The Daily Missoulian., 1909-04-26

sound yesterday. They remained with
him throughout the day and received
bulletins of the disaster from time to
time. The sultan's bearing is described
as troubled. He was outwardly calm
and was considerate and courteous
towards his aides and others who
came in contact with him.
The question is now being asked nv
everyone, What will be done with the
suitan?' This inquiry was made di-
rectly to Colonel Hamdi at the head
quarters of Schefket Pasha. He re-
piled:
His majesty's relations to the
events of March 13 will, I understand,
be- considered by the committee of
notable men sitting privately. The en-
deavor will be to arrive at a Just es-
innate of his majesty's position"
Not BIamabIe.
Colonel Hamdi added that neither
General Schefket nor any Of the four
principal subordinate commanders
had seen the sultan.
But we have been told" said he.
that his attitude has had nothing to
do with the deplorable occurrences
He is and has been for the constitu-
tion. This is not a civil war, but a
punitive expedition. Our task Is to
cleanse the army of sedition and
bring ii to a proper state Of discipline;
to find, try and execute those who
have murdered their officers and de-
vised and led the rising against the
authority of the state"
Enver Bey. one of the leaders of the
young Turks, when asked how mill
tary men regarded the sultan, replied:
We do not have an opinion on that
subject. The sultan Is In the hands
of parliament. The army is the in
strument of the civil authorities and
the army's mission in this affair is
to uphold the civil government"
Wearing a MonocIs.
Lewis Einstein. secretary OF the
American embassy, met a detachment
of volunteers in the streets He was
astonished to see among them two of
his old friends, Rauf Pasha, formerly
commander of Turkish warship, and
Fuad Bey, who served for eight years
in the guard regiment at Potsdam.
The latter was still wearing his mon
ocle.
Enver Bey's work today consisted
of obtaining the submission of the ar
tillery in the Selimieh barracks in
Soutari.
The desertion of a company or two
from this barrack yesterday caused
the erroneous report that the whole
command had yielded. The COM
mander of the barracks, when called
on to surrender, sent word to General
Schefket:
I'VE have 100 guns here and 1000
men. If we are attacked we will bonn
bard the city into pile of dust"
General Schefket replied: I'VE will
make you so busy in taking care Of
us that you will have no time to think
of the city. Besides, you have only
100 rounds apiece for those guns"
Traffic Stopped.
The report of the coming lombard
ment spread throughout the city,
great uneasiness. Traffic
was stopped on the Bosphorus, the
ships being used to transfer infantry
and artillery. Sixty guns were placed
In position and trained on the bat
teries and several batteries of ma
chine guns were brought up.
When everything was ready another
demand was made for the surrender
Of the Selimieh artillerymen, and the
demand was accompanied by the in
that it was useless for them
TO engage against such odds and par
ticularly since the sultan had himself
1nnc fnI 10 he - No
The commander of the bar
racks late in the afternoon agreed to
surrender and the shifting of the gar
rison will probably begin tomorrow
without a shot being fired.
There is some disquiet about the
city, Long supply trains are coming
In from the country districts, these
of strings of donkeys, each
with two boxes of ammunition slung
over its back, OK carts, rudely built,
illed with supplies, herds of sheep and
cattle and some splendid artillery
horses and vigorous little ponies.
Many Conflicts.
Dispatches reaching here from
Asiatic Turkey bring the tidings OF
Armenian and Turkish conflicts all
over the country. DR.. j. NJ. Balph.
who is in charge of the missions at
Latakia, Syria, telegraphs that refu-
gees are arriving there from outlying
parts of the district, who report mas
'acres and the burning Of towns. He
also reports that there Is the gravest
concerning conditions at
Kessab, where Miss Effie Chambers is
,ne Of the missionaries.
The senate and deputies have
adopted resolution at San Stefano
a request to the govern
nent to order imperatively the loca:
authorities to stop the disorders and
punish the leaders. The need of the
in the Adana district Is
he greatest. Ambassador Leishman
has transmitted through the state de-
oartment the following message to
Rev James L. Barton, foreign secre-
.ary of the American board of COM
nissioners for foreign missions al