The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-20
THAT
ABDUL HAMIO
LOSES CROWN
Sultan of Turkey Said TO Have
AbdiCated and Taken Re-
fuge on WarShip.
ARMY OF YOUNG TURKS
NEARING THE>CAPITAL
MEMBERS OF THE NEW CABINET
CERTAIN TO LOSE THEIR
OFFICES.

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! 9 Constantinople, April 1s.-The o
| o Sheikh Ul-Islam, head of the .
/ 2 church, is preparing written dec (.
/ @ laration to the country pronounc- 9,
/ . ing the fall of the sultan 1t is q.
! @ rumored here this afternoon tint Z.
4 @ the sultan has fled, but the report 9.
/ 9, cannot be confirmed. o
8: Paris, April ia dispatch from ..
/ 6. COnstantinOple says the Young .
| 9 Turks have given the sultan until 9
1 q 10 p. m. to abdicate. According to 9
/ ., the dispatch, NJ. Zinocff, the Rus @
| 6: sian ambassador, is conducting the .
6, negotiations, and the Russian .
| . cruiser Admiral Greig. from Ath- &.
| . ems is lying in the Bosphorus e
! &: ready to take off the sultan. @
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Constantinople. April 19.-The most
important feature of the situation in
the Turkish capital today was the re-
port that Sultan Abdul Hamid had alb
dictated. 1t caused the greatest excite
ment in the Hobbies of parliament A
TumOT of the flight of the sultan on a
warship followed closely on that of his
abdicatiOn, but neither could be con-
| firmed.
Large crowds gathered at the British
/ embassy. where. other reports had it.
the sultan had taken refuge. and there
| also were scores of inquiries at the Rus
| sian embassy. concerning the truth of
| the rumOr that the sultan was under
/ the protection Of Russia on one of its
guard ships
Not Improbable.
At both of these embassies all knowl-
edge of the sultan's movements was
denied. and the Turkish foreign Office
also gave strong denial to all these
rumOrs. The abdication of Abdul Ha-
mid. however, appears TO be not inn
probable. and it appears that within
day or two the constitutiOnalists may
accept as his successor Prince Yuisof
Izzedin. the eldest son of the late sui
tan, who is second in line as they are
strongly displeased with Abdul Hamid's
attitude.
The palace today was under strong
guard. and even high officials were not
permitted TO enter.
Within Striking Distance.
The constitutional forces this after
noon sent out small parties to recon
noiter and at o'clock in the evening
they were within sight of the gates of
Co0stautinOpIe. They encountered no
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likely. unless il Is at the palace The
Headquarters of the cOAstitutionalists
army is at Dedea atich. and General
Husni Pasha's forces. which now num-
bel. between 10000 and 10000. occupy a
range Of hills about twenty miles from
the capital Every hour reinforce
ments are adding TO their numbers
At a secret sitting of the chamber
today. the deputies refused to act on
{ in . r-ah
was apparent that the chamber was
hostile towards the cabinet. because
many of the ministers were identihed
with the old regime.
Ready to Resign.
The grand vizier. Tewfik Pasha. read
a declaration explaining that he had as
sumed office from patriotic motives az
the moment of a crisis. i'm order 10 have
the country and constitution, which
everybody believed TO be endangered.
He said he counted upon the support
of the deputies and was ready to with
draw if their confidence was witnheld-
He concluded by announcing the sign
ing Of the TurkO-BulgaTian protocol
1t is not likely that the entire army
will reach tie capital for some little
time. as Husni Pasha and his military
associates deem il advisable to with
hold their advance until they are strong
enough to win success by Overwhelm-
ing numbers They hope that the so
called reactionary opposition will yield
without lighting.
War Ministry Inactive
The war minister under EGhim
Pasha has been inactive. except that
appointments and promotions have been
made to fill the vacancies caused by the
killing Of officers. which it is estimated
number 200. There have been practical
" no preparations so far as can be OBJ
served to resist the advance of the Sd
loniki troops
The city appears very quiet, and Eu-
TODean and American women are drlV-
inC about the streets, as usual Ad-
miraI q. n. Chester and Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Chester of New York arrived
here yesterday from Palestine.
Killed at Adana, 400.
II is announced officially that the
delths at Adana during the rioting
numbered 400. among the killed being
many Turks. The telegraph lines 10
the provinces. however. are badly in
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