Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-22
REPORT THIS AFTERNOON is TO
THE EFFECT THAT AMicA6LE
SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN MADE
WITH THE YOUNG TURKS.
INVADERS ISSUE
2 PROCLAMATIONS
DECLARE BLOT HAS BEEN MADE
ON oTToMoN ARMY WHOSE
HONOR HAS REMAINED INTACT
FOR LAST 600 YEARS.

London, April 81. "A dispatch
from constantinopIe says that
definite agreement between the
government and the committee of
union and progress has been con-
Guided. Abdul Hamid Is to remain
sultan, but the present cabinet
will resign Immediately.
Constantinople, April 21.- The
cabinet will meet this afternoon
and proclaim martial law. The ad-
vance guard of the constitutional
army has arrived at the outskirts
of the city. In some quarters it is
believed there is an Increasing
possibility Of arriving at an under
standing which may result In
reconciliation between the young
Turks and the sultan. The cabi-
net this morning considered pro-
posals made by the army of invest
nent.
constantinopIe, April 81. - Ten
agitators who were caught among
the constitutional troops trying to
undermine their loyalty were exc
cuted by shooting at San Stefano
today Forty others were arrested
on similar charges.
London, April 21.-A dispatch from
Athens today says kilograms thai
have been received there from Mer
sina set forth that fully 10000 persons
were killed In the rioting of the last
few days In the Adana and Tarsus
districts. Entire villages weEe razed
and the country is a smoking wilder
ness.
SortIe Was Costly.
Tabriz, April 21.-The Nationalist
lost sixty men killed and 100 wounded
in the Sortie yesterday in which H
G. Baskerville, American teacher Ios
his life.
Racial Fanaticism Spreads.
Constantionop1e. April 21.-Late re
ports from the Syrian coast say tha
racial fanaticism is extending IL
vilayet Aleppo. Disturbances have
broken out at Antioch and Birejik anc
foreigners have, taken refuge in the
British vice consulates.
Two Proclamations Issued.
Two proclamations, signed by tn,
commanding general of the army 0
investment and addressed respectivel,
to the citizens of Constantinople ant
the garrison were issued. They hav'
had reassuring effect. That sent +,
the war office for distribution to tn
garrison, denounces as criminal an
monstrous the acts committed unde
cover or demanding that the Sher
law supersede the constitution, b,
bands Of executioners, will cor
scienceIess agitators and partisans 0
absolutism, who deluded the soldier
and populace so that parliament wa
stained with blood, the nation plunge
in mourning and blot made on th
Ottoman army, whose honor had rs
mained intact for the last 900 years.
Not Mix in Politics.
After explaining that the army 0
the Salonikins had come to remov
the stain, the proclamation formulate
two demands:
First the full reinstatement of tn
officers of the army and navy an
that the soldiers take the oath to ODE
their superiors. and not mix in poll
tics: second, that the garrison under
take not to interfere with the meas
ures of punishment of guilty person
and that spies and others who pro
yoke the disorders be denounced. Fl
nally, If both the demands are &C
cepted by the land and sea forces an
they show real obedience. nothing wi
befall the garrison.
The One to the PopuIace.
The proclamation to the populae
explains that the object of the ir
yestigatory army is the re-establish
ment of the constitution and the pun
ishment Of the traitors to the countr,
It assures complete safety to til
INNOCENT and, oppressed populatic
and'to foreig,Sars. The Constantinop
garrison is deserting to the side of til
constiutionalists. The capital trooy
have been leaving the city in sma
patches since Sunday, but the outwar
flow set in heavily today 1t is est
mated that 1000 men have gone owe
to the invading army without oppos
tion from their officers or conirade
One party took along battery
machine guns, with horses and fu
ammunition wagons. None of thos
attempting to join the constitutions.
lists without arms were accept