The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-30
Capture of Constantinople
sULTANs TROOPS RAPIDLY

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2a-Dra-
matte events arc following each other
so rapidly here that one cannot stop
for a moment TO think what a grand
work has been accomplished in Tur-
key, says the Constantinople corrc-
spondcnt of the New York Evening
Post. The rule of Abdul Hamid has
been destroyed forever. No more will
the ''prisoner Of the Yildiz Kiosk
conspire against the lives of the best
men in the realm. Treacherous orders
for massacrcs and cutrages will no
more make the civilized world shud'
der. AT last Freedom has como to
stay.
On Saturday. April 2i, the decisive
battle was fought The day the
Young Turks captured Constantinople
with the laundering of cannon rang
out the old. and rang in the new. \
half-days work, indeed. but so aston
ishinglv well done that history may
well speak of it as a model revolution:
The Constitutional army walked
down from ST. Stcphano on Friday,
April 23, and Il chain of cavalry. ar
tillery and foot soldiers. numbering
over fifty thousand, surrounded the
city of Constantinoplc. So quietly
and secretly was this done that the
town knew nothing of ii. In the after
noon, about sundown, / directed my
steps toward Kiat- Hane, the upper end
of the Golden Horn. Passing through
Sbishli, in the suburbs, ] found on the
tops of hills mounted sentinels, half
hours journey from the Yildiz. The
weather was excellent; but it was an
unusual Friday afternoon. No one was
out for the Golden Horn trip: only
few cadets and n few spectators, not
moro than score IN all,
''Yassak' (prohibited) said one of
the scntincis. ard no one dared take
and crossed down the valley Hero
signs of marching army were no
ticeable, but there was no army, The
bridge leading TO the village OF Kat
Hanc was my destination. The officer
of the bridge guard spoke with a grati-
flying politeness and in fluent French:
"Within twenty-four hours you will
have all the information Won want. -
This was all he would say to satisfy
my curiosity.
"Rut where are the soldicrs?' I per-
sisted again.
Everywhere. he replied.
The officer was right The soldiers
were everywhere around the city. Early
on Saturday morning, long before the
dawn, operations began, and the city
awoke to o fight. Cannons were tbun-
derine and bullets flying, with now and
then Il trumpet call. and then deadly
silence as If not a single human being
existed in the city.
Their entrance into ConstantnoDlc
was simply marvellous On Friday was
the very last Selamlik for Abdul Ha-
mid No one went 10 watch the POM
pous ceremony. All the diplomatic
oil. anf cf,1-
tan sighed as he looked toward the
empty kiosk where every Friday for
eigners gathered 10 see him pass. But
the hodjas were there; his soldiers
were there, and for the last time he
heard Padishahim chok Yasha. -
The ceremony was over. and the
troops returned TO their quarters. The
soldiers of the Daud Pasha barracks
at Stamhul found their places occupied
hv Salonica troops - We are brothers.
vou may come in and stay with u.s."
thev pleaded But the troops went to
The war department without making re-
sstsnce.
In the Early Morning.
On Saturday morning early, the army
which had come to punish the conspira
tors was guided into the city by Ar
mcnian scouts. 4 police force brought
over from Salonica was distributed
over the city To protect the pnblcs Inc
cadets OF the military school who had
Joined the revolutionary army, were
turned into a militia and put at the
disposal of these police. Armed guards
were placed in front OF every embassy
and consulate. This precaution was
taken because the Liberals had found
that the sultan had proposed plot TO
attack foreigners and massacre Chris
,ians. thus to bring about foreign in
tervention.
The battle started early at Stambul
Some companies surrendered quietly,
hut a fierce combat took place in front
of the Sublime Porte. 4 bomb thrown
from n Turkish residence caused much