The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-14
YOUNG TURKS IN ARMS TO
 REGAIN POWER
Their Cause Greatly Weakened by Loss of Army Coming and Gross Corrnp.
 tion But Will Make Desperate Attempt
New Danger in Turkish Mutiny Deyel- oped Today in Military Opposition to hiIma Pasha's Successor as Grand Vizier - Great Fear That FanaticaI Mohammedans May Wage Another Warfare on Christians.
Ry Bysantius Moschopuslous, stat

\by bySant1uS mOSChOpuSlOuS, stan
 Correspondent of the United Press.)
 Constantinople, April 14.-CVia Philip popolis, Bulgaria .)-The new war min ister, Edhem Pasha, appointed yester- day to succeed Ahmed Riza, to-day succeeded in getting the mutinous regiments of the First Army Corps to return to their barracks. The action has resulted in a temporary quiet be- ing restored but the situation is far from relieved.
 A new danger developed to-day in the military opposition to Tewfik Pasha. Hilmi Pasha's successor as Grand Vizier. As long as this opposi- tion continues. Tewfik Pasha will be unable to re-establish even the semb- lance of Q stable government.
 Though Edhem Pasha and Tewfik Pasha are nominally in control of the Hamid, the Sultan. who is working through the League of Mohammed. He is rapidly assuming his old grasp on the empire and it is feared that if wreak terrible vengeance on the Lib erals who are fighting against a return to absoIutism.
 The abolition of the constitution is one of the possibilities of the immedi- ate future. Leaders of the Young Turks are now in flight toward Saloni- ca where they will organize and make Q desperate attempt to regain their power. The loss of their control of the army, however, and the recent development of gross corruption in their ranks have greatly weakened their cause and it is not believed that they will be able to make a formidable movement at present
 The Young Turks have sworn to kill the Sultar. if he swings too far to the opposition. a threat that those who know the daring of the Young Turks do not doubt that they will execute. to-day that the Sultan had been mur- dered by agents of the Young Turks but no confirmation of this is obtain able and the report is rdiscredited. The religious phase of the uprising favors the Sultan as he is the head of the church and as such is venerhted by the people despite the widespread political differences. Despite this, the Hamidian Dynasty is recognized as being ex- tremely insecure owing to the fact that it is dependent at present on the vile of an army that is not sufficiently armed or controlled.
 There is great danger of the fanatf- cal MohammedanS taking advantage of the disorder to wage another warfare on the Christians. A reign of blood would follow such a warfare as the Christians, including vast numbers of Armenians, are armed and able to put up a desperate resistance.
 Fully sixty persons have been slain since the present trouble began, among the number being Minister of Justice Nazfm Pasha and Deputy Emir Ur- sian. Nearly all of the members of the former cabinet are in hiding. The mutineers are demanding the execu- tion of Hflmi Pasha and Ahmed Razi, but the former leaders are under cover, and cannot be found.
 Another dark aspect of the situation is the private feuds and endless mur- I~ overthrow of the government. While the trouble is not of an anti-foreign character, the foreign residents of the city are fearful for their lives on ac- count of the general confusion. All the foreign powers have Instructed their embassies to take every possible precaution to protect the lives of the people under their charge. Reaction ary uprisings are reported to-day in Aleppo. Damascus. Uskub, Dibra and practically throughout all of Albania. The government offices are in a state of such wild excitement that none of these reports can be verified.
 It is also reported that Russia is seizing the opportunity to begin an advance across the Persian frontier.
 It is expected that Tewfik Pasha will be able to announce the personnel of the new cabinet in a few hours. Aside from the minister of war, the only ap pointment so far confirmed is that of Rifaat Pasha, who will continue as the or foreign aIa1rS- The Selec- tion of Tewfik Pasha and Ahmed Pasha are wholly satisfactory to the Liberals.
 Tewf1k Pasha is trying to reassure the people that there is no thought of the constitution. It is ex- pected that the new ministry will adopt a compromise between the An archistic idea of governmental favor by the Young Turks and the old side of absolutism. The Liberals will de mand not only a readjustment of the country's financial affairs but better protection of the Mahometan religion, | the growing disregard of which was one of the chief causes of the uprising. |
 Sofia. April 1.-The Bulgarian cabi- | net is holding a special session to-day to consider the advisability of mobo- | lizing troops in Turkey. The over | throw of Hilmi Pasha, former Grand | vizier of Turkey, indicates a propitu- | ous time in the opinion of the cabinet leaders to attempt to wrest from the | new ministry the recognition that has | been so long denied. |
 There is a strong sentiment in favor | of a hostile move against Turkey if | she delays long. President and Mrs. Taft l
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