The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-01-19
HUSBAND KILLS WIFE AND THEN H|MSE[
IN THE PRESENCE Of THEIR SIX CHILDREN
Turkish officers as guests. two aficers
going on each battle ship.

Turkish officers as guests, two aficers
going on each battle ship.
The senior in rank is Vice-Admiral
Said Pasha, son of the grand vizier.
He Is only thirty years of age and
speaks English perfectly. He
said today that the visiting Turks
will inspect all the naval schools and
ship-building yards in the United
States in order to gain good idea
of what Turkey must do to make it.
self great naval power. Some of the
officers will remain a long time in
America for the purpose Of study.
Afterward large number Of naval
students will be sent to study in
American naval schools and to serve,
il possible, on board American war
vessels.
High Opinion of American Navy
Meanwhile American as we'll as
British naval Officers will help organ
ize the Turkish feet. Already there
are two American officers In this
fleet. Admiral Buckman Pasha and
another.
I'VE are extremely grateful to the
American government" said ARR
Pasha, the naval minister, in his Of
fee on the Golden Horn to the cor
respondent, for asking the Turkish
officers to accompany the feet. We
are confident that our representatives
will learn much from the American
navy, which we consider the last word
in modernism of idea and efficiency.
The traditions of the American navy
are great. The remarkable round-the
world voyage is the theme of discus
sion in naval circles everywhere.
Boats May Pass, Dardanelles
"1t is not permitted he said with
a smile, 7" that foreign battle ships
shall pass the Dardanelles, but I
think we can make an exception in
favor Of the American admiral. More
over, we shall attempt to entertain
the visitors with fetes comparable
with those arranged for them in jap
an, Australia and New Zealand.
Country Has Good Seamen.
Turkey must have strong feet,
for we possess many islands and a
great coast line. Happily, we have
good material to draw on in our sea-
men and fisherman from the Black
sea coast and from the islands. The
supply Of officers is also good. 1t is
true their warships have been idle
thirty years. but they themselves have
nearly all been regularly employed
on vessels of commerce and those who
remained have not. idleI .l,eir title
away as they might we'll have done,
but have worked hard getting the
guns and machinery of the vessels
clean and keeping the dicipline strict.
Thus you would find. contrary to
what you might expect, engines not
rusty, screw not broken, and the in
terror of the ships not in a ruinous
condition, although the last thirty
years have been enough to ruin any
navy.
Past Glory is not Forgotten
"Our officers have never wholly for
gotten that Turkey was once a great
naval power and during the long days
Of desolation these officers have held
themselves ever ready to cooperate
in the great change which has now
come
1--WE have twenty-five torpedo boats
and eighteen torpedo-boat destroyers
and other ships of different construc-
ton. We have not yet decided what
type to choose for the new fleet. Our
vessels engage good deal in gun
merry and torpedo practice and are
continually visiting the Sea of Mar
mora for that purpose. The terrible
calamity in Calabria and Sicily found
us prepared to send a cruiser to work
with the Italian, French, English and
American war vessels in succorine
the afflicted population"
Inspects Warship Messudieh
After this interview the minister
placed magnificent steam launch at
the disposal of the correspondent and
asked Admiral Said Pasha to accom-
pany him on board the battleship
Messudieh, which lies in the Bosphor-
US, opposite Yildiz kiosk, with one of
its ten-inch guns trained on the bar
racks. which Abdul Hamid has con-
structed near his palace and in which
his trusty Albanian and Syrian body
guard is housed.
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the Messudish proved that the stories
to the effect that Ottoman war ves-
sells are in state of indescribable
decay are exaggerations. Cabins
and decks were in fine condition. The
crews Of the great ten-inch guns
were put through their drill. The
guns were in perfect order and the
men tough and hardy looking. Be-
yond doubt the world must consider
seriously the possibility Of strong
new naval power in the Levant, the
Red sea and the Black sea.
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