The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-17
HEAD OF ARMY
STANDS OUT IN
BOLD RELIEF
All Eyes on MahmOud SChef
ket Pasta, Who Commands
the Turkish Forces.
MAIN RELIANCE OF THE
PARTY NOW IN CONTROL
FOREIGN MILITARY MEN AMAZED
AT SKILL OF OTTOMAN OFF,
GERMAN OF MYSTERY.

Constantinople. May 1s.-Mahmoud
Schefket Pasha. commander of the
Turkish constitutional forces, both land
and sea. is the man most frequently in
the thoughts Of those observing or deal
ing with the confused politics of the
day in Turkey. He is the one quiet fig
ure upon whom rests the preserva ton
of order and the civil branches Of the
government look to him to impose their
liberal rule upon the empire and to deal
promptly with persons and factions
dangerous TO il. The skill and CELEBRITY
with which General Schefket brought
the Third army corps and part Of the
Second army corps before Constantine
pie and occupied the capital has amazed
the foreign military men here. Be
sides those attached to the embassies,
seven officers came from Germany and
five British officers from Egypt To OBJ
serve the development of the campaign.
They have not ceased 10 discuss the
details OF the constitutionalist COM
mander's arrangement.
A Man of Mystery.
General Sohefket has been something
Of "A man of mystery, which impress
sion he has heen taking trouble in
recent DAYS TO remove. He has called
I'm succession during the past week
upon every ambassador and minister
in ConstantinOple and upon those Turk
ism subjects holding high positions, such
as the Greek patriarch and the Armen-
ian bishop. representing the vacant pat
riarchate. He has talked mOdestly upon
political affairs and the relations of the
army to the government, possibly with
the idea OF checking the spreading no.
ton that he is virtually dictator and
that he and parliament are near TO a
rupture.
Civil Power Supreme.
Speaking on this subject today. Cen
eral Schefiget said: THE army is mere
ly an instrument Of civil power The
army and / as an officer in il derive
our authority to establish order from
the national assembly. The army is a
finger of parliament only. and works
under the will OF the cabinet"
The general had an hours talk with
Hilma Pasha. the grand vizier at the
conclusion Of which he said;
''The grand vizicr and ! are in per-
feet accord. We have obstacles to over
come in our progress toward free and
stable institutions. 7 have hope we win
rise above them"
Guilty to Be Punished.
The disorders in Adana province, Gen
eral Schefket said, were in process Of
solution. The court-martial there could
be trusted to make a thorough investi-
gation and provide adequate punish
ment for the guilty. The agitation in
the Fourth army corps al the headQuaT-
lers in Erzerum has ceased, most Of the
mutineers and deserteTs having been ar
rested.
IN conclusion General Schefket said:
we desire very much to have the
good Will. sympathy and moral support
of the Americans i'm the present move
ment toward better government"
General Schefket's whole day after
o'clock in the morning is allotted TO
military business,
Man for the Place:
Some Of the members of the commit
tee" said Bauf Bey, one of three who
represented the Young Turks commit
tee in the navy, before the advance on
Constantinople. doubted whether Cen
erel Schefket was the man for the work
ahead. He was so. still, so tranquil, so
silent, but what a man he is; what
energy; what intellect: what disnter-
ested motives To him the cause is
everything; he thinks nothing of him
self"
Ambassador Leishman had made rep /
reservations to Ferid Pasha. the min
lister of the interior. on the importance
of restoring order in the interior of