The Washington herald., 1908-08-19
How SULTAN FELL.
Cunning Nephews Blamed
for Change in Turkey.
BROTHER MAY GET THRONE
Paper in Paris VIII Disclose the
Real Forces that Turned the King
dom of the ofterman Into Exile
and Established a Power Under the
Union and Progress Doctrines.

New York. Aug. I.-The Syrian daily
newspaper. A Hoda, will publish to-
morrow an intimate story Of the recent
governmental change in Turkey and the
causes leading up 10 K, which upsets
completely all the accepted accounts Of
| how Abdul Hamid came to restore the
constitution which he granted in 1876 and
shortly afterward revoked.
The real actors in the Eastern political
drama are asserted to be the Sultan
two nephews. Prince Sabah el-Din and
/ Prince LutafaIla- The story comes di-
rectIy from a relative. Abbass Bejani.
who has lived for twenty-five years In
Paris. and who arrived in this country
1 two days ago. In Paris Abbass Bejani
was an intimate friend Of the private
secretary Of Prince Sabah el-Din. from
whom he has the narrative.
The two princes and nephews Of the
Sultan are the sons OF Mahmoud Damad
1 Pasha, who was the husband Of Abdul
Hamid's sister and less than a score of
years ago Abdul Hands grand vizier-
Was Earnest RefOrmer.
When he held that exalted position
l Mahmoud Damad Pasha was an earnest
Unrelentng advocate Of reform He did
not care so much for the restoration Of the
| constitution. but he was impatient for a
complete overhaullng of the department
( Of justice. which was the cause Of in
Vulnerable complaints. The grand vizier
went 70 his brother-in-Iaw, Abdul Hamid
and demanded that the department OF
Justice be thoroughly purged OF corrup-
/ ton and politics
Abdul Hamid would not listen 10 his
! grand vizier's demands. and dismissed
| Mahmoud Damad Pasha from hts post
II was vel known that the Sultan would
! have preferred 70 exile or even put q
death his offending brother-in-law. but
he did not dare do either, 50 he ordered
Pasha 10 live quietly al home. and SCI
I spies upon him
| Plans of an Uprising.
Plans were all complete for an uprising
all over the empire on a certain day this
coming October. The army was to muJiny
and the palace guard was 20 desert the
person Of the Sultan Then Abdul Hamid
through spies. got hold Of some papers
which hinted at trouble in the fan OF this
year
The Sultan said nothing but spent two
weeks investigating the importance Of
the conspiracy At the end of the two
weeks he sent for his vizier. Izzet Pasha
and other members of the cabinet. Th,
Sultan and his advisers sat Up TIL
o'clock that. morning. and then Abdu
Hamid. IN a state Of collapse. sent hi
ministers packing The next day the re
storation OF the constitution was pro
claimed
Although the conspiracy vas detected
IT'S stUpendous size when discovere,
forced the Sultan's acquiescencs- He Ia!
not seen Lutfalla since the proclamation
Of the constitution. but that young maj
is still living comfortably in the Yidt
Kiosk Prince Sabah el-Din. the eide
nephew. stiu lives luxuriously IN Paris
and his attitude IS as frankly unrepent
ant as ever. The Society OF Union an'
Progress vii not relax for a moment I'll
Abdul Hauid shows he Is IN earnest I
ne backs or fills out. he viii go. and IN
Society Of Union and Progress has al
ready chosen the man 10 Ill his shoes
Presumably Il Is MohaDmed Reschad
the Sultan's brother. now a prisoner. bJI
i s hard 70 tel. for the Society Of Unioi
and Progress prefers 10 work IN Orienta
II secrecy.