THE TURKISH REVOLUTION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2494, 6 May 1909, Page 5

THE TURKISH REVOLUTION.

A DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. THE EXODUS OF THE HAREM. United Press Association —Copyright CONSTANTINOPLE, May 4. Nadir Aga, chief eunuch, was sentenced to death and then reprieved. With his help considerable sums of money were discovered in the Yildiz Kiosk; also Abdul Hamid’s correspon- \ dence with a sovereign of one of the great Powers. The exodus of Abdul Hamid’s harem continues. Forty-five carriages, each containing two to three women, with children, left the Yildiz Kiosk in a- single day. RESIGNATION OF THE CABINET. , THE ADANA MASSACRES. Tewfik Pasha’s Cabinet lias resigned. Hilmi Pasha will probably be Grand ViziGr. The" Relief Committee, under the chairmanship of the American ConsulGeneral, urges an appeal for £IU,UUJ on behalf of the sufferers at Adana, < Alexandretta, Tarsus, Mansina, Lata- : kia, and Antioch. ! When the Adana massacres were renewed on the 25th, soldiers and Basinbazouks volleyed at an Armenian school, .< harboring 2000 refugees. It was soon ablaze. Those emerging from the burn- ; ing building were shot, and the remainder were incinerated. THE NEW SULTAN’S SELF DENIAL RELINQUISHES £SOOO A MONTH. (Received CONSTANTINOPLE, May 5. Tewfik' remains in office until after J Lemony of investing the Sultan w ith the sword of Ottoman. . LONDON, May 5. Reuter’ s 'correspondent reports that , i 4-Up, Fifth relinquishes Mahommend the I f™ c , • nthly £SOOO or 20 per cent., Oi his mon y civil list. The Chamber warmly p plauded the announcement. further massacres. A HORRIFYING holocaust—--30,000 DEAD. (Received May 6, 12.20 a.m.) k LONDON, May 5. Further massacres are reported from Adana Four hundred sold,ers are looting, shooting, ” d , bU j“” E the y S fecd of pouring ™ Botb the French “Cols and tit Josephine Convent have taen destroyed, and fears are enLrtained regarding the American missions of Nadi in and Tarsus. At 18 f® 1 , i +l,o+ 6500 people have been killed T Adana and 30% tided in, the en, Irvine*; di that 35,000 have been Tendered homeless. ■