New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
NAIL SAVES SULTAN
Stops DAGGER THRUST.
Ne-rIy Formed Ministry Resigns
Pachas of Old Regime arrested.

son aue. "A special dispatch to the Ex-
.N.,re Telegraph Company from Geneva says;
The sultan of Turkey was stabbed in the
.essf on Monday night by minor paiace OF :
80 The coat of mail which the Sultan al
nC.a --csrs DETECTED the blow. The would-o be
sseeir vas arrested. Apparently he had been
s7fred 10 commit the act as he had large sum sum
= gold IN his pockets ana ms baggage was
nscked ready FOR night
THE news was received in Geneva in tele-
.o-o -,nstantinople TO Young Turk.
-,-sh5nr+ou. Aug 5-A cable dispatch from
.-bsssa,7or Ieishman. at Constantinople. came
:. he state Department just before closing
- this afternoon. but II made no mention
:. -re -epor1ed attempt on the life OF the Sultan
A. reformation has been received at the Turk
=. legation here regarding the attack on the
Sultan
C,,s+sntinople. Aug 5.-said Pacha, the
c-.na vizier. and the newly formed Ministry
80 resigned The Sultan has accepted the
-es,rnerions and tonight invited Jemalledin
r--sn5s the sheik-IIl-Islarn and Kiani Pacha
IN form new Cabinet
The newspapers assert that Mehmed Ali Bey.
Minister to the United States, has been relieved
90 his functions He is the son of 1zzet Bey'
formerly secretary ana adviser to the Sultan
-,o after the proclamation Of the constitution.
e.s aboard the steamer Maria, bound for
Mediterranean port
The notorious Fehni Pacha, formerly presi-
ssn+ of the Council of State, mas been lynched
e, Yenfshair in the vilayet of Brusa, Asia Minor
ner,duh Pacha- Hassan Rami Pacha and
Eecbt6 Pacha respectively ex-Ministers Of the
r+e-;or and Marine. and ex-Prefect OF Con-
srsn-inople. were arrested to-day and conducted
= +ba Ministry Of Police amid the jeers and
hisses Of the populace-
The arrest has been ordered Of other promi-
,en1 officials Of the old regime. and Tah-
SIN Pacha. former first secretary 10 Abdul
Hsr,id. and ABDUL Huda, court astrologer. al
ready have been taken into custody
Eehrni Pacha was the sultan's adopted nephew
snd g man Of unscrupulous character He was
appointed chief Of the spy department, and in
this Mace held the country in terror. He en-
riched himself by establishing gambling saloons
in the capital. but overreached himself in dis
uute with Germany early in 1907. He seized a
CARGO Of wood destined for Hamburg. To this
Germany made protest. and result i'm
perial Trade was issued in February OF that year
banishing Fehni TO Mudania. Asia Minor.
II transpres that the Saloniki committees de-
-nsnds. which included the arrest Of the court
csraarills. were presented 10 the Grand Vizier
in the form Of an ulttrnatum which was to
rire on Thursday. The Sultan summoned the
sheik-ul-Islanl 10 the Yildiz Kiosk early this
morning and insisted knowing the reason for
his resignation The sheik-ul-Islam thereupon
declared that imperial rescript was illegal and
unconstitutional AS result Of this conference
Abdul Hanlid invited the Grand Vizier to
sign The hands Of the Sheik and Riann Pacha
are virtually tied. the Young Turk committee
having prepared list of acceptable ministers
including one Greek and one Armenian. which it
viii insist upon. unless Kiamil Pacha quickly
forms e satisfactory Cabinet.