| Show CONSTITUTiONAL fORCES N COET 41 CONTROL SULTAN PRISONER IN N PALACE Formal Submission Not Yet Given Troops at Mercy of Army of Occupation Com Coma Commander Comm I mander m in io Chief Desiring to Avoid Further Bloodshed Extends Period of Grace Within n Which Sultan Must lust Make lake Final Decision Yildiz Kiosk I osk may Hay mayBe Be Rushed During Night Disposition of Ruler by Con Cons Constitutionalists Unknown to Embassies 1 Constantinople April n 21 Tho con constitutional V forces are arc In complete coni con control control i of the capital tonight The silk sul sultan v tan Is practically a prisoner oner In the Yildiz hIlT palace alace His Ilis formal submission r has not no yet ret been given but bill he lie and the rho troops with him are arc at nt t the morcy of the tho army arm of oC occupation Mahmoud Pasha theco the thel commander co nn In chief of oC the invading inva forces desires to finish the work worl with without without nl l out cut further bloodshed b He hie Is in ne nc negotiation with the Sultans representatives representatives and has extended the period of grace within which the Sultan maks his phial final decision The tailS Eils I Yildiz Kiosk may ho bo rushed during P the night for Cor somo some five thousand In II N Pantry are arc disposed d within a n mile and a half hill of the thc palace r What disposition will be he made of I I the ruler of the Ule empire when he ho Is In Inthe InI inS S I I the hands Bands of the constitutionalists is ister I itE ter unknown to the embassies although a the tho opinion Is held In quarters that ho will 1111 continue as the ther r nominal constitutional executive largely responsible to the cabinet UJ I who in turn tuns with will be responsible to toy topa y parliament pa Complete tranquility prevails In the k N city elt at present hut but anxious ook 1 I arc ate cast in the direction of the Yil YH yf 1 the refusal of I t part of its gar garrison garv v W rison to submit being the serious feat Ceat feature TO 0 ure tiro of the situation General Genera kel Is concentrating large arte forces near lQ this his I point Troops have havo been pour pourIng pourIng i Ing log In n singe since noon and several bat Ii LW Wit lories 1 erie have been planted In the neigh neighboring w boring baring heights but It Is feared that the th task tase of capturing C this well guard guarded guar ed stronghold nifty natty be extremely dif difficult difficult owing to its excellent defensive y ij position and lino th thorough prepared preparedness i ness of the The other oilier positions already cap call captured calli i lured ture by the investing In army were were not provided ed with artillery art III err which gave the assailants an Immense advantage since Ince they were able ahle to shell the bar har barracks 51 racks without reply from front artillery The Tho Yildiz garrison not only possess possesses I es artillery but It JL Is believed that I Ithe GIs the neighborhood Is mined Annar Apparently 4 call General and the other leaders ca ers of the th troops are ar jom to avoid further bloodshed hence hencer their desire to five the tho sultan and am his r advisors ample time for consideration tion 1 The sending forward of the advance posts pasts ll ts of the army yesterday afternoon to within two and one ono half haf miles of the tho palace foreshadowed the on the tho city that began at 5 this tills morning The Tho bridges h ha diem picketed and small parties of o cavalry reconnoitered the ground After desultory fire just before dawn dawna a striking advance was made mado In the tho th southwest part of Pera The attack attacking attacking ing forces spread out in a long on line lIno lin linand and mado made an nn 01 assault on the Matchka and barracks south routh of the palace where they met with will witha willa a n stubborn resistance r Tho The Invaders continued to advance In three columns with the tho utmost pre precision precision and occupied all points of or van vantage vantage tage tape The rho volunteers from received ed their baptism of firo fire from frog Matchka but they tho stood their ground groundsell well sell and replied with steady stead volleys Tho The strength of the volunteers was overwhelming and the Matchka gar garrison garrison rison soon surrendered Almost Immediately the local sold soldiers lers in the tho fasch barracks on tho the opposite lull hill opened ollene a deadly fire but notwithstanding that many ninny of or them fell the troops did not hesitate In their advance but hilt moved moed slowly and an cautiously bringing l up their machine guns which eventually resulted In silencing tho lie garrison There were wore hoary heavy hea losses looses on both sides While this attack was proceed proceeding ing another corps of Infantry infantry try encountered a sudden from front the artillerymen in the hal bat barracks racks but these were only supplied with rifles Mukhtar Boy Dc of the forces fell dead den and many were killed or wounded on the first assault The fighting In the quarters tors r ed at the he porte where the Uio garrison refused to surrender but nt after af after after ter a sharp they wee obliged to hoist holst the white flag flab There was WilS still lUll fighting lighting at tho the Honch bar hal barracks barracks racks but after ater a sharp shar they were pitted The number of casualties probably will never be known but it Is estimated ed d far into nto the thousands Around Aroun the barracks alone It Is be he Moved that one thousand or moro more fell The private houses tho the tholine theline line of fire suffered greatly One of or tho the heaviest losses to the parka parlia parliamentary mentar forces occurred through tho the of the white flag fias For more than an hour the machine machino guns guus of tho the attacking party poured a hall hail of o shots shot Into the garrison and then the de defenders defenders fenders hoisted the white flag flab In Infantry fantry moved d forward In lit the open and the gun fire was suspended When these wore within four hundred yards of the barracks the tho guns gunE behind the tho walls walla opened up a deadly fire on them thorn 27 11 being killed and SO wounded In one quarter somo some or troops were engaged In ha the tho conflict but buL with wilh the terrific exchange of shots fow few non noncombatants combatants were killed half tho the who were brought from tho country districts soy sev several I oral eral months ago and placed in the I Yildiz garrison by b tho the Committee of Union and Progress and who took a I prominent part In the recent mutiny fell fighting in or near tho lie barracks whore whelo they murdered most moat mo t of the of officers officers only ten days dan ago In the lie pock pockets ets of sumo somo of the dead were found large sums of money mone In gold which It is assumed was part of the price of their thell loyalty The fine ambassador Mr de der declared Glared cared that the conduct of o the tho Amer Americans Americans ieans during the fighting and while whilo he was arranging arran to send Bend them off on a steamer was splendid They dis displayed played the lie greatest Interest In the bat hat battle the tle There was no fainting and no hysterics At noon the flue battle ceased and pre precautionary cautionary measures wore immediate immediately ly 1 taken by b the victors to Insure tho the safety Baret of the residents No 10 disorders of any kind occurred during tho the afternoon and no looting was permitted General satisfaction seemed to bo be felt foIL at the swift change chango from uncertainty to Constitutional or order order order der Should tho the sultan remain in office it will merely be in a nominal way His llis allowance will have havo no means for further agitation should his mind turn again in this direction It is credibly reported that tho ho sultan has distributed dist within re recent recent recent cent days das two million pounds Turk Turkish Turkish ish to tho the troops The he question of his disposition of his execution can cnn hardly be consid considered considered ered a possibility He has hns been tried it Is true and condemned In the com committee committee of union and progress as un untrustworthy untrustworthy untrustworthy trustworthy but it Is authoritatively stated that ho he will be he allowed to re remain remain remain main where whore he Is fop for the present Continued on Pago Page Six CONSTITUTIONAL FORCES IN COMPLETE CONTROL I Continued from Page One o 0 o 0 oO QI O 0 The Sultan yielded to tho the 0 O OO J O 0 Constitutionalists at 1 0 O OO O 0 this afternoon but hut whether his 0 O OO O 0 surrender was with or 01 without 0 O OO O 0 u conditions has not been an 0 O OO O 0 0 o oO O 0 Of the men at al the this dis 0 O OO O 0 of Ills HIs Majesty jester yester 0 O OO I 0 O day all have hae been either elthel killed 0 O OO I O 0 wounded or captured or 01 have hao 0 O OG G o escaped 0 o oC C 0 0 O I Io I o 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 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