New-York tribune., 1908-03-18
MARQUIS POISONED.
French Noble .hs Victim of a Turk
ISL Palace IRfr: que.
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sc,rv-ics- FeaS ~ the E-ert--ood CcnpanyD
Poison is reyssstently stated in the diplomatic
circles not only Constantinople. but also - eii
-hA leading ca initials Of Europe. to have been the
cause Of the extraordinarily sudden death OF that
ssnrl,larly able and popular Ottoman uignltars
,rho figured in the "Etat present de IA Noblesse
r-encaise" and other standard and authoritative
-osters Of the old French aristocracy as the Mar
u,,,s de Cha5eauneuf but who was known at STAN
houl and in foreign diplomacy. first as Nourl beE'
and then as Nouri Pacha. He may be remembered
bere as the second ard certainly the most able OF
"a. Turkish pienipotentaries at the peace confer
.nce at The Hague in 1888, and was at the time OF
ris demise Under Secretary of State Tor forelsh
Affairs to the Sublime Porte His father had gone
n Turkey from France in connection with some
-.r-oad contracts. Welded to the urgent requests
oy sultan Abdul Assiz to enter his service became
q convert 10 Islam and died high in favor OF the
the Padishah as Rechad Pacha- His son. Nouri.
vss educated in France. and owing to his charm
o< manner his Unborn talent for diplomacy and
his knowledge OF the world became in course OF
time the principal channel through which ali com
r1urlications carried on between the foreign
embassies and legations and the Sublime Porte
Two years ago the Pachas TWO daughters. one
oe them married and the other single, having 100
much French blood in their veins to be content
with the restrictions Of the Oriental haren NE ned
from Constantinople, escorted only by their oio
French gcverness- The deserted husband Of the
elder Of Nouri's two daughters raised loud out
cry which promptly reached the ears OF the Sui
tn who threatened their father with dire disgrace
he
ed at his request al Belgrade and held ior ms
arrival v the Servian police. But before he could
reach the Servian capital they mac managed 10
.srare from, the building in which they were con-
fined and TO make their way across the T1ver IN
: small boat 10 the Hungarian shore ~here tIeF
yrere safe from further pursuit From there they
made their way Paris, where they nave sIhce
-s,,ai-ad For several weeks afterWaro MOUTH
x,.,a ,.-zs IN the backest Of books OF the Sultan,
80 Trae actually suspended from office But sub
.,,,.--lv he was restored to favor, and was back
a. his old place IN the Department OF Foreign Al
fairs. ,,z
a. -bA Palace Nouri was not popular, for ne had
. 4tsooncerting way of making the Sultan ac-
.,+sC with matters which had been kept from
hf-n by his encourage, and was especially out
.-olen with regard 10 the endeavors made py GER
,ain rings al the Yildz Kiosque TO secure the ap-
7,otntrr7ent TO Ottoman embassies and legations
eb-osd of men who were totally unsuited by ante
cede1ts character. experience and reputation 10
represent the sublime Porte in foreign capllals
one Saturday Of last month he was IN peTIecl
health and spending the afternoon with some Ior
.,-- friends hapnenec 10 mention TO them that ne
had brought on the previous day something 10 tie
knowledge Of the Sultan which the latter shoulo
have known. and which had been kept from h4IIl
Te-hans these friends indiscreet He reacheo
-. - about : o'clock iined with some other
friends still il perfect health and then after at
tending 70 some official correspondence, took' as
Was his habit before retiring glass of water from
3 pitcher or decanter which was always placed Tor
=. -,,-nose in his library within few minutes
after swallowing Il he seized with agonlzlns
mains and rang for his servant. but before the
latter had time TO summon medical assistance he
dead
There was no inquest There never is in Turkey
where il is considered contrary 10 the laws OF le
Koran Otherwise the autopsy would have prob-
ably revealed the fact that like SO many others
who have run counter the u1rigues OF the palace
gang or who have constituted an obstacle to their
dishonest nanRuvres ne had succumbed TO poison
l.cng indeed. is the list including as II does the
names Of Admiral Shukri Pacha, Abeddin Pacha'
who after having been Governor Of Rhodes, was
selected for the offlct OF Grand NizieT; lbrahlm
Pacha Master OF Ceremonies; Sa' 'adedin Pacha-
gallant veteran OF the Russian war and Director
General OF Military Accounts, etc
Al attempt has been MADE 10 aScrtbe the death or
No--i Pacha 10 the Sultan himself But there IS
10 ground for this belief. The Padishah had great
confidence IN Nouri's honesty and loyalty, ana
always manifested this, save at the time OF The
fight CT the Pacha's daughters It was, IN fact
precisely because Nouri trusted and listened 10
by the Commander Of the Faithful that certain
clements palace found il necessary for their
cwu safety and for the success OF their own un-
6e-takng5 that he should be removed