New-York tribune., 1896-06-01
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.
THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT OPENING
PRIVATE LETTERS.
a swINDI.ER OF BIG st-Ms-THE ALLEGED IN
sT1GAToR OF THE SHAFTS ASSASSINATION

ST1GATOR OF THE SHAHS ASShSSiNN'iO-'
cEHNrscHrs CHECKERED CAREER
The charges brought by "The Saturday Review
against Mr. Chamberlain OF availing himset OF MS
official position Of Secretary OF State FOR the Ooo
TO omen and peruse private and confidential letters
passing through the postolficc between tne 'h ''u
CompaDv in England and its representatives III
Africa serves to cali attention TO practice 'hat Is
pursued by every Government In europe. l" -
of the terms and provisions OF the lh'e'i,''
postal treaties :he postal department OF e'Vn ~
trv has its so-caled "black cabinet" where le''erS
addressed to and by suspected persons arc OP'i'H'
copicd and then either destroyed or eise sem ." ~
their destination. There are several rne'"'"S IA
vogue for opening correspondence, that IN 'nos' ii
uuent use being a santing inclsioh oi III. 80.
NJ the envelope at n distance OF quar'ei VI al ~
from the fo.d the santing character OF .he o.' "
.rc a. nossible TO reunte the edges wi'hou' ie"V"s
much trace Most people. while aware 'h'' '"'',
corresnondence might be subjected 20 treatment Vi
this character on the part o. the Coh''ne'''a' wy
.rnments of Europe. have fond'y iinasiheu l'a' Wv
English Postal Department is entirety Tree ''o'' "s
- .nroach But II now appears that any one
~ the i've Secretaries Of State enjoys 'ne iisn -
tssning A warrant for the examination at 'ne .,',
60, poston,ce of private correspondence cohiued ~
4. a.. ,~orsm,ssion When Mr.. Fawcett was os'-
,naster-GSeneral In Mr.. Gladstones Adi''',H"
swelve years ago, he on one occasio" '' 49,
resignation in consequence of his dlsapproN"' VI Wy
NJ
,arv Of State for the Home Department. III s'o'o''
~. ,o examination letters to and from America s''s
,ec,ed of containing information relating 10 'he ''i
land League and TO Home Rule. Bu' ne was NV
roa,ely induced to withdraw his resiEnaUo' anu "
20 on condoning an evil that he could not oeie"u
rbsre Is an American end to the astound'iis s'oi!
h,ch ms lust been revealed in the English III"
courts nv the suit OF a lawyer OF the name Vi
FOR the recovery Of a sum CT s2o~V from ln al VIZ
s,v,es himself the Emir Hafz. an Arabian frln'e'
r,smher of the family OF the Aboassloes oi NV
and thirty-fourth llneal descendant OF 'ne p'op",
Nahomet For X appears that THIS Oily Iooh'"s
oriental with brown holland compiexioi mas oee'
- VA ,ess than three occasions in the Cn'ed S'"'eS
Cor the avowed purpose of obtaining mont! o,' p'
tences which the most indugeh' u n,' a.
cuaintances must describe as misleading lie as
nr.s tbet n. has been robbed here, and AT an! r"e
r,aae that the excuse on the occasion OF HIS '"''
,s,, ., this country in 1894 for getting return
.,Lo, from some charity organiza tion in Ne"-'o'h
far himself and his female companion or "''e'' ,,
who is a particularly hard-looklhs i-"e' ,
Gated hospital nurse He seems 10 nave P' ",
=, one occasion as "Prince Hafiz. nd on a"o'"e'
o. "Nr Alexander" and TO have figured quiie p'o''i'
.,,,,, In baltimore as distinguished convert "
Cs,,,,o,,tv All these items OF information are OF
interest lust now in view of the fae' tha' os u..
+ion of Judge Ha wilkins. who presiaeo a' ."e "' ~
n,hc prosecutor in London Is about 10 Deg" c''''
nal proceedings against the "a" io' ~
under false pretenses. . .,..o,
His frauds appear have been OF the most co'os''
,a fantastic character. From Father Benson alone
the superior of the Cowley Fathers ut OXFORD ne p
+a,ned no less than sS0c0o. while ne was ,"o'e "
,.,or,n 500 600 out Of an English lawyer OF conS''e'
able experience and large practice "A le'. -
,h.sa loans was that they had been maze 10 "'''
,;,hou, onv written acknowledgment on MS part
.nd that had 1t not been for incautious ADMISSIONS
ON the part Of himself and OF MS iega "u'
court his dupes could never have ooia'neo jus
rnent against him. The means oy WHICH '' 80
20 have obtained the money from Father Benson au
from Mr. Briggs were by inducing them 10 oe"eN.
,h., he owned tine fourth part Of family fortune oi
s,oo nm oo and that funds were needed IN ofuer 10
secure possession of his share in ,his ii"e'
sortune The honored name OF Burton hs"eu p
ren,lv during the proceedings, as II appt"rtu .''
the so-disant Emir had been brought 10 Ehslanu d.
. child and educated up 10 the age OF eightee' u!
e,ster now dead of the famous Oriental eNp.orer'
the late Sir Richard Burton. The Lohcon iA"es'
IN discussing the editoraiy indo :Ses INV op'
ION expressed by Sir Henry Hawkins me presume
Judre 10 the effec: that human folly and creduh'y
can hardly go much further" than as dspa'e1 'S
the dupes of th- exceedingly shady oriental
DieneI-.d- Dhcen Khan. who is charged with being
tho chief instgator Of the recent assassinaloh Vi
the Shah and who has just been surrehdeTeu W ,"e
c,tan 10 the Persian authorities in compliance "ltp
.,o ,rose,ry demands bears a name that Is familiar
"a many neople In the United States as ire
opent contributor 70 1.-THE Nineteenth Century ana
=, The Fortnight.y' and to THE Norm American
Review" The facility OF his prolihc pen Is on d
mar with his skill as intriguer and he has been
r,,re or less directly concerned in all the important
c,ps,,races that have taken place In the orient IN
the last twenty years. An Afghan by birth. he WAS
connelled 10 fee for his life from Cabu for plotting
agains, the Ameer. 1t was not long before the
English authorities in India found him intriguing
with the native princes and melting them 10 ihsur-
recton Expelled from India. he made his way 10
Fsypt which ne reached shortly before the deposi-
finn of IIhediye Ismai and Immediately set 10 work
10 combat British influence by means OF the Masonic
lodges which very numerous on the banKs OF the
Nile he himself holding high rank In the rrat'.
Turned out Of Egypt. he next appeared at faris IN
the guise of an intimate friend Of Henri Rochefort:
and II was In concert with the latter that he per-
shaded the late Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, the ex-
King Of the Puntaub. 10 renounce his allegiance 10
Queen Victoria we'll as the Christian faith wh>ch
he had adopted and to proceed TO India for the pr-
pcse OF heading a revolt on the part of his former
subjects against the English. The Maharajan. it
NAV he remembered, did not get further than Aden,
whence nc was shipped back by the English TO
Europe and deprived Of his allowance until com
PEELED by want recant his errors. The khan's
next intrigue was plo: 10 dethrone the Shan. the
discovery OF which forced him TO fee for his life
from Teheran Making his escape TO Moscow, he
was promptly requested by the Russian police 10
leave the country and next turned at Constanti-
nopic where the Sultan. not from feelings OF con-
fdence or regard solely with the object OF keep
ang 90 dangerous q man under strict surveillance.
APPOINTED him 10 ONCE which involved his taxi
ing up his residence within the precincts OF the
palace 1t is there that he is supposed to have
Matched the conspiracy for the assassination OF the
Shah and it is with the object OF disassociating the
Turkish Government from any suspicion of COM
p.iclty or connection with the crime that the Sultan
Oh sl,an
TO the Persian authorities 1t will doubtless AFFORD
feeling Of relief tho ruler Of Turkey to learn that
this arch potter has at length with his deserts
and been put to death. For ne has stood In great