The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-16
TALE Il TURKISH GIjIE
ONE VERSION OF CONSUL GENERAL
BEUNE}Ji 8EY'S RECALL FROM
WASHINGTON
0NLy WAITED HIS BACK PAY
Sale 20 Have Written Against the
Sultan, and the Minister at
Washington Reported TO
Have Helped.


Washington Reported TO
Have Helped.
Tho recall Of Ali Ferrough Bey, the
Turksh minister at Washington, and the
recent transfer OF Mundji Bey, consul gen.
eIal or Tu key at New York, to The
Hague ass Involved. in a tale of charac-
terlstic 9uEtish intrigue, says the New
York San. Three years ago Mundj 3 Y
succeeded Chepik Bey as consul gener l
at this port. Since his transfer the bust
ness OF the consulate has been tempo ar
lily attended to by Sidky Bey, secre: a Y
o. the Tura sn legation, pending the ar
rival OF M Bey, who has been appoint
ell as his successor. There are several
Turkish JonSuls in other states, but they
are simply honorary officers, and only the
consul general in New York receives a
salary, which amounts to forty Turk h
pounds a month, or about $500. There
are also the fees received from issuin g
passports and the consular fees on ship
ments OF goods to Turkey, all of VIII CHI
go into the pocket Of the consul general
Mundji Bey, during his stay in this city,
found himself on more than one occa sion
in need Of ready cash, for with the
neglect of the sultan to pay his salary for
its he found his consular fees inadequate
TO pay expenses. 1t was a blow to his
dignity 10 be compelled finallv to give Up
his apartments in the Waldorf Astoria
and seek the retreat of a bed room in
West Thirty-second street. About this
time, it is alleged, he took measures to
get the back pay due him.
According to the story told he ap-
preached j. NJ. Maloof, proprietor of Al
AyaRl, an Arabic paper published in this
CITY, and the organ of the young Turkey
party in the United States, and pretended
that he was reformeF and was going to
resign his office as Consul General and
throw himself heart and soul into the
Young Turkey party movement. He said
he intended to establish reform paper,
to be published in the Turkish language
and to be called Inkiraz, which means
decay" 1t was to contain articles by
the arch enemies of the sultan. He even
made contract with Mr.. Maloof to print
this paper. In the meantime, to show
what kind of matter he was going to pub
Lsh, he said that he was in possession
of several articles written about the sui
tan by former student of the Imperial
college in Constantinople, whose name
was Ghalib Raschad Bey, who had been
tortured in prison for his Teformist ut
terances, but had escaped to the United
States and was residing in Springfield,
Mass. 49,
Mr. Maloof at first believed Mu1fdii Bey
to be a spy of the. sultan's, who wanted
to gain information as to the doings of
the young Turkey party, but the articles
given him for publication, which were
presumably written by Gfalib Rasehad
Bey, We're So antagonistic TO the sultan's
rule and so far exceeded in violence any
thing previously published IN Al-Ayam
that they were printed in that paper to
the delight OF its readers. S., In response
to a request by Mr. M4loof. to be intro
duccd to Mr.. Ghalib Raschad Bey, Mun5-
il Bey. explained that he alone knew Of
Ghalib's whereabouts and he alone
handled his articles, and that Ghalib,
fearing the sultan's spies, had sworn him
to secrecy. This seemed 50 reasonable
an excuse for GhaIib's non-appearance
in New York that Mr.. Maloof's suspicious
that GhaJb was. a myth were set at rest
and he was also convinced that Mundji
Bey was not a. spy, but bona fide re-
former. <.
Now here IS where Ali Ferrough Bey
comes INTO the story. AS is known, Ali
F'errcUgh Bey was recalled from WASH
tngton some years ago by the sultan,
alter occupying the high post Of minis
~ 10 the United States for one year.
4e had been accused Of permitting gam
aerJbx members OF the British legation
had lost considerable sums of money,
thus compromising the dignity OF the su :
tan. He had no hope Of returning to
Washington, and, being afraid CT be ng
punished by the sultan as soon as he ar
rived at Constantinople, he got up a
scheme to avert the sultan's anger.
Ali FerrOugh Bey, like Mundi Bey,
Possesses great literary ability and is
known as an author in Turkey. One OF
his works is war drama ent tied
''Ei0chank, the scene of which is lad in
Turke5 tan, which describ S the exploits
OF the Tartar rulers piior to the found
ing Of the Ottoman empire. When he
reached Paris, on his way home in dis
grace, he published a historical drama
entitled Karbala,'' which referred to
the Imprisonment of Sultan Murad V.
by his cruel brother, who usurpe1 the
throne. In Leroic language he protested
against the shame and misery zap d
upon Murad V. during his twenty-five
years Of captivity, and called that n 1T on
cowardly peop'e who would not avenge
such wrongs on its rightful ruler. Of
course the names of the characters
were not those OF the Sultans Abdul
Hamfd II. and Murad V, bu NJ enc
could mistake the illusions
A COPY of the drama found its way to
the Sultan, and Ali Ferrough Bey. being
lnterrC2ated by his master, said that his
drama was simply a story and diGn' t
mean angtbing in particular, The drama
was a yelled hint to the Sultan that ,ln-
less Its author was restored to favor
he would infallibly go over to the young
Turkey party and devote all mis- energies
to the cause of reform. The Sultan saw
the hint, and needing alls.the friends he
could get sent Ali Ferrough Bey back
to Washington as ministerf as before.
He further commissioned his, representa-
tive to watch the young Turkey party
in this country and gave him a consil-
cradle sum Of money to- suppress Al
Ayam by bribery, and if possible discover
who Ghaib Raschad BeyyWas, for the
articles published in AI-AYam had been
sent him by his spies on this side Of
the Atlantic.
When All Ferrough Bey had returned
to Washington he sent for Mundji Bey
to inquire about Ghalib Raschad Bey.
Mundji Bey agreed to find Ghalih and
suppress him, if paid for doing so. Re
ceivinS a sum OF money he. confessed thai