The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-04-30
Stream That Empties Into the Sea at
COnstantinOpIe Carries Upon
Its Bosom Bodies of
Slain.
DEAD LIE IN FIELDS
Awful Conditions Prevail at Adana,
Where Fire, Famine and PestiIence
Add to the Horrors of Massacre
Turkish Troops Being Rushed to
Rescue of American Missionaries.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30.-The
Constitutionalists have lost no time
in bringing the conspirators in the
recent rising to trial. The military
court, sitting in the war office, today
condemned about $50 prisoners to
death and they were executed.
Nadir Pasha, the second eunuch of
the palace, whose sentence was pro-
nounced yesterday, was hanged at
dawn on the Galata bridge and his
great body was viewed by thousands.
The national assembly, which met
under the presidency of Said Pasha,
directed that the sultan should take
the oath of the constitution within a
week. The assembly also ratified the
removal of Abdul Hamid to Salonika
The government has decided to send
commission to Adana to try by
court martial the instigators of the
massacres and the committee is au-
thorized to act with utmost severity.
1t is alleged that the chief authors
of the recent mutiny were Abdul
Hamids favorite son, Prince Mehm-
med Burhan Eddine, Rear Admiral
Said Pasha, son of Kiamil Pasha, the
former grand vizier, and Nadir Pasha,
who were engaged for long time
prior to the uprising in corrupting the
troops. The two former have fed.
Asni Bey, inspector general of the
Salonika police, who was charged
with the transport of the former sui
tan to Salonika, relates that when he
arrived at the palace at l o'clock in
the morning, he found Abdul Hamid
in a salon which was illuminated as
though for gala occasion, by every
candle and torch that could be found
in the building. This was because
Abdul Hamid breads darkness; he
had always been in fear of assassina-
tion. He was quite alone with the
exception of two eunuchs in a corner
in the same negligent attire as on the
previous day when the deputation
from the national assembly notified
him of his deposition. Being told
} that he must depart, he beseechingly
appealed not to be taken to Salonika
, He wanted to go to the Cheraghar
palace.
; A welcome message was received
today from the town of Hadjim, in
the province of Adana, where five
, American women missionaries have
been alone with 1000 refugees who
sought safety there from the bands O.
Moslems seeking to put them to the
sword. Hadjim has withstood tht
siege for the past eight days, and the
missionaries have been sending ou
frantic appeals for help. Today {
message reached here from Miss Lam
, bert, the daughter of Bishop Lambert
timed 1922 a. m, which said: "Witl
the arrival of the troops the disorder
in and about the city have ceased
and we are all safe and well.-Lam
bert"
The Turkish cabinet has taken III
r the consideration of the situation IL
4 Adana and neighboring districts. TIL
g new governor general Mustaf Zihni
!, is due to arrive at the town of Adam
r tonight OF tomorrow. He has bee
( instructed take the most energeti
measures to re-establish order and t
relieve the suffering.
Adiel Bey, permanent under-secre
tary of state in the ministry of the in
: terror, today said that the government
would make a searching investigatio
" into the cause of the disorders an
= punish the instigators. In reply to
" question as to what connection e1
= listed between the massacres and pc
= litical events in Constantinople, Adit
= Bey replied that, too, was being il
y vestigated
: CONTANTINOPLE. April 29.-Tt
= river that empties into the sea hel
. is carrying down many bodies of me-
. women and children. They undoub