Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
SORRY TO LEAVE
UNITED STATES
Mehmed All Bey Admits That
He Has Been Recalled
RANKS HIGH AS DIPLOMAT

General Denial by Retiring Ambassa.
dor of Stories Which Reflect Upon
integrity and Character OF HIS
Father, Who Is Attacked by Turk
ish Consul General at New York.
Temporary Charge of Affairs
Washington, Aug. 12-Mehmed All
Bey, Turkish minister to the United
States, admits that he has received ad-
vices from his government recalling
him from his post here. His recall did
not come us Il great surprise to the min
lister as, I'D view of the changed condi-
tions in Turkey, it was to be expected.
Persistent rumors have been rife to
the effect that the minister would be
recalled, but IT was not until Monday
night that positive statement regard
Ing the matter was made, and this
came In cable dispatch to The Asso-
ciated Press from London.
Mehmed ALI Bey is sorry to leave
the United States, because, he says, he
likes this country, but he points out that
his recall Is after all a comparatively
small matter
Mundji Bey, consul general Of Tur-
key at New York, has been appointed
nf n nfrG . h.,
rival Of q new minister from Turkey.
who is expected to arrive here today.
1t is significant that the recall of
Mehmed Ali Bey and the appointment
OF Mundji Bey as charge OF affairs fol
low closely upon the heels of an at
tack made upon Izzet Pasha. father Of
the retiring minister, by the latter
Mehmed Bey authorizes The Associ-
ated Press to make general denial
Of those charges, laying particular
stress upon the accusation that he was
involved In the Armenian massacres.
"Izzet PaSha was not the instigator
of the Armenian massacres," he said,
land could not have been, for. at the
time Of those ma SSacres, he occupied no
political position, being president of
the commercial tribunal. an organiza-
ton which included in its membership
both Europeans and Turks When
lzzet Pasha resigned that position after
six years In order To enter the council
of the sultan, his retirement was hailed
with regret by the members of the
tribunal II he had been CRATER az
has been charged, he would not have
been held in such high esteem"
Mehmed Ali Bey, although only 50
years Of age, ranks high in the diplo-
matte corps and is man of cultivation
and learning. Before coming to Wash.
ington he was one of the councillors
Of the foreign office
New York. Aug. l2.-Mehmed All
Bey, the Turkish minister at Washing
ton. has been virtually removed from
his post according to Mundji Bey. the
Turkish consul general here. Not ONLY
because the minister is the son of Izzet
Pasha, who Is now Il fugitive from the
officers of the sultan but because q
man more familiar with the situation
States Is required for the position. Is
said to be the cause for the change.
Mund1i Bey said:
II believe that Izzet Pasha is al
ready here. for three nights ago | was
called from bed in my apartment at the
Waldorf by a person who desired to
find the address Of MOutran Pasha,
who Is visiting here. When / asked
the name l was told it was that of
well known Turk, who for several years
had been a fugitive from the sultans
wrath But few persons know the
name, and l believe that 1t was Izzet
Pasha In disguise.
"As the representative OF the Turk
fish government here, and as know
Izzet Pasha is a fugitive from justice
/ would ASK for his arrest, which would
be granted" said Mund1i Bey, land
Izzet Pasha would be sent back on the
first steamship leaving for Turkish
waters Besides, as Izzet Pasha has
three wives, MI Watchorn, the commits.
sioner OF Immigration. would no doubt
take action on that score"