The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-23
AN AMERICANIZED VIZIER
Turkeys New Premier Former Resident of the United
States and an Aggressive Man.

Haiku, who has had many dealings
with the Young Turks. both prior and
subsequent to the downfall of Sultan
Abdul Hamid, and who knows them from
A to Z. realized that 1t was hopeless for
any cabinet to attempt to administer the
government of the empire as long as it
remained subservient TO the committee
Of union and progress. and valuing his
reputation and his self-respect too high
Is to accept the role Of a mere dummy
OF the committee, declined the Office OF
grand vizier until he had obtained def
mite assurance from the committee not
only that 1t would keep its hands off and
refrain from all interference, but that il
would dissolve and pass out Of existence.
With regard to Gen. Shefket Pasha, he
solved the difficulty presented by the
latter's somewhat too elastic conception
Of his duties Of commander Of the mill
tary forces Of the metropolitan district
by appointing him to the office Of minis
ter Of war. in which capacity he will now
be subject to the orders Of the grand
vizler
Haiku Bey was in a position 10 make
these conditions, for he has an independ-
ent fortune, inherited instead Of dishon-
estiy acquired, and enjoys so much credit
IN the various European capitals and in
his own country that the committee Of
union ana progress realized that his
presence at the head of the government
was Indispensable in order to restore
waning confidence in Turkeys constitu-
tional regime
Moreover. they felt that their period
Of usefulness had come to an end; that
not only were they IN danger Of forfeit
ing all the good Will which they had
won by their successful management Of
the revolution that brought TO a close
the nefarious tyranny OF Abdul Hemid.
but that they were in a fair way TO in
cur popular detestation by a despotisn
almost as hlgh-handed as that which
they had abolished.
Finally. they felt convinced Of the alb
solute loyalty Of Haiku Bey 20 the new
order OF things in Turkey and Of the sin
certify of his liberalism, which they had
not been able to feel in the case Of any
Of his predecessors as grand vizier.
Thus Hilmi Pasha, always celebrated
as a trimmer, has never been able TO
free himself entirely Of the suspicion of
q desire to restore the absolutism Of the
throne. and differing from the committee
IN many matters, as well as resenting Its
dictation, has long been carrying on a
sort OF Underground war against IL In
fact, the committee would never have
permitted his appointment 10 the Office
Of grand vizier last spring had IL not
been for the celebrity which he enjoyed
throughout the country, as well as among
the foreign ambassadors. as a competent,
Iresourceful, energetic, and prudent ad-
minisuator.
Only one person seems TO have taken
| exception in any way TO the appointment
o. Haiku as grand vizier, namely. the
Sultan. who is said TO have favored the
appointment OF q much older and, in his
| eyes, more experienced statesman. name.
| ly, Kuchuk Said Pasha, now president OF
| the Senate But in the face Of the atti-
tUde Of Parliament and OF the committee
/ Of union and progress. which latter had
no confidence at all in the aged Said, he
was compelled 10 yield.
/ His reluctance TO intrust the seals OF
Office 10 Haiku was dictated in reality
not by any objection to his youth. but
/ by the fact known 70 relatively few
/ that some four years ago Haiku. ther
( legal adviser TO the department Of for
/ eign affairs at Stamboul. was sent by the
! former Sultan on a more or less secret
/ mission to the courts of St James. Der.
/ lin. Vienna. Rome. and St Petersburg
as well as TO Paris. with the object OF
/ sounding the various rulers and govern
ments as 10 the encouragement and sup
/ port which they would be willing TO &C.
cord 10 Abdul Hands project Of alter
/ ing the succession OF the throne In favor
/ Of his younger son, Prince Burhan,
/ Eddine. between whom and the crown
there were at that time no less thar
| thirteen lives.
While Haiku is stated 70 have received
| encouragement at Berlin and at Vienna
/ where it was considered more advan.
/ tageOus 10 have as ruler OF the Ottoman
empire a young and gifted prince. care
| fully trained by foreign tutors, thoroughly
modern in all HIS views, and on terms oil
| personal friendship with the Kaiser's
sons rather than a sexagenarian prince
such as Rechad, concerning whom abso-
lutely nothing was known. owing to tbs
| close captivity in which he had beer