Turks Preparing For A Civil War.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 26, 1912:
Military League Demands the Dissolution of the Chamber Within 48 Hours.
THE DEPUTIES ARE DEFIANT
And the Committee of Union and Progress Seeks Aid of What Adherents It Still Has In the Army.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Friday, July 20.— The Daily Chronicle's Constantinople correspondent sends the following dispatch:
    "The Military League for the Salvation of the Fatherland has delivered an ultimatum to the Government, demanding the dissolution of Parliament within forty-eight hours. In the event of a negative reply the League threatens a coup d'etat. The Government has convened an urgent meeting for the purpose of arriving at a decision.
    "I Interviewed Ismail Hakki Bey Babanzadeh, one of the best informed members of the Committee on Union and Progress, on the situation. He states that the condition of affairs is grave.
    "Several military leagues, among them the league for the Salvation of the Fatherland, the League for the Preservation of the Fatherland, and the Voice of Maturity, are agitating in different directions. According to good authority, their leaders are unknown forces in the Ottoman Empire, and their operations are controlled by hidden wire-pullers.
    "Anonymous proclamations, filled with menaces, are constantly appearing, but in the absence of a concerted policy on the part of the authorities, no effort is being made to either hinder or punish those who are responsible.
    "There is complete anarchy in military circles, and while rapidity of action is imperatively necessary, every movement on the part of the Government is marked by hesitancy, and the Sultan himself is misled.
    "The Committee of Union and Progress will offer the strongest resistance if the Government should resort to aggressive action.
    "In the event of the dissolution of the Chamber, the Committee of Union and Progress will again prove triumphant, as the Government possesses no organization.
    "The life of the present Cabinet, confronted as it is by so many difficulties, will be a short one."