The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-04-25
Foreign.

Ccnstantinople was captured by the
Young Turks and the Sultan made z
prisoner IN Tildiz Kiosk pending nego.
tiations- for permanent terms Of peace.
II was an amazing national drama
without historical parallel, that the week
unfoIded IN and about the quaint old city
OF Constantinople. The major part OF q
great standing army, composed Of various
racial and religious elements. marching
under perfect discipline 10 the defense ~
The constitutional government which a
mutiny Of the city garrison had over
turned and 70 demand the abject subrlis.
sion OF the crafty old Sultan. II not hi.
actual deposition. protecting the Parlja-
tnent which met at San Stefano 70 1eTis-
iale on the procedure and uasintsinJns
OIoer N the turbulent population ~ The
cry ano Its environs- Even the resource
night oy sea was not LEI. 10 the mon.
sTcn, for the officers Of the Turkish nav
including the men in command Of the
imperial yacht, had cast their lot win
me army and the committee Of union
ana progress Cheftek Pasha, The mill
lsTy commander, was hailed by the
Young Turks as the savior OF the nation
and OF the constitution.
sultan ABDUL Hamid and his rsactionary
ministers, together with the soldiers sta
TONED n Constantinople. who overturned
me government OF the Committee OF
Union and Progress by force OF arms last
week. did rot have many days TO enjoy
the fruits OF their victory. The vast
majority OF the army in Macedonia re-
NAMED absolutely loyal TO the YOUNG
1urks regime and al once the Committee
OF Union and Progress had an immense
1orce CO vel disciplined and Differed
troops on the march toward the cspitsi
by tuesday Constantinople was virtually
Invested under the command Of Cheftek
Bey and the constitutional leaders were
sole 70 dictate terms 10 the Sultan snd
% the soldiers who had mutined. MANY
OF the latter. realizing their danger fed
10 the lines OF the besiegers and begged
Tor mercy II was decided 10 court-msr-
bal and execute their leaders and 10 dis
clphne the privstes. At first II was the
determination OF the Young Turks 10 de-
u7and the head or al least the abdication OF
the Sultan, but later il seemed that mora
moderate counsels prevailed, especially in
We" OF the submissive attitude OF the
ruler Possibly, too, the miider course
vas lnnuenced by the starting Of a coun-
Ter outbreak OF section Of the army
stu loyal TO the Sultan. This occurred
among the AIbanians. Wednesday. and
q section Of the army nearing the capitsl
was dispatched 10 check that movement
On Thursday the council OF ministers
denied the TumOrS 70 the effect that the
Sultan had sdbicated- He was willing "a
Yield all points but that Of continuing "a
De az least IN name the Sultan. The
negotiations were conducted between The
grand vtzier. Tevfk PaShs. and The army
az the gates Of the city. The military
commander. Cheftek Bey, demanded the
evacuation OF the city garrison. The
Salonica army TO maintain order in q
state OF siege, and the former ministry
10 be restored 20 power IN accord with
the wishes OF a majority or the Par
lament
Later advices from Adana, in Asia
Minor. where a Moslem outbreak against
al Christians was reported on the 18th,
confirmed the worst fears and made II
certain that among the 100 victims were
two American missionaries, Rogers and
Asurer- They had been shot while help
ing the native Christians 10 check the
dAA64ALC u 44dAA4cS Al LlHlF houses LEnEr
naSsacres we're reported al Msrash. Har-
jim, Beirut, and the number OF slain was
estimated as high as 1900 Multitudes
we're rendered destitute by the burning
OF their homes.
In q last desperate sortie to relieve the
starving and besieged city Of Tabliz. in
Northern Persia where the Nationalist
have been penned by the forces Of the
Shah for many weeks q party OF soldiers
led BIZ an American teacher named II. c.
Baskerville. was completely crushed on
the 10Th. and Baskerville was among the
killed. who numbered sixty. Within the
city 500 soldiers Of the National party
had undertaken the defense OF the popu-
lation numbering $40 00o, while the be-
siegers numbered $780, with modern guns
and equipment Starvation or masscre
faced the city. Il was thought. and the
European powers were seeking to inter
vene AT Tehersn- Russia and Great Brit
ain have demanded that the Shah revive
the constitution which be revoked a few
months ago. The Shah TO gain time CON-
piled, Wednesday, with the Russian uI-
tfmatun that a six days truce be de-
clared 70 enable the city OF Tabriz 10
bring IN supplies Of food. Al army on
the Russian frontier was ready to march
on moments notice TO the assistance OF
Tabriz
The scientific and hunting expedition.
headed by former President Roosevelt. ar
rived at Mombassa. British East Africa.
Wednesday. with their steamer. The Ad-
niral. flying the American flag. The
great throng Of people awaited his ar
rival IN deluge Of rain, and he was en-
tertained by the acting governor OF the
province Next day he started for the
Pease ranch in the interior. accompanied
by F. S. Selous. the noted English hunter
OF big game. from which point the first
shooting expeditions will be begun.
All the powers have now notified Aus
tria OF their agreement TO the annulment
Of that part OF the Berlin treaty relating
70 the control CT Bosnia and HerzeEo-
VIVA This settles the matter definitely
and makes a conference OF the powers
unnecessary
In receiving a delegation Of the Union
or Italian Catholic Women IN the Vat
lean Wednesday, Pope Plus expressed
himself on the question Of women in
politics. as follows: Woman can never
be mans equal. and cannot. therefore.
enjoy equal rights. Few women would
ever desire 20 legislate, and those who
did would only be classed as eccentrics. %
Congressional.
According 10 the majority programme