Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

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Z busily engaged in caring for the
I wounded I
! Several thousand Of the Con- :.
: stantinople garrison have been j
taken prisoners by the constitu- 4?
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constantinople, April 24.-Complete
tranquility was restored in CONSTANT
NOBLE by noon. when the last recalci-
trants surrendered and the firing
ceased.
several Of the isolated guard-houses
defended themselves bravely against
the salonikins These fights in the cen
ter Of the city resulted I'm a consider
able loss Of life The Taxim guard
house resisted for three hours under a
heavy Hotchkiss fhre The occupants
numbering 80 men and officers. finally
surrendered.
GROSS TREACHERY.
The artineryists at the Taxim bar
racks were guilty Of gross treachery.
They hoisted the white nag and there
by entioed the saloniki infantrymen to
close range As the Saloniki men were
approaching the barracks across an
open piece Of ground to receive the sur
render. the force within opened upon
them with a heavy shell FIRE and COM
PEELED them TO retreat. The Saloniki
artillery was then brought up and
sheled the barracks. INJECTING heavy
damage The barracks 20 minutes
later were rushed by the invading
troops. and there was hand-to-hand
lighting in the barracks yard and tho
cemetery behind the structure in which
the casualties were heavy
In spite of the surrender OF the
Yildiz garrison. whore the white flag
had been hoisted, another detach-
ment OF the sultan's body guard quart
cred in the Tophanch barracks con-
tinued a stubborn resistance for some
time longer They barricaded them
selves In a mosque but finally were
oyerpowered
The grounds of the Belgian legation
were occupied by a detachment Of the
loyal garrison, who took up a position
here 20 oppose the advance OF the
Constitutionalists In the subsequent
sklrmish, the legation was riddled with
bullets None OF the inmates, how
ever. was hurt The Constltutionalists
finally cleared the grounds
STREETS THRoNGED.
AS soon as il was definitely known
That the hghting was al an end tho
streets OF the city became thronCed
with people eager 10 get the latest
news. Plckets from the corps under
the command Of Niasr Bay. hero Of the
revolt az Resna last July, entered
Pera az half past 10 O'Clock and were
loudly cheered by tho people.
Police patrols al II O'Clock were WIS.,
Ting the shops, assuring the occup-
ants that they had nothing 10 fear
and inviting them to open.
Ambassador Leishman sent the party
of go American tourists 10 steamer
about 10 leave Constantlnople under
ihe protection of a guard Of soldiers
supplied him by the local commander
The ambassador then visited tho lead
ing hotels where Americans we're stop
ping % reassuro them that their part
Of the city was secure and that they
were ln no danger
Admiral Chester expressed the opin-
ION that Schcfgot pasha had handled
hls forces in Am admirable manner
Az soon as the resistance al The Match
w ana the 'fasch kischla barracks had
boon overcome the attacking forces oc-
cupied the heights surrounding Nlidiz
kiosh
A SHORT ENGAGEMENT
AT 2.20 O'Clock there was a short cn-
Eagement near the German embassy
lctwecn thee CustitutiOualists and the
soldiers who had escaped from neigh
boring barracks.
Occasional SHELLS FEN in the city. ap-
panntly from tho investing forces 10
Nanclng FROM the north on Yildiz Kiosh.
Men from the invading army have be-
cupied the military guardhouses OF me
city.
n Is reported that one barracks was
homharded after holsting the whit ing
with the exception of the line via
haralevo, am the telegwphic c1mmuni-
cation with Europe RI interrupted
ln the height of the excitement pick
20 went through the streets of tho
CITY searching the natives and cOnnB-
eating am rcFolyerf found on them
The Turkish officer commanding the
Euafd on duty at the British embassy
announced that hls troops were under
tne order of the ambassador and chat
tney could be relied upon % DO thoir
outy as well as II they were British
soldiers
FIRING BEGINS
tonsiantnople. April "a Heavy nho
hung shortly after 8 O'clock ihls mom-
ing' mingled with the occasional rattle