The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-28
NEW FRA BEGINS IN
 TURKISH EMPIRE
United States Will Recognize
 New Regime Promptly
THE WORLD EXPECTS MUCH
Many Questions That Have Worried Countries That Deal With Fur key Will Now Be Defi-
 nitely Settled.

| Washington, April g7.-Prompt reeogni- ton will be given to the new govern ment of Turkey by the administration when official news of the order of things in the Ottoman empire reaches Washing ton. Today the officials had to depend entirely for their information on the Asso- 1 eiated Press dispatches as Ambassador Leishman is evidently awaiting the formal announcement of the selection of the new Sultan by the Turkish foreign office before communicating with the state departmunt. Speculat tion Is rife as to what will hap pen under the reorganized government. it being recognized that in the present een3i- ton of affairs nobody can safely pre- dict what the outcome will be. The uni yersal opinion, however, is that if the Young Turks party is equal to the truss imposed. a new era with bright pros rects is in store for Turkey
 It is recognized generally in diplomatic circles that all of the Young Turks fol- lowing is by comparison numerically small and that its administration will ce beset constantly by the machinations o1 the reactionaries, yet by the selection for sultan of MehemmeI Reschad Effendi the party has gained prestige and will reap the benefits of the support of tine Mohammedan religion. In bestowing the honor upon Reschad they have avoided the the alienation of the family of the regning house.
 The personal qualities Of the new Sal- tan. which are well known here. are con- sidered an important element to be reckoned with in the administration of the affairs of state. His incarceration for so many years has removed him from the suspicion of the taint of despotisIn, corruption and cruelty that attacned % his predecessors and leading officials be- lieve his better qualities will be a pre- domins ting feature in his career as sul- tan.
 Beyond all other considerations the opinion is expressed that with the new Sultan on the throne and with the Young Turks party in full power there will be a rehabilitation Of the relations with the countries of the world and opportunity of fered for more satisfactory treatment of the missionaries question, which has been a troublesome one and which on many oc casions has led to diplomatic representa- tions to the Turkish government from the Sldle Q6pdflneHl III IudDy llll6 which in the aggregate are considerable, the administration of the Young Turks government may aid in bringing about felicity
 Annoyances affecting travellers in Tur- key, irritating questions touching the Ar menians and those of naturalization have disappeared, and in other ways a more liberal application of the local and gen. eral laws has prevailed. It Is believed the new government will be help in- stead of a hindrance to the foreign mis- sionaries.
 According to a prominent diplomats view, Turkey is not in position warrant ing the establishment of full-hedged re- public and better results may be ob- tained by a continuation of the present form of government with an intelligent, conscientious, honest man at the helm of state.
 It was a very sensible decision, the view was expressed that the new government adopted in not putting Abdul Hamid to death. To execute him would have been a relic of barbarism. which the Young Turks have thus happily avoided. By their decision they have raised themselves in the public estimation and constitutional government has had pratical demonstra ton in that the life of human being has not been taken without trial.