Evening star., 1909-05-09

assent to the violation OF the article.
II the changes which have followed the
political eruptions Eat Belgrade. Sofia.
Saloniki and Constantinople have not
solved the oriental question. they have at
least changed the elements and produced
q change Of front.
Bulgaria. for example. prpiting by the
pei1dence. and Prince Ferdinand. pro-
claimed car. has been recognized as such
by Turkey and by the powers.
Austria-Hungary has retroceded to
Turkey the sandtak Of Novi-Basar. This
retrocession. which. perhaps. conceals
some unavowed policy OF the Austrian
minister. appears for the moment an i'm
portant point in the destiny of new Tur-
key. because 1t blocks Austria's way to
the Aegean sea at Saioniki Saloniki must
become politically as we'll as commercial
ly the capital of new Turkey. which will
separate itself from Constantinople with
Its Yildiz Kiosk, 2 nursery of intrigue
and seditton. At Salonilu the new Tur-
nation sprung from the loins Of the old
which perished with Abdul Hamid.
Abdul Hamtd II was deposed on the
9th Of April by the will Of 1.-The re-
liston, the parliament. the army and
the people," Northumberland Enendi,
the same day and by the same authority.
was chosen successor to Abdul as Meh-
med v. To deputation from the ma
.ttonal assembly to inform the latter of
his succession to the throne he said:
4
II am pleased to become the first con-
stitutional sovereign. Doubtless my sue
cessor will improve upon
Mehmedss me, but you may rely
p,, upon my doing my best.
A01SS' have also suffered op-
preston. and therefore entet into the feel
ings Of my fellow-sufferers. Let us en-
deavor to work together for the welfare
Of the country. 1t Is not my intention to
rule. but to render services to the 11a-
ton"
That the army governs in Turkey may
be seen in the fact that Gen. Chefkct Pa
according to dispatches OF the Sd instant.
that the constitutional ministry retards
the constitution Of definite ministry be-
cause the army does not want an mex
perienced government, but requires men
who have been tried.
The ministry that was holding over un-
der Tewfik Pasha had conference the
9TH instant with Gen. Chefket regarding
Adana to investigate the massacres there.
a commission which IL to be composed
Of strong and impartial men," A dispatch
from Adana via Larnaca. Cyprus, and
dated May 4, announced that Adana was
still In the hands Of the assassins. that
there were $4,000 dead in the province
and IS 600 who were penniless and home
less refugees" In Tarsus there were 1O,-
600. The details were shocking beyond
repetition. A dispatch from Constanti-
nople reports the chamber OF deputies as
having adopted the suggestion OF the cab
met that the sum of $4,000 be appropri-
ated for the relief Of the sufferers in the
Adana district Meanwhile the powers are
hurrying cruisers to Mersina and Alexan-
dretta to protect their missionaries and
merchants In the besieged places in Asia
Minor. The United States armored cruis-
ers North Carolina and Montana had ar
rived at Gibraltar. whence, after coaling,
they would proceed full speed and
would arrive at Mersina May IL.
Mehmed v. who reisns. but, as he him.
self briefly said. does not rule. is two
years the junior Of his de-
The New posed brother, Abdul II.
s,,+.n He was born in Constan-
tinople November 3, 1874.
the son Of Murad v. who was dethroned
In 1879 and who died prisoner in 1904.
Mehmed v, who has spent almost all
his life prisoner. is nevertheless stu
dent. linguist and, singular to relate. a
musician Of some ability The 500 pianos
found at the Yildiz among the treasure
trove OF Abdul II may possibly have con-
trtbuted something TO this unusual &C
c0mplishment OF an oriental prince.
The new sultan, 1t should be under
stood. being a liberal and always in hearty
sympathy with reform, is consistently
religious but non-fanatical Moslem.
The personality OF the new sultan is SO
the Berliner Lokalanzeiger reporting an
interview Of It's correspondent with q
member of the Young Turk party. says:
1--WE accept Rechad (Mehmed W be-
of succession. which exists since 400 years
In the house OF Osmanli-sipce Selim I. We
know that Rechad has no idea of the
modern world and he is sixty-four: but he
knows how to write his name. and he is
intelligent enough TO understand that in
his own interests he will be amenable to
ministerial decrees We might not have
chosen him IL we had had the choice.
One Of the sons OF Abdul IL younger and
more popular. but the important question
but constitutional guarantees"
There were two sick men, in Europe
a short time ago-Abdul Hamid. Sultan
Of Turkey, and Francis
Europe's Joseph, Emperor OF Aus
ST. tria-H Hungary. The for
SsSA se"' mer has passed and we
sk Ill hear Of him only as a souvenir:
the latter lives. has recovered his health.
and. aided by his powerful friend and ally
the Kaiser Wilhelm. Francis Joseph has
become q strong man again.
The CxaF Nicholas I was the author OF
the expression. first applied to Sultan Alb
dull Aziz. In e conversation with Sir
George Hamilton Seymour. British minis
ter at st. Petersburg. January 9. 1853,
Nicholas I said: I'VE have on our hands
sick MANA very sick man. Il will
be a great misfortune II one Of these
days he shall step away from US before
the necessary arrangements have been
made"
Now while the writer is recalling the
foregoing his eyes by mere chance fall
upon the following dispatch from London
in which there Is reference to the recent
deposition Of the sultan:
''The deposition Of Abdul Hamid, so far
az he personally Is concerned. Is not re-
gretted In ohcial circles in England.