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

~ho ,oos . -siinE rar' IN the Ersai
Irasna
Tho spokesman md chief % ~ p'arlia-
r,-ntary D-putts-. 'o whom 49, ~hir'isus'
tho ta-E ~ Announcing 'o shs sultan
his d.po.ition. was G~nsral Es-ad Pa-Aa
wls-n th.y r~a-h..i che Yiisiiz Moss Abdul
Hafnisis .--r~tarv asked them What thy
wan,.,l and uarn..i ,h.rn that ths r'iiisii
va always armed and might shoot -osi"
~ th.m They persisted In -s'sing him.
and Fzzad PJt-ha told him quite simply
that en-. nation hal d-po--d him. that uO
National Assembly charged it-slf with he
psr~Onal security and that ~ his family
and that h. had nothing Co fear from am
body Abdul Harrid .xpre-s-d his ds~Es
that he might live N the Tchsragan Palace.
and Es,aad Pasha promised TO submit tis
request TO the National Assembly In bs
hops that u might b. granted BY q
strange coincid-ucs this tventy-foufh
Sultan Of this Hosls. % Gilman Was CO
throned by the very force which hs had
called into activity 70 smash tho Conai-
tuition. ON April n his mutinoua soldsrS
had cried Out for the Sheriat. tho Sacred
Law % Islam On April % the Sheraf
broke them and their sultan togethsr
Shefkst Pasha with his customary energy
then proceeded to dispose % the harsm
and clean ont the city The hghtninglke
rapidity which had marked his dealings
with the Sultan's supporters marked also
has dealings with tho Sultan Two days
after the seizure OF Const Antinople Tho
depo=ed sovereign was ON his way TO
Salonica. where he Is closely guardee in
the Allatini villa. near the seashore. With
q Runboat in the foreground OF his ocean
view; hut all his wishes ~ TO comforts.
extra wives and so forth are granted IL
possible. Everything was done with
simplicity, quietne~s and refinement OF
courtesy which was absolutely persect.
vet strikes the reader a. bordering Upon
the comic. in consonAnce with the axiom
that -extremes meet
When the Ogre's Den vas eVplorec. the
process was like sending n tax collector
20 make out list 81 the goods IN Ali
Baba's cave" says MIR NcCullaRh. The
tale reads like an extract from the arabian
Nights Hoards Of gold. silver notes. !
priceless Jew els. were found in the most !
unlikely places. mixed up with all sorts |
Of trifeS pearl necklace. or act Of
praying beads. worth Gi7i.oDO was found |
on a couch in the former Snltan's room: |
precious stones were on tables IN open !
drawers. underneath Furniture. The for !
rner Commander Of the Faithful was not |
a profound student Of the !
Nioslem scriptures. as the orly copies !
found IN the palace. nine copies Of the i
Koran anda number o. other sacred books.
were in "A safe which evidently had not I
been opened for wears. and they were |
mi xed up with railway shares and other |
profsne documents Many very valuable |
sacred books were st-ewn among the
saddles and brides in the imperial stables
NJ lildl2 Moreover. ~ many thousands !
~ djournals were discovered that they I'LL /
A small house az the entrance 10 the War /
Once one mistake the conquerors seem |
to have made for two Ir three days Yildiz .
was not properly gua' dsNd and ire
sponsihle persons trar,,Ad through. over
priceless rugs. apparently footing wher-
pvcr and whatever tI"y pleased A. all /
events certain valuable articles are re-
ported as missing
Mr. MCI'ullaRh does not think the former
sultan will live long His interest in life.
IN his birds. animals and carpentry work
has steadily deere. t-d. his apathy has
increased tie con fLAlns OF IN" inSuf-
iCisncy - has allowance. flies into RACES
and has fallen int a state bordering on
He fids IL difficult 10 habit
nate himself TO the thought that he has
'aased a. reign: he orders impossible things
ard Immediately fcrge's that he has
ordered them he sometimes talks in a
loud voice. calls hImself a fool for not
having -acted- con April :p. and after
org fits 81 gloomy meditation he strikes
he table with his fat. thing he was never
n the habit 81 doing. and cries -Maledic-
ion In short. his surerincs are such
hat death evidently would be a blessing.
supreme relief for himself and for
Turkey
There are nine Photographs ~ scenes
With the crisis besides Shelf
tets portrait and a map ~ the advance
N Constantinople