Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-17
Compromise Reached.

After several conferences, in which the
German Ambassador participated, and
repeated interviews with the eX-sultan
in his gilded cage a compromise was
finally reached. The terms are unknown
to the public. The administration OF
Turkey is controlled by secret commit
tee, the members of which are self-elect-
ed and responsible only to themselves
Whatever it DEGREES is final and its pow
er is unlimited, Notwithstanding the eX-
istence of the usual ministry and par
Lament.
According to compact made with Abb
dull Hamid under this compromise, the di-
rector of the Imperial Bank of Germany
brought the tin box containing his ac-
cumulated securities to Saloniki and de-
posted il in the branch Of the Imperial
Ottoman Bank here. A day two later
this director accompanied by the German
consul Mr.. Vitalis, manager of the Salo-
Mkt branch of the Ottoman Bank. and
delegation of three persons from the
finance department of the government,
carried this tin box to the Villa Alattini
where it was opened, the securities ex-
amined, counted and surrendered form
ally by the ex-sultan to the representa-
tives of the Turkish government. He re-
ceived a receipt in full. witnessed by the
German consul and Mr.. Vitalis, and it is
said that when the committee of Young
Turks left the villa, the ex-sultan turned
to Maj Sabri, his keeper and cried in
despair:
+ They have taken everything from me
even my clothes.
There are several stories as to the
amount of securities thus transferred. The
estimates vary all the way from $3,OCOOoJ
to SO 900, 600. but the most reliable author
tiles give $7,50O.000 as the value. and the
securities whatever they are, are now
deposited in the vaults of the Imperias
Do, II -f-arn finn har
they We're carried by a special train pro-
tected by a military guard.
AS l have said already, nobody knows
the terms under which the ex-sultan gave
up his wealth. but the surrender has not
been followed by his release, although
many people believe that he has since
been sent to more congenial quarters and
that the vigilance with which the guard
is kept around the Villa Alattni is mere
~ a pretense to deceive the public. Some
believe that he is now in one of the many
imperial villas upon the banks OF the
Bosphorus; others are bold enough to
insist that he has been taken to France
Germany. but that is scarcely possible.
for it would require either a voyage by
sea or long journey by rail. and such
movement could not have been concealed
from the public. Those who should know
best declare that the eX-sultan would
never consent to go back to Constantinople,
and they are convinced that the Villa
Alattini will continue to be his prison
untll IL becomes MS TOMB. HIS CONNIE
ment must shorten his life, and his mel
ancholy moods, alternating with bursts
of passion, must sooner or later affect his
mind. He is now seventy-twO years old,
and for years has been a victim of all
kinds of Authorizations, which naturally
are exaggerated by the lonely life that
he is living and the reflections suggested
by his solitude
His face has become like a piece of
wrinkled parchment, his beard is perfect
ly white and he no longer has his barber
dye it as he formerly did. If he has any
conscience, he is suffering the punishment
that he deserves, and an eternity in perdi-
ton would be a light penalty for his
hideOus crimes.
Unique as Wholesale Assassin.
Like Tamerlane, the mongol emperor
of the middle ages. Abdul Hamid reigned
his cruelties and wholesale assassina-
tion 1t is said that he could never be
induced to sign a death warrant for an
individual and took great credit to him
self for his humanity in that respect, but
at the same time he has repeatedly or
dered the massacre of thousands upon
thousands of his subjects, and deliberate
ly condemned entire races to torture,
mutiliation and long drawn out death.
Abdul Hamid is probably responsible for
the violent death of more innocent men,
women and children than any human
being who ever stained the pages of his
tory with his crimes. Hundreds of thou
sands Of people in Bulgaria and in Ar
menia have oeen slaughtered in cold
blood by his orders, there is not the
slightest doubt; indeed there is abundant
upon the determination of his Christian
subjects in both those countries. He is