Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23


vizier. and his colleagues resigned. and
KiamiI Pasha succeeded
Well Known with Redjah as minister
N.~ of war. Hassan as minis
ter of justice. Haiku as
minister of public instruction and Djemai-
ed-Din as Sheik- ul-Islam. all we'll known
names which inspire confidence in Turkey
and in Europe.
Before the fall of the ministry OF Saio
Pasha there was dramatic scene In ohe
grand salon Of the ministers at 1lio'z
Kiosk. Suddenly and without warning an
angry but orderly crowd surged into the
salon amid cries for liberty the army
the nation etc.
An officer mounted a platform ana ao-
dressed the assemblage in strong speech.
He protested against the flight or izzet
and against the ministry, which was not
doing things to suit the Young Turks.
There are four days since you recon-
mended us to be calm. What for! ihis
cannot go on. You have done hothihs
that we expected" The crowd applauoed.
but Said Pasha was dumbfounded ana
silent. In this palace heretofore sacred 70
officials of exalted rank. the voice OF the
people had been heard for the nrst time-
1t was unmistakable revolution.
The Paris Matin AFFECTS 10 see an
analogy in the situation in France IN
1850 and that of Turkey in 1Ms-anaiogy o.
situation, but not Of men. for Abdul Hamid
has no resemblance to Louis XVI. ABOUT
Hamid was, up to the most recent events.
sanguinary despot. LOUIS ANl "oe
paternal despot.
Abdul Hamid prosecuted relentlessly
and without mercy the partisans or re-
form. Louis xvi failed to follow the
paths traced for him by his ministers I ;
Turgot, Malesherbes and Necker. and the
Matih expresses the conviction that
Abdul Hamid will meet the same fate as
Louis XVI. THE party of Young Turks.
says the Matin. 'is our third estate. yes
terday it was nothing. suddenly it Is seen
to be everything. the people, the army
and even the clergyc'
The Young Turks initiative has cut
short all foreign Intervention in the af-
fairs of the Balkans. The
Sharp Anglo-Russian program at
r. Revel, freshly opened, is
now as old as the Austro-
Russian accords at Muerstag. Germany,
which had placed her hand over fidlz
Kiosk, has been obliged to withdraw it.
Already the victors of yesterday have
turned toward London.
There is caricature of the situation
in Turkey and in France in the Figaro
of the 7th instant by Albert Gullaume.
Turkey is represented as a young and ra-
diant maiden, proud of ner new liberty;
France is represented as an old woman.
DISCOURAGED and harassed by a tyranny
I'm the form of the recent grave troubles
with the &C G. T." or confederation
Generate du Travail" Young Miss Tur-
key exclaims: What happiness! Finally
The And old
Miss France replies: Yes. and very soon
after Confederation Generate du Ira
vail"
The young Turks are not all conf
dent in the good faith of their sultan.
who would have them believe that he
has never been other than heart and
soul with them. But the journals Of the
Young Turks party are not deceived by
these professions, and recall the tragic
end Of Midhat Pasha, assassnated by Or
der of Abdul Hamid. reference to which
was made in The Star of August ..
Kiamil is an old man. but he has suf-
fered exile for the cause of liberalism,
and he cannot be deceived by the willy
sultan. whose maintenance is simply one
of tolerance and because of the trouble
his reinforcement might occasion. AL
ready. however. the Young Turk party is
considering the question of Abdul Hamid' S
deposition dispatch from London on
the 18th instant announces that the lead
discuss the question.
The ovation accorded the British am
bassador. Sir Gerard Lowther, in the
streets of Constantinople on the occasion
Of the presentation of his letters of credit
to the porte. is taken to mean that Great
Britain is endeavoring to regain her lost
footing in Turkey. The London Times
plainly indicates the trend of British
policy in that direction. That journal in
it's issue of the 18th instant. referring to
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should not be COMPOUNDED with the Fehmi
Pasha in Egypt. the murderer of the
Moffetich). says: "Fehmi exploited the
baser tendencies to be found in every
great capital in manner that recalls
the worst and most sordid days of graft
in America
Kiamil. grand vizier. and his cabinet
are decided to thoroughly renovate and
clean the Augean stable.
REFORM The palace camarilla and
Policy. former func Ell must
go. July 81 Selim Mel
hame was the first to depart: next Izzet
tasha. and. in turn. Munir Pasha, who, as
ambassador at Paris. has been able with
a long arm to direct and control the
camarilla at Yildiz Kiosk, which had
come to believe its power irresistible.
The sultan's decree convinced the Young
Turk party that neither Said Pasha nor
any of his companions was sufficiently in
sympathy with their movement The de-
cree, which had been inspired by Said, de-
clared that the grand ViZier should
choose and submit for the sanction of
the sultan the nomination of all minis
tiers except the Sheik- ul-Islam and the
ministers of war and marine. The Young
Turks declared that these dispositions
were contrary to the letter and spirit of
the constitution, that neither the minister
of war nor marine, nor indeed their col
leagues. should be appointed by the sui
tan, but that only the grand vizier and
the Sheik- ul-Islam should be so appoint
ed, and Said and the sultan yielded. The
prosecution or pursuit of the guilty func-
tionaries quickly followed Mendoukh.
Tahsin. Rami. Rechid. Raghib pashas. and
the palace astrolOger Sheikh Abou
Houda. who exerted great influence over
the sultan, were i'm turn arrested. Fati-
mi Pasha, who had made himself a spe-
c.al target of hatred by those whom he
had oppressed was assassinated while
fleeing from Brousse to Eski-Chehir.
The Journal Tamin (Echo) published a
proclamation of the ottoman Committee
of Union and Progress" which announced
its resolution to observe correct atti-
some individuals evidence of personal
hatred, and it advised that abstrac-
ton of all personal sentiments should
be adopted as a rule. The committee
urged that the maintenance of public
order was the first duty of government.
The streets of Constantinople have re-
Sumed their habitual aspect. For the