Morning journal and courier., 1885-04-17

drawing g-rooms at Claridge's remind one ire sistibiy of Parisian salons and the ante chambers of Continental palaces, and noth- ing English meets the eye ear save the lu- g b ious tones of the hurdy y-gurdy in the street outside. Both organ players and the German bands affect the vicinity of Clar- idge's and help you to realize the fact that you are still in London, notwithstanding the buhl and ormolu tables, the gilded consoles, the great French clock, with it's attendant row of candelabrs and purple vases; the calico covered damask seats, the orce re- splendent chandeliers, the overpowering crimson wall paper unbroken by single pie ture, and the array of stiff and angular fau- teuils which surround you. It is perhaps from the most uncomfortable of these arm chairs that His Excellency Hassan Fehmi Pa sha, envoy extraordinary from His Imperial Majesty the Sultan of all the Turks, the commander of the Faithful, the Shadow of God upon earth and the Caliph of Islam, to the court of Her Britannia Majesty, rises with true Oriental courtesy and good breed
 ing to greet his visitor. The appearance of Hassan Fehmi may excite both interest and sympathy. He is between forty and fifty years of age, well built, of medium size, and his singularly expressive oval face is dark without being swarthy. His fine but mel ancholy eyes are full of intelligence; his high forehead is furrowed by care and anx- iety; his chestnut brown beard is carefully trimmed, and Turkish fez covers his slight ly silvered hair. An ordinary English morn ing coat and black necktie tied loosely round his throat complete the picture of Has san Fehmi Pasha as he is at Claridge's.
 You begin your conversation with an en- couraging belief that you are speaking to a highly cultured and kindly gentleman. You rise from it with the impression that Hassan Fehni is an intelligent patriot and Platon- ic hope that his patience and honesty of puI- pose may be crowned with success Hassan Fehmi speaks with perfect candor as to the origin. aim and object of his mission. ''The moral and material interests of England and Turkey have always been, and should be still, identical. A passing misunderstanding has for Q tins overshadowed their relations, but we firmly believe that the arrangement will soon come to an end, and that England will once again fall back on her traditional policy of the past. Could England tolerate for moment the presence of hostile stran- gers in Asia Minor? Can great Moslem power like England be indifferent to the friendship of the Sultan -Caliphs Has not England everything to gain by the sincere friendship and active goodwill of Turkey?'
 The story of Hassan Fehmis life mas little in it of dramatic interest. Born of a re- spectable Georgian family living at Maradit, near Batoum, he was sent at an early age to be educated at Constantinople. He studied law, was employed both in the foreign office and the commercial court, becoming eventu- ally, at the early age of twenty seven, its president. He resigned his post to follow the private practice of his profession and achieved very remarkable success. In the Ottoman Parliament he represented Stam- bout, and was at it's first session appointed reporter of the debates. The opening of the second session saw Hassan Fehmi elected by large majority to the post of Speaker He afterwaId became successively administrator of the Imperial Civil list and minister of Public Works and Justice. During his long career he has been accustomed to give public lectures on commercial and international law, and his book the foreign capitula- tions is the standard work on that important subject. Such has been the useful and mod est career of the man who has been selected by Abdul Hamid himself for a task of grave responsibility It is difficult to know wheth- CT the Sultan himself or the British govern ment may be more appropriately congratula- ted on the wisdom of the choice made by the former. The appointment of Hassan Fehmi shows that much wisdom is sometimes to be found in the councils of the Yildiz Kiosk
 Be the result of his important mission what it may, one may safely predict that long time must elapse before the diplomatic and social world of London will forget the quiet and dignifed manners, the admirable pa tience and the patriotic eloquence of the Turkish special envoy of 1885.