Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-04-29
ANOTHER VICTORY
FOR YOUNG TURKS
Ff
THE SULTAN PROMISES TO WITH
DRAW FROM ADMINIsTRA-
TIVE ACTIVITIES.
CAUSE OF ADANA MASSACRE
Thousands of Armenians Were Killed
and Thousands More Are home
less, Penniless and Starving
Situation Has improved.

Constantnople, Turkey.-The Young
Turks have won another victory over
Sultan Abdul Hamid. but whether the
sultan will remain as sovereign of
the empire is yet to be decided, al
though he has offered to place the af
fairs of government entirely in the
hands of the ministers responsible to
parliament.
Tewfik Pasha, the grand vizier, yes
terday arranged a compromise with
certain prominent Constitutionalists,
and this was approved by the sultan
personally, but doubts exist whether
this agreement will be accepted by
the majority of the committee of un.
ion and progress or by enough of the
military group to carry it into effect.
In addition to promising to with
draw himself from the administrative
activities, the sultan agrees to change
the personnel of the troops guarding
the palace and the replacing of the
Constantinople garrison by troops
from the corps which has practically
The chamber of deputies and some
of the senators met yesterday at San
Stefano and are now discussing the
question of deposition of the sultan.
The warships have gone to that
place and officers and men have of
fered their services to the Constitu.
tionalists Mahmoud Snefket Pasha,
commander of Third army corps. has
arrived at that place, and the concen.
tration of the investing army is now
complete.
Cause of Trouble at Adana.
Adana. = The immediate preteXt
for the disorders here was the
shooting by an Armenian of three
Turks one of whom died on April 10.
The following evening a Moslem
crowd beat an Armenian to death. Tn.
easiness greatly increased among the
Armenians and several of the most
prominent of them urgently demand.
ed that the governor take adequate
measures to preserve order.
On the morning of the 14th the sit.
uation became critical, the Armenians
closed their shops and later the
Turks did likewise. The Armenians
repeated their demand and the gov
ernor gave assurances that there
would be no disturbances, whereupon
the leaders of both sides went through
the streets urging the shopkeepers to
reopen their places of business. At
noon, however, Moslem crowds armed
with clubs filled the market places
ha ctr
began, with the lootng and burning
of shops and houses.
The reign of terror continued for
three days. The two American mis-
sionaries Messrs. Rogers and Mau-
rer, were killed early in the fighting
and the British vice consul was wound
ed while riding through the streets
attempting to restore order. The Ar
menians defended themselves with as
much bravery as possible and killed
many of the MosIems. 1t was not un.
til the afternoon of April 16 that the
government afforded protection.
Troops were sent out to patrol the
streets and guards were posted, but
order was restored slowly. Durino the
nights confagrations threatened the
entire city, and much destruction was
wrought in this way. It is estimated
that thousands Of Armenians were
killed and thousands more homeless.
penniless and starving. The devasta-
tion in the outskirts of the city is
inconceivable. Large relief measures
have been undertaken by four hospi-
tails, but enormous relief is necessary.
The latest news from the massacre
districts indicates an improvement in
conditions. The situation at Alexan-
dretta also has improved and Beilan
is still safe from disorders