Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-23
Time of Expiration Of Ultima
tum Has Been Extended so
That "Sick Man of the
East" Can Answer.
CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE
is PRACTICALLY SEIZED
BY CONSTITUTIONAL ARMY
History is Being Made Rapidly in the
Capital of Turkey Where Abdul
Hamid is Making His Last Feeble
Stand.

CONsTANTINOPLE, April 22.-The sui
tan of Turkey and the chiefs of the con-
stitutionm party have reached an agree
ment under the terms Of which his maj
esty remains as sovereign of the empire,
but with powers somewhat more restrict
ed than before the palace conspiracy of
April 49,
Negotiations were proceeding this
morning between Nazim Pasha,
the commander of the first ar
my corps, which garrisons CONSTANT
nople, and the commanding general OF the
army of investment, on the following
points:
''The disarmament Of FIVE thousand
time-expired men in the Constantinople
garrison and the replacement of the re-
mainder of the garrison by salonik
troops; the punishment of soldiers ac-
cording to the degree of their guilt in
the revolutionary movement of last week
and the transfer of the policing of Con-
stantinople to the reformed Macedonian
gendarmerie, all of these conditions to
be executed with care and moderation in
order 10 prevent bloodshed. The invest
ment of Constantinople by the constitu-
tionalists is practically complete. Con-
tingents of the third army corps have
been sent to points in Asia Minor, notably
EskI-Shehr, a station on the Anatolian
Of communication with the capital on
this side.
No agreement had been reached be-
tween the members of the committee of
Union and Progress and the authorities
within the city regarding the sultan
up to two o'clock this Afternoon. The gov
eminent may go on with the sultan at
it's head, as before the revolt of April
13 for an indefinite period.
The cabinet again is in session today.
TO SULTAN
|. h 3, a.. *. Is TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
LONDON, April 22-A saloniki dispatch
to the Times says that Mahmoud Schef-
ket will leave for the front tonight The
government has accepted most of his
changes, and has been given another "A
hours in which to agree to the remainder
Hadi Pasha remains at Saloniki in COM
mand of the third army corps, while Cha
Xix Bey will act as president of the A.
nancial commission during General Schef-
ket's absence.
The central committee of Union and
Progress has issued a statement, denying
that recent events are due to the strug-
gle between the committee and the Liberal
Union, or that the committee is med
itating vengeance against the union or
any of It's members. The statement also
generally denies the reports attributing
selfish interests and motives to the COM
mittee To the contrary, II declares that
no authority can be exercised save that
of the army, whose honor has been deeply
wounded by those who corrupted the sol
diers for nefarious ends.
RED WAVE OF CARNAGE
SWEEPS WHOLESALE DEATH
CoNsTANTINOPLE, April 22-The sit
IN. a.
latest intelligence received here, is dis
tinctly threatening. The wave of fanat-
icism which originated at Adana some
ten days ago and found it's expression in
the killing of Christians, apparently ia
spreading generally through the eastern
provinces. Upward OF 10000 Armenians
were massacred in Syrian towns and viii
lagos, principally in the vilayet of Adana,
during the outbursts of fanatical zeal,
that took place at the time of the spring
festival in honor OF Mohammedans upon
the receipt of news of the overturn of
the "heretical" government at CONSTANT
nople. One embassy places the estimates
OF killed as high as fifteen thousand.
The government has sent urgent COM
mands to the vail OF Adana that the mobs
must be put down, and the leaders harsh
ly dealt with. The attacks on the Armen-
ians appear to have been instigated sole
ceived from Merisna, dated yesterday,
says the Armenian town of Hadjin in the
northern part of the Adana vilayet is
beleaguered by Moslem tribesmen, who
are only awaiting sufficient numerical
strength to rush the improvised defenses
erected by the Armenians.
The Armenians. however, are we'll arm
ed and will put up a vigorous defense. Up
TO the present time two persons have been
4 lrEF1-
German vessels of war have arrived at
! Mersina.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ARE SHOWN NO MERCY
| ALEPPO, April 22-The massacres
| are being carried out with the greatest
| violence. Neither women nor children
| are spared. The motto of the Moslem
/ is No tYig of the accursed race shall
| be suffered TO live"
The Armenians, recognizing that the
massacres have been organized and car
ried out by adherents of the old Turkish
regime, are looking to the Young Turks
! for future protection.
POPULATION MASSACRED;
WHOLE VILLAGE IN FLAMES
ALEPPO. Asiatic Turkey, Tuesday,
! April 2O.-The entire population of Kiri-
kan, located between mere and Alexan-
dretta, even TO the last babe, has been
massacred. The French mission at Ekbas
] is besieged by fanatical Moslems. The
Armenian village of Deurtyul is sur
rounded, and according TO a messenger
who crawled through the Arab lines at
night and made his way here for help,
the situation there is hopeless. The
buildings on the edge of town already
! were in flames when he escaped.
I TEN THOUSAND DEAD
IN MASSACRE AT ADANA
! CONSTANTINOPLE. April 22.-Accord.
ing to advices received here today from
Asiatic Turkey, 10000 Armenians have
been massacred at Adana and in the vi
cinity of that city.