Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-25
EDHEM PASHA IN DISGRACE His Displacement by Osman
 PaSha Indicates It. THE LATTER'S POPULARITY With the Army Caused His Being Placed in
 Command.
A PROPOSED MOVE BY GREECE,
Which, if Carried Out, Will Cause Havoc With the Turkish Capital-King George To Issue an Appeal To His Coun-
 trymen for Financial Aid.
(Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated
 

(Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated
 Press)
 London, April 24-The last few days have developed a dramatic situation. The sudden removal of Edhem Pasha, the Turkish commander-n-chief, md the fact that he has been replaced by Os- man Pasha, has caused great surprise in view of the glowing accounts which the correspondents sent of Edhem Pasha's brilliant plan of campaign, which was represented as working like a machine and which gave the world the impression that Turkey had found in him a second Won Moltke It is stated now that Edhem Pasha is in disgrace, that he has had little previous experi- ence in warfare, that he is a creation of Isset Bey and that he fell when that fa- vorite of the sultan went down. It Is also stated that the sultan has hitherto been afraid to send his best generals, such as Achmet, F'uad and Reschid Pasha to the front, they being instead kept in the most remote provinces. No remarkable development, however, is ex- pected from the appointment of Osman Pasha to command the Turkish forces operating against the Greeks in Thes- sally as apart from the danger of swap ping horses at the present critical junc- lure, oSHiGH 1dSHd Will Dt D6Teu by the sultans jealous determination to direct the military operations from the Yildiz Kiosk The great value of Os- man Pasha's presence al the front is his popularity with the army. The sultan dreaded his popularity although he used it as a protection by always having Os- man Pasha accompany him cn his weekly drives upon the occasion of the Slamik, when the sultan himself sallow misera- ble looking figure sat facing the horses with hiG orizzla1 rncn11lta 1OOlxinpr old marshal opposite him. In his position as palace marshal Osman Pasha has had to seal every dish served the sultan and never left the grounds of the palace without imperial permission.
 Saad Edden Pasha, who is to succeed Ahmet Hicks Pasha in command of the Turkish army at Janina, is the general the sultan sent to Crete in January last to carry out the reforms there in accord .ance with the sultan's ideas. The am bassadors, however. demanded Saad Ed den's recall and after threat from the powers of serious measure if the de- mand was refused, the sultan yielded and Saad Edden was recalled
 The cabinet council al the Yildiz Kiosk, yesterday discussed the enrolment of volunteers and decided that as the treaty of Berlin forbids the use of irregulars, volunteers must wear the Turkish uni form and serve under regular officers appointed by the government. Out of the twenty Albanian volunteers one-haIf have accepted these conditions and the others who refused have been sent home. An official report gives the entire num- ber of Turkish troops under arms as be- ing 357000, whereof 217,000 are in Euro pean Turkey
 From Athens it is stated that discon- tent exists there at the fact that King George has not yet started for the front. His reserve is considered excessive. The feeling at Athens against Russia still runs high. The Greek government has rejected Russia's offer to protect the Greek orthodox Catholics in Turkey, Russia's eagerness to do so having caused doubts as to her motives and the government of Greece has now begged Great Britain to protect the orthodoxS. It is understood that in message which the king is preparing he will invite Greeks throughout the world to make sacrifices of money as well as blood.
 The rumor in Athens today that the Greek warships were preparing to make a dash through the Dardanelles caused much interest in military and naval cir- cles. It was pointed out that the bonn bardment of small ports on the Albanian and Macedonian coasts does not require powerful ironclads such as the Psara, Hydra and Spetzai, and these may try ito run the gauntlet of the Turkish ships and ports fn the straits If only two of them succeeded in getting through the effect of their appearance in the BOs- phorous would be incalculabie It is quite certain that with their present armament the Turkish warshps would be powerless against them. The Greek army at present is suffering from lack of medical supplies.
 The attitude o1 the various Balkan states is closely watched in political cir cleE. Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, is p.aying his own game and is willing to profit to the utmost by Turkeys stress. apparently needless of advice from Rus sa. The Servian minister at Paris in an interview describes Servia's attitude as being one of strict neutrality
 According to advices from Rome rela- tions between the Hd'y See and Turkey are entirely suspended. The whole in- terest of the vatican is directed towards inducing the powers to overthrow Turk ish rule in Europe with view of re- organization and general resumption of the Christian eastern church.
 The reception accorded to Col. John Hay. the new United States ambassador to the court of St. James, has been most cordial on all sides. The newspapers have been most eRlogistic and it is enl- phatically case of "le rio est mort viVe le roi." There have been many allusons to Col. Hays dignified reticence com pared with the volubility of his prede- cessor, MT. Bayard. The Daily News in it's warmest praise of Col. Hay says:
 Tt is useless to deny that he comes at a rather critical time. A year ago Great Britain and the United States were on the brink of war and the reception of the arbitra ti0n treaty has bsen bitter disappointment to America's best friends in Enga nd."
 There has been considerable stir in Paris at the public sta tement of Lee Iaxil, who recently appeared as a con vert to Rome from atheism and Free masonry, thai he has been hoaxing the pope. the cardinals the clergy and the people. Taxil fer some time has been supporting woman, Diana Vaughan, born of Protestant parents in Kentucky, who, in America, was devote to Satan ism and he found belief among section influence of the late Gen. Albert Pike she had married the Devil Asmodeus. Soon after Taxil announced that Diana Vaughn had been converted to Catholic