The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-22
ARMY WEARS THE CAPITAL.
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political ideas of the west has brought khe rurIEiah people to the verge of civ- 1I war. Eea1 for the faith has been unlbosened and the adjustment of the 8uitsnss relntions to the Committee Of Union and Proxrsss probably will only the dsliverers of the ancient teachings of the prophet and thoses who are urging the feachinGu from Western Europe. The lines of the Constitution al army are af the gates Of constanti- nopis. and the city mar bs Invested af
 IT Inc cabinet dsbatsd the sftuation for four hours today Eiving sps6isi atten- ton to the negotiations which the ministers have taken in hand on behalf of the Sultan with the military mem -bers of the committee, among whom are Husni Pashn. tho commander of the third army corps, his division com mapders and Izzet Pashas chief Of the
 The sultan,s primary demand is to remain the constitutionaf aovereign. < with all the spiritual powers of the oalifate, with liberal allowances for his hopsshoTd. while. he also asks for q variety of minor guarantees which 2. 1t would not ba difficult to grant. The demand of the Committee of Union and Progress is that the Sultan offer no resistance whatever and submit urs- conditionaliy.
 The saiopiki committee. which ia the backbone ofs the whole progressive movement, fs largely military and it's with the army. spme of the members of the cabinet. includinE Rifaat Pasiia. the Foreign Minister. are active con- atitutionalista. Tewfk Pasha. the s Grand vizters who personally is most agreeable to the Sultan and ko fhe n1fl- Axs. 4H being bensvoaents and honest. has un- dertaken neRotiations looking 10 q compromiBe. He has not been able 10 proceed very far In the6s negotiations up to tho present, owing to the ssncer- tain conditions which have prevailed tn tlie Ia@t flaw days both within and
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 Inc Grand vixier and his cA6inef arc NfAte pferaTed to reAz&a tk flza. Eolf 1alttes asixs f5f fhsir wifliNx@ Sykl from ofbce Indeed, thae are ana sa1e to re- sign. and have only been held in once hy the feeltng that they may be able to avert q civil war. or prevent acts of violence which would bring about un- welcome intervention by the powers.
 Ns'The comfnittee''- vague term to represent Influential men of modern spirtts-m m without definite limits. Its adherents. who have q right to voice
 
 selves. The radical faction insists that there shall be no compromine. that the Sultan must be deposed and that a reasonable prince. for ;nstance--Yu Izzedin--shouid be named as his sue- ~cessor. that the whole administration should be clsansee. that no promise os Abdul Hamfdse can be trusted. and that to re-esfahlish the system Of ten days ago would beSto settle nothing
 The eonservatiyes urge that the de- position of the Sultan would pnix be possible after severe lighting; that ft is uncertain whether the troops un- der the control of the committee would uphold such an act with thefr bayo- nstsa that the wavering soldiers of the first army corps to the number of 2S,- GOO or a0,0o0, now gerrfsoning the city, would be unframed and break out into open revolt. and that to demand too much means the failure Of all.
 .nrhe Sultan has got them to quar- yelling among themselves." said one of the Ambassadors today. 'and he will prove his own way yet" Since the investing army has drawn nearer to the city, numerous agents of the Mchammedan League. ardent young men, theological students, and junior members of the clergy, have penefrat- ed the lines pcintins out 10 the men that 1t was their duty 10 God and AL lah to rid themselves Of their officers, who were no better that Q1aOurz. who scorned the sacged law of the Koran. and who openly Aargusd that the law devised by one arch-devil Napoleon ought to be substituted for the sacred law In all tife courts Followers point out that the officers had succeeded in imposing these wicked laws upon the civil courts. and new wanted to apply them to the persons of Allah's faithful.
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 estt.r. 4 osR0 4rsra nf who were caught among the troops, were beaten after z eourtmartiaI and then turned out of the camps. The following day thirty of them were ar rested and imprisoned. Yesterday the camps were overrun with proselyting zealots. Scores Of them were arrested and today ten of them were shot by courtmartial.
 The Mohammedan League. which is disowned by the Ulemas, cannot be lo- cated. This secret society which has sprung up since July to light the bat ties of faith and to repei heresies. IS busy undermining the loyalty or the troops which are afiiIiated with the conmittee--while the discipline of the aoidiers outside the walls is attacked. The demeanor Of the soldiers within the city is much more respectruL The men salute their officers cheerauily' and have resumed their regular drill iu addition to subscribing to the decia- ration laid down in the proclaHiA- tion of Hmani Pasha. which ordered them to obey their officers and not to mix In politics. ,,,a..
 Everything Is quiet at the Al1ls palace. The Sultan Is outwarily calm and is awaiting developments with ap- parent impefturbability.
 The first army corps, which garri- sons Constantinople. has been com pietely won over to the consultation alists. Various units of this corps in accordance with the demand voioed yesterday by Husnf Pesha the com manding general of the army of tn- vestment. are today taking oath to obey their superiors. not fo mix In pol tiles and not to interfere with the measures adopted to secure the pun tshment of those guilty of starting the revolt of last week.
 Streets Are PatrOE7ed.
 Exceptional measures are being talk en to preserve order within the cap- ital and numerous patrols are today moving through the s,reets; but fu spite of this the public is distrustful of the troops,
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