Evening star., 1909-05-07
TURKS TURN BR|GANDS
Austrian Diplomat Held Up in
Suburbs of Constantinople.
SULTAN MAINTAINS RIGHTS
Demands Recognition Of Prerogatives
and Privilege Of Pardon.
AMERICAN SCHOOL DESTROYED
Property at Kessab Wrecked by
Moslem Raiders-Dangers
Not All Over.
AMERICAN SCHOOL DESTROYED

/ CONSTANTlNOPLE, May I.-1here IS
| considerable disorder in the country sur
rounding Constantinople. Brigandage
| is carried on in the very suburbs of the
| capital.
This condition Of affairs is a result of
| the rapid changes in government, and
undoubtedly can be laid to the doors of
the deserters from the former Constan-
tinople garrison and political fugitives
who have undertaken to live on the coun-
| try.
Austrian Diplomat Held Up.
Count Dene, secretary of the Austrian
embassy, who is at present engaged In
organizing the first fox hunt at Constan-
tinople, rode out to Sweet Waters, In
the western suburbs, yesterday, to ex-
| anime the country. While there man
stepped out of clump OF bushes by the
| highway, pointed a revolver at the count
| and demanded money.
The count turned quickly and galloped
| away. The man fired two shots. Neither
| found it's target.
party of American tourists, driving
at o'clock yesterday afternoon outside
of Pera, were warned by native that II
was unsafe to go any further. as be-
yond them was group OF bandits.
Sultan Demands Rights.
the last cabinet and the temporary sus-
pension of public hangings are due to
the following fact:
The sultan on Tuesday sent for the
grand vizier, Tewfik Pasha, and General
issimo Schefket Pasha and declared to
them:
Il am willing to faithfully respect the
constitution. But / also desire that my
rights and prerogatives also be respected.
My surprise was very great on hear
ing that no amnesty had been accorded
on the occasion of my accession, con-
trary to all preceding usages, and that
instead fetes had been held and the pop
ulation had contemplated the spectacle OF
hanging corpses of those executed with
out my knowledge, and whose sentences
had not been submitted to me for my
sanction, forgetful of the fact that l pos
sess the right of pardon.
II insist that in the future there shall
be no repetition of this"
Not a Man Of Straw.
These words of the sovereign produced
a great impression on the few persons
who had knowledge of them, for they
prove that the Padishah does not pro-
pose to remain man Of straw. 4
1t is nevertheless, probable that the
sailors who aSSassinated their officers
will be hanged Saturday, but this time
with the imperial sanction and without
the public exhibition of their corpses dur
ing the entire day.
According to information Prince Salah-
ed-Din has great influence with Meh-
med v.
At Yildiz Kiosk Haidar Bey, the COM
mandant of the palace. states that for the
moment all visits are forbidden, as COM
mission under the presidency of HAHN
Bey, prefect Of Constantinople, Is making
an inventory of it's contents.
Household Detained.
A small part of the personnel, some
servants and the majority Of the late sui
toms wives are still in their apartments.
None will be allowed to leave the palace
until a decision regarding them has been
taken.
According to certain reports all the ar
chives of the palace were destroyed on
the night of Saturday and Sunday, but
those in the telegraphic service were in
tact and in perfect order and fill three
immense rooms.
terest AS was well known, Abdul Hamid
transacted nearly all his business by tel
egraph.
Deposits Held for Abdul.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. May THE Echo states that
the Bank OF England has declined to de-
liver the deposits Abdul Hamid has
with 1t to the Turkish government. Abdul
having declined to draw a check for them
at the demand Of the Young Turks.
German banks. in which the late sui
tan also has money, will adopt similar
course.
LONDON, May There is the highest
authority for contradicting the report that
Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan, has
deposits in the Bank of England.
Ia hou antu IN
Bank of England stock. He has no large
sums standing to his credit on the banks
books.