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

'"t~ns'- Wa the rnuiny i,i- ~ ne IN
compatibility q Tho i.iu 20 th- "ruth~'
AMI tho GunstttufiHp - Islam ant rsr
han~ntary Eov-Tpri-nf' 4 negative an
Sc - ~u'ilsi irrryos-=hlv ;i8rss; Turk-y -
tho same thing frav harfs-n again and ~
attempt - the Comm 'f-~ - linton 'ns
Progress o. MAX. 49,. OTTOMAN tutpir- 4
constitutional state - absolutely hope
ls-- Happily. ~ has to certain -HtenI
b~-n dsfnit-lv proved that th. Sultaf
hrih-d the truoI. 10 mutiny His ~-rond
e,nuch. Nadir AEhA. admits having dons
" the first eunuch corruhoratr- the state.
mont II u tr,lc that court - marital ha W
determined for re1snn- ~ state not ~
publish ia. results uf their legations
hut enough has leaked out Co show that
the ca-- against Abdul Hansid IL strong
Further confederation - Furnished by The
enormous collections vt ,py reports which
were found at lildiA and some oG which
have BEEN published IN a Turkish news
paper IL - not quite clear vet whether
the plot iginatei with the sultan or with
the Mohamm.dan Association DR. Paul
! Farkas ~ inclined To the latter Wow. and
/ our author agrees with him. Abdul
Hamid was completely preoccupied with
/
his reign a curse to Turkey. and that dread
was at the root Of the trouble Once ~
assured % his personal safety he would
not have intrigued: but he could not Ire
lieve that the committee would spare him.
and evil Counsellors encouraged his do
fusion for the sake of their own pecuniary
profit. The whole affair hears the i'm
print nf his peculiar genius. and the ex.
traordinary calm which he exhibited when
his SECRETARY brought him the news of the
outbreak impressed at least one high
palace official with the conviction that
his master was party To the mutiny
On the other hand kiamil Pasha. whom
Mr.. McCullash interviewed on the matter
declared that the mutiny was provoked
partly ny the mistakes OF the COMMITTEE.
and partly by the react innary propaganda
Of the Mohammedan Association. the DIS
like II the soldiers for the Young Turk
officers. the intrigue~ Of the discharged
TANKER officers. the comparatively over
worked condition of the rank and Gle and
perhaps the recollection of the old janis
sary revults which men yet living had
s.sen and hundred other causes but
against hiamil Pasha and some IT the
strongly Mohammedan Deputies Mr. Me
CullaRh has the emphatic state ment Of
Marshal Shefket PashA. given To him on
two occasions, that there ~ documentary
proof In the hands Of the court martial
that III. mutinv was directly CAUSED by tho
sN-Sultan's Intrieues Shefket Pasha i'm
presses the author as being very accurate
and truthful. even in cases where a slight
departure from strict v-racity would lead
greatly to the enhancement Of his own
reputation. For instance the story that
the react ionaries had determined To mas
sacr- all the Christians in ConstantinopIe
on The night of April - and that Mahmud
Sh"fket. informed Of this design by one
Of the greatest percentages Of the Govern
ment. who had personally come 10 vi sit
him for the purpose IN April ~ az his
headquarters in San Stsiano. marched on
the Citv several days t-.furr he had origi-
nally int"nds,i to has mp to the present
time b,--n believed everywhere and has
h.-an quoted a. perfectly authentic by the
most serious writers; hut Shefkr, Pasha
himself assured Mr. Mo Cullagh that there
was not word - truth in A. that NJ one
had visited him with any such Ia le and that
the courts-nla rtial nave found no trace
81 any such preparations save that a con
-
II numbering all the consiitutionali-t
offiCer, who remained IN the city Some
Christian diplomats and G.nsrals that
wot Of remarks the author. would have
smiled looked wise and left the legend
uncontradiCted
Many q tn. reactionary plotters trav-
"lled through Anatolia disguised as r-lig-
ipus teachers. harsnguinS the people.
hut tn. NnSlem Church had nothing to 10
with this mutiny and did It's ',-st 90 coun-
taract the EFFORTS - th.se Spurious priests
Who tried to raise the ~ ar cry ~ the law
u the Prophet The most brilliant mem
ber ~ the nearly ~ IN m. Mohamme,ian
Association. an absolutely represent
alive body formed a few weeks h.for.
the mutlnv. Was \adIr Agha. IN" Sultan's
second e'Inuch. and IN" first thing III"
NacedoniRns did after tho" cartured Vii
dII was 'n HN ~. ;inr" and pls,c. ~ hI-
execution. bat the clever "unuch made
himself ~ useful bv pointInx ont 10 his
captorS the places whsr" the sutton lad
hidden has Naluailes that they soon re-
len sci ham. Count Staruh.rP declares,
huN"vsr N his book that Nadir vas saved
10y German influence herausa no had pre-
yIpuslv been IA the confidence II IN. Ger
man Embassy. which - highly sugR,.@-
tive. whether true ar oth"rv ~" The So
Gale! liberal press did ItE share. which
II view " ~" profound reverence Of the
Turk fpr all printed " ords was good Ideal
Had religious fanaticIsm been az ~" bot
tom - ~. ~ no doubt all Europe he
lieve,l with regard 10 the murders ~ Auril
Ia-2I ~" maddened troops ould have
X He'd the Christian Deputies belonging to
the Ihcral lnIun party. but th"v aimed
, piely AT the lives ~ tho committee lead f,
era who were all Moslems Most signii-
rant - all. IN the persons - private
soldiers who were ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED!
in the 'nutIny and brought to the hospital
sums ~ mon"v ranging from Els 20 go
were found. and u hen IA. NacedonIaus
came TO San Stefano Representatives ~
the Salonica troops In the capital visited
them To- ask pardon and 30 confess that
they rad been led a-trlv by money Mr..
NTcC ulllgh himself was chiefly impressed 7
IN 81 Sophia's S1uhr" on tho eventful /.
April ~ hv the intense anxiety II the I
soldiers not "a injure any European His
conclusion was that despite tho elaborate |
rare :" max" the uprising appear To- come |
from below N reality IL came from above.
from powers ~ hich realized the danger ~ /
giving European states nm excuse for in 4