The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-05
THE SULTAN'S SPY
HID In NEW YORK
IZia Bey Tells OF His Life in
Secret Service.
Takes Passage ON steamer for Eng
land lest He BE Caught and
Extradited.
SAYS HE WAS CRUEL HIMSELF

New York. Sept. Sit became
known that Zla Bey. who up TO the
time the sultan granted Turkey a
ccnstltion was the chief of Abdul
Hands secret police. and who fed
in terror from Constantinople when
the Young Turks gained the ascend
ency, was in his country until yes
terday. when he sailed for Europe
on the Mauretania.
Fearing that his presence here had
become known and that he might be
forced to return to Turkey. Zia Bey
hastily engaged passage on the Gu
narded for England.
Eyes. I am Zia Bey, the chief spy
of the sultan, the wretch. the rascal.
the mischief doer," he said in an in
terview at the Hotel lafayette. II
was a fool / have been cruel.
.heartless and done many things
which a man. of conscience would not
mo.
But do you blame me? was
brought mp in that life. From my
childhood | saw one plotting against
the other. saw graft. cruelty, and
followed the steps OF others for my
own promotion. From an obscure
Tartar origin, ! advanced TO become
the project of the police in Constanti-
nople. and was then promoted to the
Yildiz Kiosk to deal with the secrets
of the government. | am not To be
blamed for what has been. II was
the system. the policy of Abdul
Hamid TO surround himself with dis
honest men. Sultan Hamid is an
Intelligent man. but suspicious. sell
fish, cruel and corrupt. His face rs
imposing. but cowardice and fear are
constantly in his eyes.
Many Met Secret Death.
Lii was head spy next to
Faim Pasha, who was executed after
escaped and whose body was
thrown to the dogs in the streets
My duty was to receive reports from
the spy lieutenants and turn them
over &c the sultan. who. from morn
ing to late at night, passed his time
in reading up these reports.
Then the master would call me
in and order me to do away with the
man who was reported being mixed
in revolutionary plot. Then the
man was brought TO Yildiz. Seldom
were any questions put TO him. He
was shot or thrown into the sea OF
Marmose with an iron ring tied to his
feet. His property was confiscated
and divided among the palace Of
fieials. In fact. such booty went
mostly to Faim Pasha or myself.
ITO arrest innocent individuals in
order to extort money from their
wealthy relatives was a common
trick. The Armenian massacres were
all premeditated, plotted and carried
out by the officers at Yildiz. with the
consent OF Abdul Hamd. to enable
Nazim and Izzet Pashas To make
their fortunes.
Armenian Massacres.
I'm 1895, when HAHN Pasha was
the head of the police and / was the
project in Constantinopls. the Ar.
menian revolutionary demonstration
was planned at the police headquar.
tiers. Sislian and Etephan Melik, two
prominent members of the Armenian
Hunhchagist committee. with Ma.
zim Pasha. arranged the whole at.
fair. and when the demonstration
took place at Babali thousands OF
Armenians were slaughtered
The same methods were followed
in 1896, when the Armenian Dro
lshakists entered the Ottoman bank
with bombs. The demonstrators
were protected and sent over to Eu.
rope while 10000 Armenians were
murdered In the streets OF Constants
nople
"Nazm Pasha made a fortune or
Of all these organized massacres
This terrorlzed Sultan Hamid. who
ALWAYS ready to sacrifice everything
for his personal safety Maxim Pashs
or Izzet Pasha would go to him anC
whisper in his ear OF new conspira
cies and receive huge sums to sup
press them. Each conspiracy was I
fiction and the money went int
Their pockets.
sultan Ordered Murders.
abdul ordered the masacres, bu
he was ignorant of the fact that hi
own men had organized the revolu
tiOnary demonstrations.
For years this state of affair
went on until the present change. Blu
have no confidence in the younl
Turks and sultan Abdul Hamid vii
soon re-esiablish the old regime.
Young Turks are not ripe and no
acquainted with. the affairs OF gov
eminent. In the crisis which con
fronts Turkey today she has not I
single statesman who will be able b,
master the situation.
"The Punishment of the sultani
creatures does not mean that the OLE
regime is ended Corruption exists
now; IL is in the heart OF Turk, ne
matter whether he be old or young
Turks can not get away from theii
old traditions and customs. II on'
of them should cut his mustache II