Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-27
CONSTANTINOpLE IS
LIKE CITY OF DEAD
DECLARING OF STATE or SIEGE
AFTER CONSTITUTIONAL ARMY
TAKES MosLEM CAPITAL s,o.
NAL OF PEACE.

Constantfnople, April as. y ron.
ssantlnopie experienced last night thai
eMects 81, or siege declared Yesterday
Inc capital resembled a city Of th,.
dead. No one was allowed on tia
streets after 8 o'clock In the eyen,nr
me committee of union and nrorJ
ress has Issued statement dcnv,na9
the allegations attributing the lecenn
occurrences to controversies between
the political parties and saving tI,g
inarch OF the constitutionalists on tha
cdpltal was undertaken under the in-
haence OF the committee. The state,
ment sets forth that the ,ragin
events Of the past fortnight Were mo.
voked by "wretches and vile personI
ages who We're injured by the nrocl,.
nation constitution. Soldiers" it con.
tlnues, Were corrupted with money
ana melted to commit acts Of savage
cry The holy missionary ia above nerl
sonalities. The committee Wishes ~
work for the general interest and ia
serve the fatherland."
me arrest of reactionaries and rss
ligious students continues It a ests
mated that 1000 such persons bavs
been apprehended. The last burfaJa N
the men who fell in SATURDAYS flght-
Ing took place last night. The dead
number 300. Five thousand were takerS
prisoners. Men suspected OF .nstigaty
Ing the mutiny Of April 13 were separ{
ated from the main bodies OF the prisi
oners and Will be tried by court mari
tial. .
Oppose Sultan on Throne.
The question Of what Is to he dong
TO the sultan in all probability VIII ha
determined by parliament. The feel9
Ing among the members Of parliament
against the sultan's remaining on the
throne Is strong. Mohammed Reschafh
Effendi, the sultan's brother, Is the
favorite candidate for the succesl
sion.
| Schefkat Pasha, commander OF the
constitutional army, Is the man "a
the hour The leading civilian mem.l
bers Of the committee Of union and
progress desire him to be grand yizieH
In succession of. Tewfik Pasha.
Schefkat Pasha declines the honorf
saving he could not accept 1t whila
still head of the, army. The courM
| martial today sentenced five men m
death and they will be shot this aftenl
noon.
Ministry Resigns.
/ Tewfk Pasha, the grand vizeer. thia
+, morning transmitted to the sultan th9
resignation Of the entire cabinet and
communicated this fact to parliamentJ
Sultan May Retain Throne.
Berlin, April 26. The Constants.
nople correspondent of the Lokal Ana
zeiger telegraphs that he learns tha
sultan will be allowed to remain upons
the throne, but on condition that ha
must guarantee against relapse td
absolutism.
Russ Soldiers In Persia.
st. Petersburg, April 26. - A. Rus-
sian column under General Snarslsy
Is continuinf its march toward Tlbriz.
regardless of the reported understands
| ing between the shah Of Persia and
the nationalists. The expedition will
be kept in Persia until the shah
pledges to institute proper goyern-
ment and actually puts it into effect!
General Snarsky has been instructed
to look out for the safety of Ameria
cans.
i Last Of Troops Surrender.
4 Constantinople, April 26.-The last
of the sultan's troops surrendered yes
terday to the constitutional army. The
latter today Is occupying all the
grounds within Yi1diz Kiosk, the res
dictionary rebels are prisoners or war;