The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-30

way was IN their hands Troop after
troop of captive soldiers passed amid
the bayonets, Evidently they were the
sultan s men on their way to prison:
walked up from the Handle
mosque, where the sultan went every
! Friday for the Sclamlik. II is only
fifty PAGES away from the main gate.
The place was quiet, something unusu-
al, | walked into the beautiful park
and saw nobody there. At the main
gate stood only two sad looking senti-
| nels. Two pashas were leaning over
the fence, looking toward the mosque
Both of them arc now in prison,
:. Could YOU inform me- | asked,
"if it is true that his majesty is wor-
rylng much nowadaysl'
No. said one Of them, .'his I'M
perlal majesty is as usual
- But where arc his soldiers -
Some of them, he said, escaped
to Asatic shores: the rest surrendered
this morning to the Rumclian army. No
one is IN the kiosk, not q single soldier.
The grand rizier, Tewfk Pasha, and
tho minister Of war, Edham Pasha, who
were the Padishah IS guests, since Fri
day last, went away this morning.
There is nothing against his majesty.
Shefket Pasha has proclaimed that all
=
soldiers, and there is no question of his
abdlcatlon.'
Sultan Was Too Slow.
The speaker was Dicvad Bcy, first
secretary to the sultan. He repeated
the same story 10 every CORES spondent
who went 10 him. It was we'll said
but he didn't tell the truth. 1t was
true that the grand vizier and the min
lister Of war who Ind. boon co0c6
by the sultan for few days. had been
released. and part Of the imperial sol
dlers had surrendered, but there still
remained 400 men hiding in the palace
The sultan had another game 10 mind
to play. but it didn t work, The lead.
ers of the the Young Turks, Ninzi Bcy
Enver Bey. and Shcfket Pasha. the
the llld2z to negotiate with the sui
tan. The rest of the plot is easy 10
imagine.
The Eildiz has such Notifications, pa
VlIlons. and fortresscs, that it could
have resisted long time But Ha-
mid, cruel as he is, is A coward Meth.
er had he any idea that the army at
Chatalia would enter the capital with
such rapidity, He had stored no pro.
visions in the palace; he had counted
on the assistance of Handle Kurdish
troops. which were on their way to
Constantinople from Anatolia
The Young Turks had cut off every
communication No one was allowed
TO take anything TO the palace. No
water, no light. no meat, no bread,
nothing was allowed to 90 in. On Mon
day morning the sultan found the
great establishment without food
At the YIldiz Kiosk there remained
yet a multitude of people. Three hun
dred and fifty guards, chamberlains,
and secretaries, $40 wives and female
slaves, 100 children and their attend.
ants, l27 male slaves. $50 cooks and
servants in the imperial kitchen, $50
coachmcn and other workers at the
stables, 40 gardeners, $50 ianitors and
apparently remained true to the mas
ter I'm his distress. But all were disap.
pointed. The harem was in mourning.
Mon blamed their Padisbah. Now and
then Dievad Bey. the first secretary,
and Nouri Boy. the chamberlain. woud
90 TO the imperial chamber and plead
10 give up all idea of resistance The
sultan was bewlldcred, confused yet
he couidn' realize that he was no
longer the supreme power in the land.
Bribcd Soldiers.
The Young Turks could not afford TO
be lenlent. The conspiracy of April 13
was no longer a secret In fhe last
two DAYS $4,000 soldiers and 5000 hod.
las and spies had been arrested In
thr,r possession over half million
dollars had been found Who're had
this money come from7 Who could
deny any longer that Abdul Hamid
drew from his bank about ten million
dollars month ago7 His favored son.
Burhancddin Effcnd. went from bar.
rack TO barrack and distributed thc
money among the soldiers Former
spies, disguised in Turkish clergymeu'
garments, went among the troops and
won them over with the sultan s brides
Soldiers, when arrested, were found 10
have an average Of one hundred dol
lars: some had two hundred, three hun
dred. and even five hundred
Indeed. Abdul Hamid was the head
of the conspiracy. and the massacre in
Adana was instigated by his cmissarics
sent from Cons'antinople The old
and the new Yildiz chuues were NOT
less responsible. Mehmed Ali. the for
mcr Turkish minister al Washington.
and the son of the Infamous Izzct Pa
sha. IS rcported as saving in Egypt a
few DAYS before the conspiracy broke
out in this city. that soon the old re
gime would he rc,nstablished in Turkey,
and that he would then return 10 Con
stantinople with his father.
nv ioIWNT ministers. VINO were ar
rested after the first revolution and
imprisoned on Princess island after tho
Sheriat demonstration day, were left
almost free. Some Of them even came
to the city. The Young Turks have
ample proof in their hands that all
these creatures had their fingers in the
affair. The .jamieti Mobammcdau was
nothing more than rcactionarv or
ganization under the euise of religion
Had the ShloDica soldiers DELAYED a
Few days longer the freedom Of Turkey
would have been lost and atrocities
would have begun.
karakeul and Scutari were occupied
Yesterday afternoon. Part Of the sui
tan g troops had taken refuge at Scu-
tari. on Asiatic shores. The Sclimich
klshla, nest Of reaction, was cap
tured after eleven cannon shots. Half
Of the garrison fed toward the into
rior. The Salonca troops at SMYRNA
have been ordered to intercept these
fugitives.
In the CITY fighting, not more than
two thousand were killed and wounded
on both sides The loss of the Mace.