The Washington times., 1908-08-13
WELL KILL YOU,'
ALI BEY WARNED
Portentous Message Ser
From New York to Depos-
ed Turkish Minister
MESSAGE WRITTEN
ON CRIMSON PAPER
Discharged Official Collapses When
Threat Is Handed to Him
by Secretary.

If you dare 10 come 70 New YorIs
We viii xiii you The sun has arisen
she" on our nation. They that have
dimmed the iuSter of its name must
die. Izzet Pasha and his son shall an
swer 10 those who love their country
This portentous message, Carrying
terror 10 the heart OF Mehmed Ali Bey,
| the discredited envoy of Abdul Hamid,
was received BY him few hours after
the cable dIsmlssing him as minister, and
had sent his blood running cold through
his veins, and IL was this ominOus decree,
passed by band OF young Turks IN
New York, that caused him to collapse
Tuesday night and take 10 his bed.
The message was written on red paSs
per With black ink. and signed, The
Avengers OF Our Nation" 1t is said
that when the paper was handed 10
him BY an under secretary the swarthy
face OF Mehmed All Bev turned white
and he reeled against the wall OF his
! legation office as though he had received
blow. while his secretaries sprang
floor.
Fear for Father
It was the fear OF assassination that
/ caused Izzet Pasha. his father. for fif-
| teei years the power behind the throne
Of tie Sultan. to fee from Constants
nope and hide himself in some other
part OF the world. and even now he
lives in mortal fear that the curved
knife OF some Turk Will md a resting
place ia his body. Many prayers has
Mehmed Bey sent up to Allah to save
him from such a fate, ana many sup
pliCatiOns has he poured forth that his
once powerful parent may be spared
such a fate.
The friends Of Afehmed All Bey ha q
disappeared as snow before the sun.
| With the falling Of his star OF power
and the advent of MundU Bey. powerful,
alert. resourceful il practically leaves
All Bey and his father without a coun-
I try, exiles. IN a strange land. with only
| their syrian friends 70 stand by their
/ side. The Turks have ali gone over 10
Mgndu Bey. and he Is absol Ite master
Of the situation
/ The secretaries that once we're glad
10 DO the pleasure # Mehmcd Ali Bey
are now followers Of his fathers inn
plscable and victorious enemy. and az
the old legation at 1910 calvert street
Only two of the former minor attaches
OF the legation, remain by their former
chief.
No Open Enmity.
There is no open enmity. no exchange
of bitter and denunciatory words. Out
wardly there is manifested the extrem5r
/ politeness Of the Ott0mans the express
sion OF weli-wishes, and the duel OF
flashing dark eyes. that contradict the
words.
Mundti Bey, having secured possess
sion of the seals and papers of the lega-
ton. viii leave for New York tHis after
noon to attend to urgent business con-
/ nected with the Ofnce OF the consul
general in that city. he will return
Saturday morning and at that time
Will decide On the lOCa ION of a tenn
| porary legs ton IN ore o.. the large
apartment houses. He 0eL'ared his III
tention Of securing handsome house
| IN a fashionable part of the city before
| the social season opens.
Speaking Of his visit 10 the Calver5
street legation TO see Mehmed All BeYs
yesterday evening MundU Bey declared
that there were no angry words passed
between them. that their talk was calm
and dispassionate, and that they parted
/ friends.
mot Diplomatic to Quarrel"
1T is not true that there was quar47
rel. as has been reported" he said
with considerable heat 1T is not dip
lomatic TO quarrel, and anyhow, why
should we do so2 i am Obeying ray
Orders-Ali Bey Is obeying his Why.
tell me. should IL become a PERSONAL
shall you. see. that he is protected In,
this country he was asked. MundjL
Bey looked surprised that such ques--
tion should be put 10 him.
ssC,ertainiy.'' he replied. He is y
subject Of The Sultan: no harm shall
come to him II we can protect him.
IL is true that he has received thrrdt-
ening letters, probably from some over
enthusiastic hot-headed Turks. Depend
upon it, no harm viii come 10 him
Treated With Courtesy.
L was treated with the utmost cour-
tesy by those at the legation when
called I was shown to the room where
Ali Bey was lying on his bed. and L
was sorry for him. We talked a long
time. Ali Bey and J. Of many things
which / cannot tell you Of, OF course,
and then we parted That is all
there was no bitterness. nothing but q
business talk, which was very, very
friendly
what will he do now?"
The rising star of Turkish diplomacy
gave his shoulders that deprecatOry
shrHg which is his most characteristic
gesture. that and throwing his palms
outward TO express an Inability TO an
sWeT.
I do not know" he said slowly.
That is a question he must settle for
himself. He may go back 20 COnstan-
, tinople"-a long pause-'and he may
not II is a delicate question for him.
/ admit. but I cannot answer IL"
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