Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

demned were executed from INA. a
great excitement ensued and public irri-
tation was increased against Him
Where is the truth? II is most clf1cun
to obtain it anywhere and more than All
| in Turkey
| Haiku Bey was chosen as successor TO
Hilmi Pasha. Haiku Bey is liberal,
highly educated, and was
The New ambassador at Rome
~. when notified of his ele-
SALI. walton to the yizerat.
Haiku Bey would compose his own cani-
net, but he was quickly made to under
stand that he could do SO only in accord
with the committee. Mahmoud Chefket
Pasha. the chief of the triumphant army
which overthrow Abdul Hamid, has main
tanned until now the state of siege at
Constantinople Mahmoud Chefket Pasha
| was really the power. the mi itary dicta-
tor of Turkey. Haiku Bey, seeing the
danger, induced him to abandon his
power and accept a portfolio in his cabi-
| net. The grand vizier in effecting that
| object has given proof of his intelligence
and patriotism, and this fact at the in
| ception Of his administration is a happy
augury Of success
| The faults and the shortcomings found
| in the government at Cons. antinople are
almost identical with those at Athens.
The Greek revolution however, has not
been welcomed in Europe with the same
degree Of respect and enthusiasm as that
of the Young Turk Form and propr ETY.
| have been maintained at Cons -antinop.e;
at Athens. no. The military power there
| is absolute master. AS for the monarchy.
alas. there remains about as much OF
| the royal palace, which was recently de-
s,royed by fire. The supers.itious may
see in that conflagration a symbol.
We confess that having followed the
extraordinary maneuvers of the ext"aor-
no less extraordinary Col. Lapathiotis,
secretary of war. We were inclined to be-
lieve that the Military League was
usurpation and a tyranny. DR.. Dillon.
porary Review. has just returned from
Greece and Crete. and his authority is In
diSputable.
| The Greeks he says, in brief have a
dubious reputation in Europe since the
Byronic philhellenism died
Greeks out. He finds the Greeks
p..;.a gain on closer acquaintance.
and that they are not SO
bad as painted. AS individuals. the
Greeks are Woodworking, frugal and pa
triotic citizens, endowed with many ad
mirable qualities. He has no social quail
tiles nor capacities for subordinating in
dividual efforts for the good of the coun-
try.
| OF Tricoupis he says that he reduced
Greece to bankruptcy. and still had suf-
flcient authority to keep out Rhalys and
others who would have enabled the state
to pay it's debts. Delyannis. in 1891.
plunged the country into hopeless war in
lfa,. nf inc into nd
| blazoning it abroad a triumph OF
Greek diplomacy. War shattered Greece's
| finances. brought in foreign control, and
lost besides three episcopal sees in Mace
| the long-yearned-for time for action was
at hand and much might have been
staked on cast Of the dice. Greece, in
the person Of Theotokis. declined to imi
tate Bulgaria. who had boldly crossed the
| Rubicon.
| Further, DR.. Dillon says: Greece pre-
ferred to wait meekly until the powers
should find the leisure and the mood to
| powers, it is asserted in diplomatic cir
cles, replying to a note from Greece, said
| that, ITO a state that cannot keep it
self from anarchy it would be preposter-
GUS to confide the destin:es of Crete"
| The Military League began at the
| wrong end. It had no strong man. Tsor-
bas was a modern man. had good COM
mon sense. but no inspiration. IT the
| army had no strong man, the navy mao
only the half-crazy Tybaldos.
| Briefly resumed, Greece has a constitu
ton which no longer performs its func-
tons. a parliament fallen to the level Of
registering Office legislators who dare
not employ their judgment or act upon
| their convictions when passing bills OF
great moment, an army starved by all
| parties until it is no more than the pith-
less ghost of a military force, a revo'u-
ton afraid Of violence and sudden change
and which would regenerate the country
by means OF parliamentary enactments.
| It is very clear to the intelligent look
er-on at this panorama OF events in
Turkey. Greece and
| Bluuderiug Crete that. given the ut
NE. ter incapacity Of Greece
4V"oiS' to govern herself, and
consequently the incapacaty to govern
Crete. the real, blunderer in the pending
| near eastern question is not Turkey Or
Greece or Crete. but the protective pow
| ers themselves.
| In the first place, Prince Gortchakof
obaarad Hratn x,f<h {Ji,.orxy pro,,teac