Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09


there was no one in the empire 80 able
or more trustworthy than he When the
constitution was proclaimed it so hap
pened that he was out of Office, but e
prime minister again for the eighth time,
but did not retain the Office long, because
he could not work with the secret and
mysterious committee of union and prog
reSs.
GaDrlei EHendi NoradounShian another
Armenian official under Abdul Hamid. is
also a member OF the
Ga0rlel present senate. He Is
Effen1; man of great learning.
and was educated in Paris
in the University Of Paris He held
post corresponding with our Attorney
General for twenty-five years His BUSH
ness was to advise Abdul 'Hamid concern
ing the legality of his acts done and pro-
posed. and it is believed that he per-
formed that duty accurately and con
scentiously. When the constitution was
proclaimed he was appointed minister Of
pointed to the senate.
Eiamil Pasha the Grand Old Man" of
Turkey. who succeeded Said Pasha as
grand viz'er after the proclamation was
issued. held that office altogether about
twelve years at three different times. and
he is believed to he strictly honest and
patriotic. He had more to do with the
twenty years ago than any other man
and undoubtedly wrote it. And. at the
age Of eighty-fiye, after more than half
q century spent in the public service. had
CT oAkf~ rs ALL
that he prepared so long before again
proclaimed as the fundamental law of the
ma ton.
Kiami] Pasha is q native of Cyprus and
was educated In Europe. He entered the
public service in Egypt and was brought
to Constantinople in the SOS to fill some
important post. He has been minister
of domain. minister Of public instruction.
and in 1887 was appointed grand vizier.
When aaid Pasha retired everybody
agreed that this venerable Nestor. who
had seen two genera tons Of sultans come
and go. was the safest man to guide the
hrst steps OF the new nation. and by &C
cepting this thankless burden at the most
critical moment Of his country's history
he had an opportunity to carry into effect
a great many ideas that he had advocated
tor years Everybody had confidence in
him and he might have remained in ofice
indefinitely but for the conduct OF his
son. Said Bey, who has the reputation of
being an upmitigated rascal. He is ac
cused of every sort Of crime, and whether
guilty or not. nobody has confidence in
MIN except his father.
Finally, when the committee of union
and progress discovered that Said Bey
was trying to betray the
Cabinet government. they offered
resolution in parlia-
O"e"6e' ment declaring that
Kiamil Pasha no longer possessed their
confidence and demanding that the sultan
should appoint new prime minister.
A new cabinet was formed under Hilmi
Pasha, who had been minister OF the in
terror for several years on two occasions
and during the six years preceding the
revolution was Governor General of Mace
donia. where his remarkable tact won the
confidence of the mon who organized and
led the revolutionary movement. But he
did not last long. and under his admin
iuls IN Apria 1909. occurred the out
OF parliament and the general abandon
ment of constitutional government.
There is not the slightest doubt that a
massacre was intended and that the plans
were made in the Yildiz Kiosk. Docu-
ments discovered there after the sultan
was driven out, establish this fact. Mil
lions OF dollars were used to corrupt the
troops in Constantinople. besides deceiv-
of the Young Turk party. and appealing
to their religious prejudices. The money
came from the secret boards Of Abdul
Hamid. The massacre was set for FRIDAY
night. April "a. and was only prevented
by the appearance Of Shevket Pasha at
the head of thirty thousand troops from
Macedonia.
Shevket Pasha is really the hero of the
new regime. He was born in Bagdad,
the son of an Arab noble
Shevket man, educated at the
n..L. military school in Con-
stantinople, and later a
professor in the same institution He
served on many technical commissions
and was regarded as the ablest scientist
In the Turkish army. While inspector
general in Macedonia he became con-
nected with the Young Turk movement
He was selected as the military leader of
the revolution and is the one man in the
list who has not disappointed anybody.
Col. Mai Bey, an Albanian, who, like
Shevket, was educated at the military
college in Constantinople. was the actual
originator OF the revolution. He was
Shevket's adjutant at SalonilSi and was
the first to suggest the movement that
led to the present regime. 1t was he who
sent a telegram to Abdul Hamid In 1905
saying:
I'VE demand immediate declaration of
a constitution or march with thirty thou
gand troops on Constantinople.
That was the first declaration Of indie
pendence.
Maj Enver Bey. a comrade of Mail
Bey who also was a subordinate of
Shevket at Saloniki, was with the move
ment from the start and one OF its bold
est leaders.
david Bey. minister of finance. was a
member Of the group. and Talaat Bey,
minister of the interior. was another He,
too, is a Macedonian and was one of the
most active members of the committee Of
union and progress in Saloniki when the
revolution was planned
Nedjmeddin Bey, minister of justice,
was born in Constantinople. studied law
and after a notable practice. was made a
Judge of the court of appeals at Saioniki
There he fell in with the patriotic move
ment at an early day and has been an
active member of the committee Of union
and progress.