The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-23

his brother, the proposal was secuted ils
Paris, St Petersburg. Rome, and espc-
cially in London.
Great Britain, indeed pointed out to
Haiku that since the succession to the
throne Of Osman was based not merely
on tradition, but also on Koranic Law,
she could not. in view Of the fact THAI
King Edward has nearly hundred mil.
Ion MOslems subject 20 his rule, coun-
tenance any such project. whicis would
be calculated to offend the religious prsj-
| udices Of all true followers Of tho
prophet
In fact. one Of the reasons Of the very
marked friendship which Rechad has
manifested on every occasion for Eng.
land since he became Sultan, under tire
title Of Mahmoud V. is due to his knowi-
edge that had It not been for the firm
stand taken by her In the matter Of the
| succession 10 the Turkish throne he would
! probably have been sacrificed TO his
| nephew. young Prince Burhan-Eddine,
while Il is quite natural that he should
| not be expected to feel very cordial To-
ward Haiku Bey, in whom he sees the
| statesman through whose agency he was
! to have been set aside.
1t is only fair 10 Haiku Bey 70 add
that during this special mission he was
quick to appreciate the sentiments Of the
foreign powers with regard TO the sue
cession and that is was owing to his
| straightforward, though unpalatable, re-
port to the former Sultan that the latter
abandoned all further attempts to sub
stitute Burhan-Eddlne for Rechad.
In was while engaged on this mission
abroad that Haiku likewise established
an understanding with the Young Turks,
with whose views, owing TO his English
and American experiences. he was Eatu-
| rally in sympathy. and It speaks volumes
| for his cleverness that despite the ACTIVE
| ity Of Abdul Hands police abroad re
/ should never have been suspected Of any
relations with the Young Turks party
| There Is no evidence whatsoever to
show that Haiku did not serve Abdul
/ Hamid faithfully until the latter was
! compelled TO revive the long dormant
| constitution. Nor did he take any part
! In the revolution which put an end 10
| the former Sdltan's dsspOtism. But when
the new regime came into power IT'S lead
ers naturally turned % Haiku as q re-
| markably clever and broaa-minded states
man, imbued with Western liberalism,
! and who had managed 20 keep himself
! free from any discrimination III the acts
OF cruelty and spoliation perpetrated by
| the now fallen Padishah and his myrmi-
dons. In one word Haiku. without hay-
| ing laid himself open IN any way TO
| charges Of betrayal Of hts former master,
was able 10 come into the camp OF the
new regime with perfectly clean hands.
| In conclusion. Il may bs pointed out
| that while Haiku Bey's assumption OF
! the grand vizierate sigEalizes the close
Of the dictatorship exercised by the COM
mittee Of union and progress and the
end Of the regime Of martial law main
tanned by Gen. Shefzet Pasha at Con-
stantinople ever since the deposition OF
Abdul Hamid-the Inauguration, there
fore, for the first time Of & parliament
airy form Of government there in the
true and English-speaking sense Of the
word-it likewise means the preservation
Of the statu quo in the near East.
The keynote Of his policy, according 70
hts own declaration. IS the integrity OF
the Ottoman empire. 20 which both the
Car and King Victor Emmanuel COM
mitted themselves afresh on the occasion
Of their meeting in November at Racco-
nigt, at which he was present in his ca
pacity as ambassador of the sublime
porte.
For Haiku there Is now an end to that
period OF dismemberrnent which has
within his lifetime cost Turkey the loss
Of Bulgaria. Bosnia. Herzegovina, Thes-
sally. and part Of Epirus. as wen as the
sUzerainty of Roumania, Of Ser-yia, and
Of Montenegro. There is to be no further
alienation of territory, and this applies
according TO him with especial force TO
Crete, where he is determined 20 main
tain to their fullest extent the lawful
rights Of the Sultan.
have mentioned above that there are
a number Of important questions await
ing his consideration and IN connection
with which Turkey viii derive advantage
from having as her grand vlzier an ex-
pert in national and international law.
They include the DardaneIles problem.
the CTetan difficulty, the Albanian Luz
zle, the Macedonian question, the Arab
ian trouble, and. last but not least. the
| Bagdad railroad-that is TO say. the
scheme Of linking the BosphorUs with the
Persian Gulf and the development Of the
once so fertile territory lying between
the two points. This is a matter in
which Germany, Russia, Great Britain,
and France are all concerned almost as
much as Turkey, and where the utmost
| skill, judgment, and stateCraft viii be
needed in order to avoid a conflict with
one or another OF these powers and to
safeguard the best interests Of the Otto
man empire. That statecraft no one sub
ject to the Sultan's rule can furnish 50
well as Haiku Bey, the new grand vizier.
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