The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-28

tVIoHoment OF ApVut ndmiG ana
the proclaIn,ina Of Mehmed w. as
sultan was received by the state
department. today In a eabiegram
from Ambassador Leishman, AZ
ConstantinopIe.
SALONICA, April 2S.-Abdul Hamid
arrived here this afternoon aboard a
special train from Constan ;inople. A
heavy guard attended him.
The deposed ruled appeared feeble
and broken hearted and his faithful
servants had almost TO carry him. from
the train to the carriage In waiting.
He was taken at once TO the resi-
dence of Gen. RobilGnt, at villa La
PM In the Kalamarai suburb Gen.
Robilant Is commandment Of the gen.
darmerie.
The Salonica air is very enervatjns
and II Is believed that the Change
will seriously affect the former sui
tan's health. The general opinion IS
that this is just what the new admin
tstration hopes for, as Abdul is still a
source OF constitutional anxiety.
Attempts TO get !. statement from
Abdul were frustrated by the guard.
The only comment that ne mas made
on his dethronement has been that it
Is the will of Allah
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 28--
Abdul Is In grave danger os assas-
Eination by some OF the Young Turks,
who are dissatisfied with the leniency
shown TO him. I'm the even, OF an up
rising BY the reacdQpaltes, which IL
| threatened, Adults assassination vii!
be almost Inevitable.
The mutiny OF the soldiers OF The
fourth and firth army corps, stationed
at Erxerum and Aleppo respeclvely,
mentioned In yesterdays United Press
dispatches, was verified by the young
Turks agents today. The situation is
declared 10 be most threatening. pre-
saying almost certain civil war
The rank and file OF soldiers in these
two corps are anxious to start WIT
for the re-establishment OF the deposed
sultan and the officers of The various
regiments, who remain loyal 10 the
Young Turks. are vigorously trying to
put down the mutiny.
The reactionaries in Western Ma
cedonia are also in a state OF insu-.
rection and I'm Northern Albania the
opponents. of the Young turks are
continuing their revolt which began a
jority and are driving out and killing
the Liberals
The need OF immediate action to
prevent the sweeping of Asia Minor
by a terrible civil war was today
placed before Mehemmed ", which is
the title OF Rechad Effendi as sultan
and he has promised to send huge
army into Asia Minor at once.
Many of the captured reactionaries
were put to death today. The total
Of the executions Is being kept a
secret, but IL is believed to nave reach
ed several hundred. with hundreds
more to follow. No mercy will be
shown any OF the leaders On the up
rising of April 10.
BEIRUT. April 2s.--Massacres in
the Adana province and In scores OF
scattered villages without this prov
ince reache,! their widest excuses to-
day, according 10 dispatches that are
now being received here.
The village of kassaba. where the
aercest riotng has been In progress
for four days. is now on FIRE. The
Moslems have killed nearly every
Christian In The town The latter have
been hunted down like wolves and
killed in the most barbarous fashion.
Conditions generally are declared to
be the worst since the initial out.
break.
An unverified report says that Abdul
Famid was secretly placed aboard q
train last night and sent TO Salonica.
He is said TO have been accompanied
by IL OF his wives, who will be per
Initted to share his Imprisonment in
6alonica.
Seven hundred Armenians are now
refuged In Beirut and their number Is
being hourly increased The local
food supply Is rapidly becoming ex-
hausted and help Is urgently needed.
There has been little trouble In Bel
nut, but tho fanatical Moslems are
gradually approaching the town and
Q repetition OF the Adana horrors 10
feared.
Every mis- sion center in Asia Minor
will soon be In danger OF extinction
by the Mohammedan hordes OF rioters
unless large force Of troops Is I'M.
mediately dispatched to the interior.
Messages were received here To-Day
from many towns In the interior i'm
ploring the sending of troops as the
only means Of preventing one OF the
worst massacres OF Christians in the
worlds history.
The wave of massacres is now
sweeping eastward from Adana.
One hundred Protestant missionaries
lost their lives In the burning OF n
church In the Adana district. Asiatic
= Turkey. In which they had taken ref.
uge from the Moslecl mob.
The governor general not only re.
fused TO act, but actually ENCOURAGED
the massacre.