his fluctuations
to the new Sultan of Turkey.
No Regret in England.
London, Apr. 2S.-The deposition of
Abdul Hamid as sultan of Turkey, so
far as he personally is concerned, is
not regretted in official circles in Eng
land. For years past English diplo-
mats have been fighting against the
intrigues emanatihg from the Yildiz
palace, and they never really knew
whether the sultan was their enemy
or their friend. 't@.
Massacre Death List Increases.
Beirut, Apr. 2s.--Latest advices re-
ceived here show little improvement
in conditions throughout the dis
turbed regions of Asiatic Turkey.
Every day adds to the sufferings of
the refugees and to the death list. A
dispatch from Adana says the fires
have been extinguished. but there is
great fear of further incendiarism
The American mission buildings, the
Catholic Sisters school and one Gre
gorian church have been saved The
Jesuit and Armenian Catholic and
Protestant churches and schools have
been burned. Twenty thousand per-
sons are destitute and there are few
supplies of any kind. Doctors have
been sent to the town from Beirut and
Tarsus. Hadjin is still besieged All
of the American missionaries in that
town were safe Monday night No di-
rect word has been received from
them to-day.
Mehmed Issues Proclamation.
Constantinople, April 2S.-In an au-
dience today Sultan Mehmed " pro-
tested it was premature to address him
as your majesty" He said:
This moment is portentiois to the
Turkish nation. My enemies have
slandered me, They said i was mad
man, bordering on imbecility and they
shut me up for years. But Allah so
willed it. Now in his mercful bounty.
that he has been pleased to call me to
fulfill my destiny and rule over Islam,
wish to send a message TO Europe
and the world. have ever been an
ardent supporter to the cause OF en-
llightenment, liberty and progress. It
is Allah's will that mount the Otto
man throne. shall enter upon that
important office fully realizing its du-
ties and responsibilities But by the
help OF Allah shall act Justly and
honorabIy 10 All men. be they giaours
Tor true believers
my voice has been silent for thirty