The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
CONSUL FEELS AFFRONTED
M PRESENT iTIIE or PERSIA
IEiIES TURKISH DINNER.
'n>ul-t!enerai Topaz, an Was Not seated
>eNI Ia the Turkish Ambassador
said o. Vas q SLIGHT to Hl4 Rank and
Ten the Hotel Aston Dined Alone,

bn>ul-eseneral Topak1 an Was Not aeale ed
>cNI Ia the Turkish Ambassador
said o. Vas q SllGhi to Hi4 Rank and
ten the Hotel Aston Dlnrd Alone.
n n Touakyar. the Consul General of
Versa m thus city. felt that hs was in.
lifted last 1 ght at The dinner which WA
"u al tho Hotel Aston by the subjects
.' the ottoman Empire in honor Of the
.'.'rI anniversary OF the overthrow of
NI,.ul Hamid and the establishment of
f'" constitution MIR. Topakyan left the
'drQuet IN a hun aud he announced TO
'r" r"porters that he did not care to have
t- "ame mentioned As one Of the guests
q m" occasion
p"rsIa's representative withdrew be-
CiIs" due recognition OF his once and
'nrsuiar rank hal not been accorded him
Hv he banquet committee which arranged
'or he seating Of the guests about the
rahlos Mr.. TopAkyan said a. he was
g"'ung into his automobile outside the
hotel that an Armenian. q Greek and
a-rrher man had been seated between
ms"lf and his Excellency. Youssouf Za
FaSha. Turkish Ambassador to this coun-
~ when The hard and fast rules OF diplo-
matte etiquette required that he as the
representative OF q forsign country and
the ranking guest among all the fifty
liners should have the place OF honor
9 the right hand OF the Turkish Ambas-
rador.
The Persian Consul Generals leave
taking Vas precipitate. About \ o'clock
ne had gathered with the other diners.
Turks Syrians. Armenians. Arabs and
Gre~ks. all subjects OF Mohammed V.
except himself, in a reception room of
the banquet hall. There he had been
Introduced To his Excellency Youssouf
Pasha and diplomatic courtesy was &C.
tive When the walters threw back the
doors 20 the banquet tables the Consul
General OF Persia walked in with the
others. busily chatting in French with
hrim ShAh-Mir. the Vice-Consul Of Tir-
Nev AZ this port.
Then a bolt dropped into the diplo-
matte wheels and there was a Earring
inclusion When a member OF the din
n"r committee showed Mr.. Topakyan 70
49, s"at the Persian gentleman noticed
that II was the fourth seat removed from
that Of the Turkish Ambassador in the
centre Of the table. Two doctors 81
medicine and a plain citizen OF Greek
EXTRACTION sat between him and the
dis; nSu,shed representative OF MohGm-
med
Mr. Topakyan although rug mer-
chant IN Fifth avenue is also we'll vers~d
In tho usages ~ diplomacy II. remem-
h"red that he was the duly accredited
representative II his sovereign. tn. infant
Ahmed Chah kadjar He believed that
hls place should have been unAlterahly
4.
lie called the member Of the dinner com
mittee who had seated him and asked N
there had not been mistake IN the table
Arran cement Tho member said that
there had not
ThcIeupon Mr.. Topakyan wished the
member ~ the dinner committee good
evening and went II the coat room for
his hat. He was not followed thither
10y any member Of the dinner committee.
for his exit was so sudden that the plain
subjects ~ Mohammed not Versed in
the d",icacir- 81 diplomatic etiquetts
did not comprehend the cause Of Mr.
Topakyan's huN until It was too late
The Consul-ieneral from Persia went
to the Republican Club and there dined
alone
What effect Mr.. TopaSyan's sudd'n
departure may have had upon the spirits
Of the diners could not no learned because
the dinner was strictly private and no
emisaary TO the public came out 20 ex-
lain the contretemps.
DR. n NJ Dadourian. who is nm Armen-
ian. presided Besides the Turkish Am
t,.ssador. Baouf Bey. First Secretary Of
the Turkish Embassy IN Washington.
a0i Vice-Consul ShGh-Mir represented
ire Government nv the Bosporus. Hts
; vr"llency Youssouf Pasha in responding
?, q to.st ~ The Sultan and the Consti-
tu'ion- referred To the work that Mo-
E..mmed V has 20 do. He said:
The L * which confronu the Ottoman
mreror ~ our epoch - very complex
IN effect. his NJ iesty. Nohsmmcd V
D. the difficult problem Of conciiiating
Co.," principles Of the conservative in
= IeuceS that work intsnRibly throughout
'"ssinC demr nds OF our century. You
. 90 observed that the efforts Of the
;,uvernment. in accord with the represen-
~ Yes Of the people. ere employed to |
: aoe constitutional government upon a
b 4 nd brn5 hase and st the same time !
preserve the preroRatives assured by |
-" institution ~ certain powers which |,
r-rr"sent rational sovereignty as we'll as
drvldual rights.
Speeches were made by the Rev VI q. /
pap n. NrhAn Carhashian and DR. !
N Gabriel