The Washington herald., 1912-03-24
YIdz Kiosk and the Mosque of Had Where the Sultan
Formerly Lived.
Photo By Underwood & Undernood. NY

an event some seven or eight years ago.
when Dr. Bergman told the reigning Sui
tan that his daughter --ould have to be
operated upon for appendicitis. Abdul
Hamid insisted thereupon that a similar
operation should first be performed upon
4 daughter Of one Of the members o. the
court to see what came Of II.
The Sultan's Fear.
Yet another instance OF Abdul Hands
fear lies In the existence Of that :nree
metre high wall around the property. For
merry it was but a metre high, with rails
and brick posts at intervals. But when it
came to obtaining his signature for the
FL 100000 which hay in the Deutsche
Bank, during which a &C ID deal Of bully
ing and coercion had to be used, the pris-
oner finally gave way upo- the promise
that the main gate on the high Dad would
be done away with and the space it oecu-
pied plastered n, and that a wall three
metres high should be built al around the
property. His reason To- this was q fear
lest he might be shot down by people out
side.
While the former morarch l. thus nj
nutely careful concerning his own safety.
the Young Turks are just as precisely so
hcitous that he should not possibly escape,
and there is no manner Of doubt, in spite
Of constant official assurances that Abdul
Hamid Is quite happy, that his captivity
has been carried out with a rigor which is
scarcely jusd6able.
The Young Turks, who are intensely shy
about any reference to Abdul Hamid, as
sert that their captive has all liberty with
in the big outer walls of the property.
That, from what / hear on what / am
bound to consider as good authority, is
untrue What is told me Is this That
the imperial prisoner occupies the first
door, and that he Is confined to that He
is neither allowed to descend to the ground
floor nor ascend to the second story. Above
all, that he is not allowed to 60 out into
the garden, and that be has never been out
since his arrival here. Thi- last is an In
fact. The Young Turks
when tackled them with this az unrght,
assured me that he does not care to come
out for exercise aad that he seldom went
out at Yildiz.
The precautions taken to prevent any
one reaching the prisoner are extreme. 1
asked to have an interview with him and
was met with sarcastic laughter and q
very emphatic negative. "ImpOssibler'
said Young Turk leader. Abdul Hamid
IS dead to the world and no one viii ever
sc. him alive Igain!"
It has been told me, and it is quite with
n the possibilities of the situation and il
,acked by the above words quoted, that
hould any revelation break out and the
Young Turk party find itself in peril one
4 the frst orders given would be the ex-
ermination of the prisoner of the Allatini
lila.
launching at a villa within a stones
brow Of the AIlatini house was rather
urprised to- Ind an Ordinzry net wire fence
II around the garden where wall would
ave naturally suggested itself as more
and useful.
"oh, yes" said the owner. NO walls
ere. We are not allowed to build them"
md it was quite true.
No one having a villa within rife ranze
{ the Allstini villa Is allowed to have a
rail-. For benin such walls friends Of
be former Sultan might take shelter when
a rescue of Abdul Hamid. Thus
ven Rami Bey, the Young Turk member
[ Parliament, who has a villa between
lie Allatini villa and the sea, may not
uild the wall he desired and began around
is garden. Ships also might contain res
hing parties, so all vessels are strictly
,rbidden anchOring anywhere in The bag
ear the Allatini villa.