THE TURKISH REVOLUTION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2486, 27 April 1909, Page 5

THE TURKISH REVOLUTION.

CABLE NEWS.

SURRENDER OF THE SULTAN

GOOD ORDER MAINTAINED IN CONST A NTIN ORLE.

United Press Association—Copyright.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 25

The population of Peru warmly cheered the arrival of N'inza Pasha, the hero of the Resna revolt. 'Sherbet- Pasha was everywhere given an ovation.

A thousand people were killed or wounded in the attack on Taxim barracks alone. The casualties elsewhere were comparatively few. LONDON, April 23.

A message received at midnight declares that Constantinople was never •known to be so quiet. It is anticipated that once the military situation is cleared an inquiry concerning the authors of the revolt will be undertaken, and in this connection the question of the throne will be considered. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 25. The conduct of Shevkot’s troops is perfect, and inspires gener>r conii■dence. The garrison had planned for considerable resistance, strengthening the guard houses, and even taking up points of vantage in private houses. Hence street fighting was expected. It now seems that the prolonged parieyings at San Stefano were intended to avoid fratricide and bloodshed. Many officers of the garrison did their utmost to hinder resistance by locking up the guns and ammunition. Shevket intends to remove the entire old garrison, the majority going to Salonika. During yesterday morning’s bombardment a shell burst on a wall adjoining the Austrian Embassy courtyard The staff was not injured. The garrison at the fort, refusing to surrender, a sharp fusilaclo followed, and was kept up, which compelled the garrison to hoist a white flag. Mr Moor, the wounded snapshotter, also represented the "Chronicle. ’ He received a slight bullet wound. It was imagined ho was firing. Mr Booth, representative of the “Graphic,” received a wound in the head. Stray bullets killed some bluejackets aboard an Italian guardship. LONDON, April 25. It is difficult even in Constantinople itself, owing to the state of siege, to ascertain what is occurring at the palace, but Reuter’s Salonika message, despatched at 6 last evening, stated that after Tashkisla, Matohka, and Taxim had been captured, the garrison at Yildiz Jvio.sk surrendered without offering resistance. A message despatched at S o’clock from Constantinople stated: /’The capture may be extremely difficult. Yikliz Kiosk possesses artillery, and may be’able to give a good account of itself. The other positions already captured were not provided with rtillory. M Office ! message- state that the position as far as older and security are ict-rm d is ported. THE MASSACRES IN ASIATIC TURKEY. INTERVENTION OF FOREIGN BLUEJACKETS. (Received April 20, 10.5 p.ni.) CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20. The landing of foreign bluejackets restored order at Alexandretta, but the Armenians in the neighboring districts are still being massacred, including Dortigol, where the Christians are besieged. The captains of the foreign -warships have sent 400 Turkish troops 'to the relief of Dortigol. SURRENDER OF YILDIZ KIOSK. TROUBLE FEARED THROUGH • MOSLEM FANATICISM. (Received April 20, 11.5 p.ni.) CONSTANTINOPLE, April 26. The National Assembly has agreed to a state of seigo being declared at Constantinople |with the object of facilitating arrests and enabling trials by court-marital. The idea that Moslems arc fighting 'Moslems is producing a deep impression and is likely to lead to further tfouble. The Yikliz defenders state that the Sultan personally advised them not to resist the Salonikans, who took "possession of Yildiz barracks at midday on Sunday. The mutineers guilty or the abuse of the white flag were summarily shot. Their treachery resulted in the death of Mukhtal Bey and 15 Salonikans. Enver Bey, who commanded the Constitutionalists in the Taxim district, admits that the attackers lost seven officers and 100 men at Taxim. A body of mutineers, avoiding the Salonikans’ left flank, escaped north towards Therapia. The rest have been, disarmed and interned. The war office at Stamboul greatly resent defeat at the hands of fellow Moslems. CONSTANTINOPLE POPULACE REJOICES. EXCELLENT DISCIPLINE OF THE SALONIKANS. ■ (Received April 27, 12.5 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, April 26. During their entry into Stamboul the Salonikans drove many hodjas from the mosques. Some were arrested and some killed, despite their sacrosancityl. The populace of the city are joyful. Bonfires and illuminations were kindled. 1 ■■■■’' .

Everyone is impressed with the organisation and discipline of the victors. THE CAPITULATION OF YILDIZ. SCUTARI CAPTURED BY THE SALONIKANS. LONDON, April 26. 'The “Telegraph’s” Constantinople correspondent states that 800 men wore killed and 1200 wounded in the fighting. Directly the barracks were captured the Salonikans converged on Yildiz. Two large barracks, with seventeen guns, immediately outside the palace, surrendered on Sunday morning.- Negotiations proceeded until noon with 4000 men inside the palace enclosure, when the Sultan urged non-resistance. When the Salonikans entered they found thousands of the garrison commandeering boats to take them to Selimicli barracks, .Scutari, where the garrison was threatening to Bombard Pera. Patrolling tropedo boats, however, prevented many of the Yildiz garrison from escaping. Many fugitives during the evening were found in the cemeteries and houses, and wero shot on the slightest resistance. The defenders of Scutari numbered ! 000, and precipitately retreated on Sunday evening after tho Salonikans had ferried tho Yildiz guns across the Bosphorus and threatened bombardment.

The Sultan forced Tewfik and Edhem, the next heirs, to remain at Y'ikliz as hostages. Lie accepted- a Salonika)! guard after capitulation. It is reported that Ahmed Riza will be the next Grand Vizier.

[Scutari is a- town on the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus.]

A MONARCH IN HIS LAIR

WHERE HE WAITS THE ADVANCE OF THE YOUNG TURKS.

Constantly occupied with apprehensions for his personal safety, Abdul Hamid transferred his abode, shortly after coining to the throne, from the palace of Dolma Raghtehi, on the bank of the Golden Horn, where he did not feel safe, to YTkliz Kiosk, a pleasure resort of his predecessors on a hill behind Bc-hikt-ash, overlooking Pera, Sfcambol, the lower Bosporus, and the Sea of Marmora. The park is'surrounded by a groat- wall, in some parts 50 feet high, and contains two small lakes, the one natural, and the other artificial. Early in 1901 the SultanTiii order to extend tho park towards Ortakeui, bought a large adjacent estate, consisting of a mansion aud extensile grounds, which arc now enclosed within the mural fence of Yildiz. "Within this carefully-guarded enclosure arc numerous buildings, which include an observatory, a porcelain factory, stabling for 150 horses, and a harness Factory, besides a number of chalets and other fanciful edifices. The most conspicuous amongst these latter is the Marassin Kiosk, built especially for the occupation of the German Emperor on his first visit in 1898. Some of the smaller chalets are used as prisons lor Political prisoners or as houses of detention for persons undergoing inquisitorial treatment. Within the mam enclosure a .second wall surrounds tho Kiosk, which the Sultan, \vith his four principal wives, inhabits, and which he himself designed. About it are grouped smaller kiosks, in which the other ladies of the harem reside. The doors of the inner barrier are all locked at sunset, and therein, protected by a bodyguard, the Sultan passes his nights in wlmt ho considers assured security. In March, 1901, the Officers of the Privy Purse, from’ windows which— commanding a view of the road between the palace gateway -and the Hamedieli Mosqueapproved visitors witnessed the Selamlik precession on Fridays, were demolished by Imperial order, called rortn by the Sultan’s ever-increasing iear or assassination. Tho palace domain is guarded by two batteries of artillery, and bv the whole of the 2nd division of the First. Army Corps, composed oi 12 btatalions, each GOO strong. And tlio Sultan has his own special bodyguard.