The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-11
"WORK, PEACE, PROGRESS,"
 IS COUNTRYS NEW MOTTO
People Drop Naturally Into constitu- tiona Form of Government-Abdul Hamid Is One of the Happiest
 Men of Awakened Empire.


 peace and progress" That is the motto of the new Turkey, according to the message that Huzzein Kiazin Bey, first Turkish ambassador to the United States, and first envoy of constitu- tional Ottoman empire to this coun- try, brings to America.
 Enthusiastic over the changes which have given his country a constitutional form of government within the last year, the new ambassador. who arrived in Washington yesterday, will endeav- or to convince Americe that his nation has entered into a new era that will be permanent and make of his land one of the most prosperous on the face of the earth.
 A short, thick set man of 50, he is distinguished by his energetic manner. His pointed, black beard gives his open countenance an impression of determi- nation, emphasized when he talks by frequent gestures. He cannot speak English, except to say that he must set to work to learn your language, or to assure his caller that he is 'pleased to find myself in your land of
  be the first amba ssador of his country to 1t. His dress is that of a well groomed business man of this country and as such esappearancezco remarkably with the Oriental cos tunes in which former representatives of the Sultan of Turkey were usually attired when they appeared in public.
 People Are Satisfied.
 "The people in Turkey were so ready for a constitutional form of govern ment that the ease with which they procured it has probably astonished the world" stated Kiazim Bey to a repre- sentative of the Associated Press to- day, through an interpreter.
 "So it is that the present religious differences between Greek and Bulga- rian. Armenian and Jew, Christian and Mohammedan were swept away and we have today a united, happy nation, looking forward toward the end of ac- complaining peace and prosperity" he continued
 He predicted that the harmony which has existed among the various classes in Turkey since the granting of the constitution and the opening of parlia- ment would be permanent
 He instructed the interpreter to say that there was no contest of parties in Turkey today and that there was only one party, and that one is the Turk interjected the ambassador.
 Those who anticipated that the re- markable changes In government would not be lasting, he said, erred because 1aY. he r,f af fairs With bad administration on the surface there was evidence of the trouble, he admitted. But with the na tion healthy, he added, 'the unanimous consent by which the constitutional 5s government was adopted and the dig nity with which tn echange was eff fected, showed this"
 Abdul Hamid Is Happy.
 One of the happiest persons in the whole empire today is his imperial ma iesty. Abdul Hamid Kahn II, according to the ambassador. Surrounded by a clique that kept barriers between Abdul Hamid and his people, his reign has been one of dread and misgivings.
 Now things have changed" said Kiazim Bey "why, the Sultan him. self,"-and here the ambassador em- phasized the. interpreters words by bringing his first upon his chair "crossed the whole city in view of his people to open parliament. And to show that it was his desire that no misunderstanding might arise between himself and his people, he not only fn- vited the whole memb of parila- ment, consisting of about 300, to the palace to dine, but also mingled with his guests in a democratic and unusual manner"
 He added that there was now con- stant interchange of views between the throne and the people.
 One outcome of the changes in gov ernment he said, will be rapid de- velopment of his country, which he de- clares to be rich beyond the concep- tion of the outside world.
 The new ambassador Is an experi- snced displomat, having been for IS years minister to Roumania. He has been in the Turkish diplomtic ser- vice for 20 years.