The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-28
Was Accompanied by Eleven
Women of His Once Royal
Harem
ESCORTED FROM PALACE
UNDER COVER Of DARKNESS
Taken to Railway Station in Stamboul
and So Soon As He Was Aboard the
Train Pulled Out Bound for the
City of SalOniki.

Constantinople. April 2s.-Abdul
Hamid, the deposed sultan of Turkey,
left the capital last night for Saloni-
XII. He was accompanied by eleven
women of his harem. He was con-
veyed quietly under cover of dark
ness from the imperial palace at
Yildizz to the railroad station in
Stamboul. Shortly after he was in
stalled on board, the train pulled
out for the west.
The fetwa or official decision of
Sheik vi Islam authorizing the de-
position of Abdul Hamid has been
made public. 1t embraces the ques-
tions put by the parliament to Sheik
vi Islam and his answer thereto. The
text follows:
"What becomes of an imam-the
title of the sultan of Turkey as the
head of orthodox faith-who has de-
stroyed certain holy writings, who
has seized property in contravention
to the Sheri laws, who has committed
cruelties in ordering the assassina-
tion and imprisonment of exiles with
out any justification under the Sheri
laws, who has squandered the public
money, who, having sworn to govern
according to Sheri law. has violated
his oath. who by gifts of money has
provoked internecine bloodshed and
civil war. and who no longer Is recog-
nized in provinces?
To this. Sheik VI Islam replied:
"He must abdicate or be deposed."
Not ore of the Constantinople news
papers has good word for Abdul
Hamid, whose life and reign are being
held UP to universal execration. On
the other hand the accession of
Mehmed V is regarded as the dawn
of new era. The cabinet has been
days longer.
Story From Hadjin
The following telegram was rece1v-
ed here today from Miss Rose Lam
bert, one of the besieged American
women missionaries at Hadjin. 1t
sets forth the danger surrounding her
and her companions who are quite
alone. The messenger who first start
ed with the message to the telegraph
office, was shot down on the way. The
communication is dated Hadjin, pril
26 and says: 1.-The rising against
the Christions of Hadjin began nine
days ago. The government sent
troops to suppress the fighting be-
tween the Mo1lamme dams and Chris
tians. but the men were not strong
enough numerically to restore order.
Many are dead and wounded on both
sides.
"Desperadoes occupied Armenian
M
been firing on the people without in
churches are now showing white
flags. indicating that there will be no
further resistance, yet the shooting
and plundering continues. Many
shops have been robbed and others
undoubtedly will be. The Armenian
settlements and villages in the pro-
vince have been burned and many
persons killed.
"Hadjin is almost entirely without
food and animals in the city are dy-
ing of starvation. The provincial au-
thorities have been appealed to both
orally and in writing to send more
troops to Hadjin, but thus far without
result
England Satisfied.
London, April 2S-The deposition
of Abdul Hamid as sultan of Turkey.
SO far as he personally is concerned,
is not regretted in official circles in
England. For years English diplo.
mats have been fighting against intri-
CUES emanating from the Yildiz pal
ace. They never knew whether the
sultan was their enemy or their
friend.
The effect that the deposition il
likely to have in Turkey outside the
capital. however, is another thing and
fears are freely expressed today that
the new administration will have a
more difficult task in overcoming
prejudices of the people in the prov
inces than has been experienced in
Constantinople. For this reason it
had been expected here that the
Young Turks would allow Abdul
Hamid to remain OH the throne. but
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