Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
TURKEYS RULER.
MOHAMMED, DIES
Enthroned in 1909 by
Young Turks, After 33
Years in Prison
NEW COUP IS PREDICTED
Enver Pasha, German Tool,
May Try to Change
Succession
4 sterdam. July s.

July
Mohammed V. sultan of Turkey. died
at o'clock Wednesday night. says a
Constantinople dispatch received here by
way of Vienna
Mohammed V. thirty-flfth sovereign of
Turkey in direct descent of the house of
Othman. founder of the empire, came
10 the throne by coup d'etat on April
81. 1909. after having been held for
thirty-three years prisoner by his
brother, Sultan Abdul II. in the royal
palace in Constantinonle The scheming
Abdul II intended that his own son,
Prince Burhan Edino. described as the
most brilliant and gifted Of the princes
Of the house Of Othman. should succee.
him But this plan was thwarted when
Parliament deposed Abdul and placed
his prisoner brother. Mohammcd Reschad
Efrendi, on the throne.
The Shek-ul-Islam. head of the Church
in Turkey, drew up the decree of de-
position. which passed Parliament with
out dissent. Five minutes later Mo
hammed. who during his Imprisonment
had had no experience in the duties oI
government. was declared Sultan. The
same afternoon he took the oath of
fidelity to the Turkish constitution.
End Comes in Seventy-third Year
Mohammcd V was born in Constant
nope November 3, 1s45. He was of
studlous disposition and widely read in
Turkish literature. His long imprison
ment with lack of exercise and rich
living undermined his health. His ap-
pearanCc showed the ravages of time and
the worries of an unsteady throne. BY
his enforced seclusion he was totally
unfit for public life. and is reported to
have said regarding it: During my i'm
prisonment of thirty-three years my
enemies have slandered me and called
me a madman bordering on imbeciltty."
He was characterized as good-natured,
weak and ingenious, with an almost in
fantile curiosity and of a religious ma
ture.
At his accession he espoused the cause
of the Young Turks, the party winch
was in opposition to his brothers reign.
I-pon the deposition of Abdul Moham-
med was welcomed by them as a cham
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s'eSsNe -. c,5 VIA 1Ia
'ilioie ~ uo,,. ,,,u,n nt tho
was, was. nuM 81, si,, w. son+ o,,,
loui's H, ui n pa, - annar,e ,t,a. bo b,d
10 t'Ie ~ Mo'Iu 49, nie,,3 s,,r,,nrtor or ths
dlMasS uee' ~. t' Observation-Disclosures, an1
cause ol oe''''
p'Is rs,a ,,o co,.orrr,.,t ras rever
ms naIu II. ,''e ,.,,.nii,, aas', disno-
stro"s' l,''is " LII - I.9,t lin,
| sltloil anu "eaN ~ s .,,o T,,r,,isi,
coIi'll'ualIE co, a. ~" Y',I
Much Territory Lost in Reign
tJo feared denosition during the Turko-
nra,.irg in the shrines of Constantinople.
| IL .nr,aIed IN tho army to he loval to
~, IA said ,bair trea easonable demands
/ nnoo,,r.ged tho erenv to attack the
/ InrdoneII.s He also lost most of his
! n,,rora,,, :, dor,irions in tha Balkan wars
/ ~. - r,,,rl,s invaded tho nalscA in
to,o ,,,ba7 ,,ohammed vas renorted to
Lo,.e becor1e reconciIed with his brother
In 1914, at the outbreak of the pres
ent war. Mohammed issued proclama-
ton blaming the Triple Entente with
thrusting war on Turkey. He exchanged
kilograms of greeting with the German
Enperor. from whom he later received
the iron cross When England and
France declared that state of war