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

place A. one ~ them afters ard put u
We hal not got a single card. but 90
bliifed magnifcently. an avowal which
shows that Asia Minor l. very e=!ve and
very much afraid Of Cor=santinople. A
massacre Was being arrShged in Aleppo.
but on the eve % the outbreak the mill
tary Governor rent 90 a. civil Governor
and said Your EZceSeivT. bsar that
a massacre has been planned for ,o-mor-
row. and have come to warn yon that
10 IL CONES 81 IN begin by massacring
you ON hearing this the Vail COLLAPSED
and remained in that condition until all
danger Of an outbreak was pas,
Abdul Hands grand coup on April ~
was not the throw % desperate gambler;
on the contrary Il had q reasonable
chance Of Success A. first he seemed 20
have everything in his favor. The people
and army were discontented. The com
mites was In had odor In Constantinople
and had never been in good odor in Ana
tolia. Syria and Arabia. The soldiers OF
I the garrison had been worked upon with
| astonishing success. and the news from
I the provinces was Of the most cheering
description. The Adana massacres were
being prepared. and the help Of the Arabs
/ seemed certain. When the critical mo-
msnt came. however. the Sultan lost tho
support OF the Arabs chiefly by what
must have seemed TO him an insignificant
! fact. the murder Of Mohammed Arslan
Boy. who was not only a Deputy but a dis
tingulshed Druse Emir Of high family
and powerful connections in Syria. In
| Albania n formidable obstacle to the
Padishah's influence appeared in the form
OF the Major Mai Bey. the hero 81 the
July revolution: hut Abdul Hamid could
have rsckoned % some extent upon diplo-
matte assistance and encouragement from
all the foreign embassies The German
Ambassador would have interviewed on
the slightest excuse and all tho other en-
hassirS began to take an almost fearful
interest in poor old Abdul an interest
which il still 80 he found in the British
press and in some Of the books about Tur-
key published in England within the last
year
R'r Nar.hnl Mahmud Shsfket Pasha.
Who will probably become Grand Vi,ier
some day. savs Mr. NcCullagh. swooped
down on Constars inOrle with his Mace
DOMAINS with the "a fitness 81 an eagle;
and tina; ~ illness. all Turks agree. saved
the day lie himself told Mr. McCUllagh
about The initiation end progress ~ his
campaign In brief. hs perceived that
desDotisn had been raestsblishsd IT, Con-
Stan'irople. refused 20 regard ~ rs legiti-
mate and warned the authorities in the
capital that the Third Army Corps " Nu!d
march AZ once On the city To- wip" ont tho
stain imprinted on it, military honor
nv the mutiuv 81 April ~ His epoch
making sraNch 20 that effect made 20 his
officers was printed everyw here and To-
sounded throughout the empire. The
leaders 81 the Young Turks from all
points ~ the compass converged on 81
lonica his headquarters. The most i'm
portant " these leaders were the famous
-hero-- uf liberty a. the Ottomans de-
light in calling them. Enver and Mai
Revs ~ these splendid men Mr. MCCul-
lagh gives an enthusiastic sketch. a. he
has alrpadv done e Shefket Pasha.
TN April ~ the march on Conztantinopl"
began n veritable avalanche Of nationali-
ties Meanwhile people in Constantinople
hardly knew how matters really stood.
Arslan Bev had been murdered on April
10. and his people insisted that his body
h- sent 20 Beirut The Sultan endeav-
nred in every way 20 avoid the issue: bur
the Syrians threatened that IL the dead
Emir were not instantly brought back 10
SYRIA Syria would 60 10 Constantinople
All difficulties vanished NJ once. With
cruel irony and also perhaps with the
object 81 intimidating the would-be dem
unStrators AZ the funeral the Government
sen, an e~cort ~ honor composed 81 "A
company 10 the very Salonica Light In
fantrv who had murdered Arslan Bay
The syrian Sheik Abdullah wound up a
fiery funeral oration bv declaring thai
before many suns were set the avengins
and Il God would smite the men who had
spill, that innoCent blood. and as the bOdy
was born" IN tho prescribed silence through
the narrow streets " Stamboul a Young
student stopped the guard Of honor and
told them in loud voice that Mai Roy
had r-ach.-d Tchataldia. which il the key
tn Constantinople. not far away This
was on April II The situation. bizarre
beyond belief. says our author. was quite
as hi1arrr ~ was the situation in China
in the Boxer -rebellion.- when for
aiRn armies were marching on the capita
NJ an empire against which their Govern
ments had not declared war. when the !
great bulk 81 the Chinese army was ne,i-
trail and the Chinese Emperor fed from
his foreign "Euests- into the interior 81 !
the country.
The celebrated march Of the Mace !
domains il dsscrihs-i In detail. and Mr.. |
McCullagh rode out 10 visit the van guard !
AZ San Stefaro on April 20. The army CON
tAirei Moslems Burglars. Greeks. Turks. ,
Christians and Jews all living In harmony:
and this Macedonian march thus solved .
tho we've problem 81 how 10 get the vari-
OTIS races and religions to serve together
in the Ottoman army. II had been re-
peats lily proved that the problem was
in-oluhle: hut To- the thing was done
Then came the capture Of Constantinople.
which - described with q mass 81
details. followed by a minute
picture 81 Yildiz Kiosk. the Sultan = resi-
canc. -th. House 81 Fear. ~ the writer
call. H.
there was nothing regal about this
tumble 81 jerry built small roomei. little |
wooden -tiiic'ss. whose narrow corridors
were mad. still more narrow hy a