Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-11

doubt that Mehmed Ali Bey. Turkish min
lister at Washington, has been recalled.
This action of the porte. it is under
stood. is due to the changed conditions in
Turkey and to the formation of a new
ministry.
Recall No Surprise.
At the Turkish legation this afternoon it
was officially announced that Mehmed All
Bey. the Turkish minister, had been re-
called.
The recall of Mehmed Ali Bey Turkish
minister at Washington. announced in the
Associated Press dispatches from London.
occasiOned no great surprise to official
Washington. Indeed, it has been conf
IDENTIFY predicted this would surely follow
the change in the Turkish ministry, as
Mehmed Ali Bey was sent to Washing
ton under the old regime.
. The general expectation is that the
porte will adopt the general practice OF
recalling all ministers appointed before
the constitution was proclaimed and SUBJ
stitute in their places men known to be
in sympathy with the new order of things
i'm Turkey.
Mehmed Ali Bey is comparatively
young man. only thirty-five years Of age.
He. however. ranks high in the diplo-
matlc corps ana Is culLuTcO anu IcdIHcO.
Before coming to Washington he occupied
an important position in the foreign office
as one of the counsellOrs.
The minister authorizes general denial
of the stories which reflect upon the char
acter and integrity OF his father. He
the minister says. whereas in fact he Is
liberal in his views and often has given
advice of that character to the sultan.
The Turkish minister said this morn
ffvHrY faf
Syrians had been held in the legation last
night was not true. He also said that his
father. Izzet Pasha. former secretary 10
the sultan. is not in America. He was
positive about this and made use OF no
diplomacy in denying the rumor
Meeting Held, Say Syrians.
Although Mehmed Ali Bey denies that
meeting was held in the legation last
night a prominent Syrian merchant in the
city declares there was a meeting held
there. Other Syrians and several Arme-
mans in Washington doubt much that the
meeting was entirely for the purpose OF
protesting against the fact that none OF
their cOuntrymen have been recognized In
the new government.
While none of them make any direct
statements they intimate that while
politics was a part of the discussion, the
reports that IZzet Pasha is in America
furnished the bulk of the evenings Dusl-
ness.
Syrian rug merchant said this morn
ing:
least that is the way ] figure 1t out. lie
is the son of IZzet Pasha. and was APP
pointed through the influence or ms
father with the sultan. Izzet Pasha was
the sultan's secretary. and kept him in
formed of the political movements IN the
Turkish empire.
when the young Turk party began to
assume, powerful proportions Izzet Pasha
gave the sultan false reports of the
party's strength. and consequently the
party suffered. The army has been with
the young Turks for some time. but lzzet
Pasha persisted in beiittling 1t to such an
extent that when the truth became known
and the strong movement was started,
only short time ago. the sultan's eyes
were opened.
He had to give in to the party's de-
mands to some extent. The Young Turks
demanded the head of lzZet PaSha He
disappeared July %.
The sultan is now tremendously anX-
.cus to please the Young Turks. He has
recalled ministers from European cOun-
tries Rho were appointed through lzZet
PashRs influence. There is no doubt in
the minds of Syrians and Armenians in
Washington that the recall has been sent
to the legation on Calvert street.
Affiliated With Young Turks.
Another Syrian stated that the Syrians.
Armenians and Turks in America were al
most to a man affiliated with the Young
Turk party He stated that while those in
Washington have not much use for lzZet
Pasha they are personally friendly toward
his son. For that reason the proceedings
of last nights meeting would not be dis
cussed.
The statement given out by them was
substantially as follows:
While there has been constitution in
Turkey for forty years 1t has not meant
much to Syrians. Now that there has
been a change in political affairs We are
hoping that Syrians will receive the rep
resentation they deserve.
.There are 2O,OOO.OOO Syrians and Ar
menians and only 5.OOO,OW Turks. For
that reason we want to be prominent in
the affairs of the empire and believe the
new light which the sultan has seen will
result in many benefits to the country.
I've want greater Turkey. one in
which there shall be none OF the old
bloodshed and rule of narrow views.
Padishah Would Chip In.
CONsTANTINOPLE. August 1.-THE
Sultan has made known his intention of
defraying the entire cost of building a
new house of parliament, and has given
orders that plans be prepared.
The general attitude of the sultan with
regard to the new order of things in Tur-
kew is giving great satisfaction
In an interview with one of his new
ministers the sultan said:
Every man in Turkey is a member of
the committee of union and progress. and
I am their president. Let us live to-
gether and make the country prosperous
Turks Seek Izzet Pasha.
NEW YORK. August 11.-If Achmed
Izzet Pasha. who was second secretary
to the Sultan of Turkey. is in the United
States or in this city. as he is reported
to be. Turks. Syrans and Armenians will
not rest until they have found him and
taken action to bring about his deporta-
ton
The report that ne was in this city
came from telephone message from
the Waldorf to Mundji Bey, the Turkish
consul general here, who was asked
whether he could tell where Madjib NAL
hami Pasha, spy for the sultan, could
be found The consul could not tell the
inquirer, but the more he thought about
It the more certain he was that the man
at the Waldorf was Izzet Pasha, the de-
posed favorite of the sultan.
..Achmed l get Pasha Is a fugitive from
Justice" the consul said yesterday at
is the duty of every Turk to apprehend
him. If. he got into this country from
the Maufetania he did SO by perjury. No
polygamist is permitted to land here.
Izzet Pasha has three wives If he is
not here now he has gone to Washington
to see his son. Mehmed Ali Bey, the
Turkish ambassador.
"Izzet Pasha instigated the Armenian
ma ssacres. He was the chief of the Sc
cret prosecutions i'm the sultan's palace.
He directed the horrors In Macedonia
and drove 1900 MahOnetans from their