1 MAY 1909, page 2

As Free-traders We Approve Of The General Principle Of The

Budget, which is to have recourse to direct rather than indirect taxation. Again, we approve of the fact that the new taxes, though they will only raise some thirteen extra......

We Wish We Could Quote The Whole Of This Remarkable

story, and tell how the Sultan poured out his supplications, supplica- tions which in the Daily Telegraph report are punctuated with such remarks as : " Arif does not reply,"......

In A Budget Of Disagreeables One Of The Few Consoling

features is the splendid result obtained by the Income-tax in the past year. The tax was act:m.11y levied on Z1,040,000,000 of income, and, in spite of the recent rebate given......

Finally, The Sultan Yielded To Their Summons, Surrounded...

black eunuchs, and followed by a few soldiers, they entered a vast salon. " The windows are shuttered. Only one is half open, and through its panes we see the sun-bathed gardens......

We Must Conclude Our Notice Of The Budget By Mentioning

the way in which it has been received in the country. If we are to judge by the Unionist Press, it i being received with something like consternation by the various interests......

Though All Resistance Was Ended By Midday On Sunday, And

the mutinous garrison had been removed from the barracks round Yildiz, the palace and its grounds were not occupied till Tuesday, the delay being due to the determination to......

A Deputation Of Four Deputies Named By The National,...

at once proceeded to Yildiz Kiosk to inform the deposed Sultan of his fate. The special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph had the good fortune to obtain from Carasso Effendi,......

"the Wheel Has Come Full Circle." Abd-ul-hamid Has Been...

and his half-brother Reshad. Effendi has been made Sultan in his stead. The events must be described in chrono- logical order. Last Saturday the Salonika army tightened its......