The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31

ati'n'i"n meant p-ars. a. end - The an
hrrhy which r'iin~'i 'hstr trade. AMI ms
hrisiian- hop~f y fn~ant j'u-'i""
haTiy ~ April no dt-anectt"n arn"n I
"a" -nhii~Fs. s'.=ss'=s - 'h'' Hs'i'-'s -''''."
-ia-ttc-, had feaehesi . dangerous pttrh
ana r"nfrary W Nhaf has been GENERALLY
f-p"rt~'t ne military authorities Wer"
Ght" aNar" ~ ~ 81 - doubtful " th"y
,D"k IN" proper steps 10 meet IN" danger
ih"y ~Vid~n'ly und"restifna'sd ~ Instead
~ c"ndes"ehdihE 70 ask IN" Sh"ik-ul-
Islam the religious primate, and the hb-
"ral h"djas tn countsrant the r"actionary
agitation Of the softAs they ran full til'
against hodJas OF al descriptions ana
som" ~ the officers vent - far beyond
then instructions az io tell their soldiers
that at IN" word of command they wcr"
Q" make All These eccl~-'a-tics teel the
points 81 their hayons's ~ though they
were ordinary mortalS
-.
Until the very ave OF IN" muiiny no one.
lounS urks OF Foreign diplomats. th"usht
mat awning serious was prev ma
iho~ed 'ouht oternn"rE says IN ms work
that IN Apri u hhAat Pasha' III" Minister
I
AT one OF the einharAie- that though the
European press spoke OF a f-~hng OF ln>e-
curity IN inrtey there hah never betor"
b'"n snch ieehhs o' security IN 'on-
stantinopl" ~ NJ that very moment
rue th"re wer" some "tnihonS ihdi'a-
tons. hut those we're explained away
or NOT E-neraliy known
considering the supposed cail"'lsn"sH
~ a. = a
IS very r"naTkAbIc' comments our author'
thA' h.uru"r hKur-e mrseiy among the
causes which led To the mutiny OF April w.
whii" another murder. that OF hmir Mo
hanm"d Arslah h"y caused the hds !"
run IN the opposite direction ana led the
nation I" acluie@c" IN the crushing OF the
mutineer- ana the deposition OF Ahdui
Hand. Inc fr~t murder was that OF an
obscure and scurrilonS JOURNALIST. hassan
fehmi. ON AprI : The Liberal mon
and the Mohamn''"An LeaRu" dsclar"d
that me QUANTITIES OF mon ana Progress
haG con" the deeh' ana ms rlnersl was
used - tremendous dernnhs'rah"n
against the COMMITTEES ana the const'-
htI"nnl Government
u was, 80 70 speak, 10y hit OF sheer
correspondent good luck that MI
McI nlIagh dlS"oNer'.d "n the morning OF
April IL mat something was on mana IN
the capital and reached u from ms resi-
demo" IN kumeh hiSsar. Nillag" on the
b"sFor'is, IN tune 70 be personal VII
hess OF what took place lie ADDS 10 ms
description IN" story ot ueneral Mahmnd
Mukhtir. who failed 10 quell the mutlny
hut az least "scap"d with his lie from the
mNiin""rs hTst ana the enrag~d committees
afterward His view that strong meas
ure~ taken very early on the fat"tul day
might nav" saved the SITUATION was shared
Nv IN" GRAND NIlier, hlIml fa@ha, ana
expressed 10 Mr. MOI nIIash Two months
later one ~ IN" curious things thht
Mr.. Mc'uilagh noticed on mat eVentinI
day was the sWittn"-s with which the
mutiny reached itS climax, "A sNHtn"sS
which had previously hara't"riNNr IN"
coup d'Ntat of the Young Turks IN July.
1913. and ai'@rward characi"rlz"d w"
march of IN" Maced"niahs ana whlch
"" do not ordinarily As~o'iat" WIN th"
phlegmatic Fast. In all 'hr"e cases
Their" was the sam" extraordinary prac"-
fulncss and disinclinaii"n "a Sh'-i blood.
usually characteristic ~ a Turkish re-
volt. our author was'n"t able 70 enter
IN" Parliament HOUSE that day. hut
be- gives IN" account OF proc""dings
written for Turkish journal by tn"
Deputy from BaEdad. who was member
NJ the COMMITTEES. To sum u up briefly.
the Government fell heca'ISe ~ - r"luc-
tanc" 20 shed blood. reluctance. con
tinues our author. which would never.
think. he entertained Tor moment under
similar circumstances hy any II N" thrls-
'ian or BuddhistCiov"rnrn"n ~ IN" world.
not even hy N" Government " Mr. A.
quith or 81 President Tar Moreover.
A. the mutiny was nominally on religious
grounds the Government could not ac-
c"pt ia" challenge. The decr"pit old
Padishah had turned the tables m his
young and confident opponents with "A
swiftness and a completeness that have
few parallels among the cuups d'6tat ~
history
When MIR McCullagh heard that the
sultan had granted all IA. soldier de-
ruands he expected that then. would o no
NOR trouble. hut the worst was still To
come. the night ~ horror On April ~:
the succeeding day. and the a~sas=inations
which marked the following week and
might have gon" on indefinitely had not
the arrival Of the Macedonians put a stop
to them IL. quotes Or Farkas To the |