The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
Commander of Palace Troops Says | Is The VIII
 of Allah
.ENVER BEY IS IDOuzED
 BY SUCCESSFUL FORCES
Is Given Warm Reception By His Fol. Iowers-Planned the Final Cam paien-scenes About Palace
 Day of Surrender.

constantinople, April 25-Had th4 Sultan looked out from the upper win dows of his favorite yellow and white pavilion, he would have seen. at dawn, sentinels thickly scattered in the grounds between the palace and the Bosphorus and at the gates of the canal through which barges pass from the Yildiz toy lake to the Bosphorus Later, in front of the main gates of | the palace, a row of eunuchs sat on chairs summing themselves and watch Ing the movements of the officers con nected with the transfer of the guard ianship of the Sultan's person.
 Membouk Pasha, commander of the surrendered palace guards. came slowly out of the gate. He was allowed to keep his sword, but was attended by officers whose swords are missing Membouk Pasha paused to talk with the correspondents.
 Tt Is the will of Allah" said he We have done our duty"
 Colonel Hamdi said tn at neither Gen eral Schefket nor any of the four prln- cipal subordinate comma nders had seen the Sultan. But we have been told" said he, "by officers of the household that his attitude has had nothing to do with the deplorable occurrences. He is, and has been, for the constitution This is not civil war, but punitive expedition. Our task is to cleanse the army from sedition and bring 1t to proper state of discipline; to find try and execute those who have murdered
 their officers and who devised and led the rising against the authority of the state. We shall courtmartial the sus- pected persons and execute hose that ] ta4s sI sibly 50 possibly 200"
 Enver Bey IdoIized. 1 While Enver Bey was talking to the l newspaper men the Taxim barracks de- l taohment of Macedonians marched In. singing the Turkish revolutionary hymn to the tune of "Partant Pour La Syrie." When they recognized Enver Bey they cried out wildly and broke ranks. They crowded about him, put ting their arms out and embracing and kissing him. Tears rolled down the cheeks of the gray haired man, wear ing a white knitted cap. He was one of the volunteers who of all ages, races and conditions, have offered themselves for this campaign. They love to be near Enver Bey, who besides his human qualities, his power to stir enthusiasm and affection is looked upon by his associates in command as d scientific
 
 credit of working out the details of yesterdays operations. After the work here is finished he expects to return to Berlin military attaS-e of the Turkish embassy. which post he held before the beginning of this campaign. Lewis Enstein, secretary of the Amer ican embassy met a detachment of vol unteers in the streets They looked much like brigands, for they were dusty, un- shaVeH and worn out He was aston ished to. see among them two of his old friends, aRauf Pasha, formerly commander of a Turkish warship. and Fuad Bey, who served for eight years in the Guard regiment at Potsdam. The latter was still wearing his monocle.
 Colonel Envers work today consisted in obtaining the submission of the artil- lery in the SeIimiceh barracks in Scutari. The desertion of company or two from this barracks yesterday caused the erro- neous report that the whole command had given in. The commander of the barracks, when called on to surrender. sent word to General Schefket:
 We have 100 guns here and 4Q0o men. If we are attacked will lombard the city into a pile of dust"
 schefket's Reply.
 General Schefket replied in substance:
 We will make you busy in taking care of us that you will have no time 10 think of the city. Besides, you have only 100 rounds apiece for those guns.
 The report of the coming bombardment spread throughout the city. causing great unea sness. In the forenoon traffic was stopped on the Bosphorus, the ferries be- ing used to transfer infantry and artillery to the opposite side. Sixty guns were placed in position and trained on the bar racks and several batteries of machine guns were brought up A cruiser lying in the harbor steamed out of range of the field pieces, but slowed down when she had reached a distance where her heavy guns could reach the barracks When everything was ready another de- mand was made for the surrender of the i Selimiceh artillerymen and the demand was accompanied by the information that it was useless for them to engage against such odds and particularly since the Sul- tan had himself consented to the troops of the palace yielding The commander of the barracks late in the afternoon agreed to surrender and the shifting of the garrison probably will begin tomor- row without shot being fired
 Sultan Is Guarded.
 Tonight unsympathetic and resoluts strangers are on guard around the Sultan as a precaution against his friends. He has not been deposed from his position as ruler but his subjects talk openly of whether he shall remain even the nomi- nal head of the empire.
 The constitutional party is supreme again, but the zealots are busy in the eastern provinces. striving to arouse Asiatic Mohammedanism against infidel culture. Small risings are likely to oc- cur east of the Bosphorus, but they are also likely to be put down by the re- sources of the government more fully than ever at the hands of those seeking to uplift the whole country
 Dr. J. M. Balph. who is in charge of the missions at Latakia. Syria. telegraphs that refugees are arriving there from outlying parts of the district, who report massacres and the burning of towns. He also reports that there is the gravest ap- aAA., u