The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-04
PRINCESS HAIRIE NOT
RELATED TO SULTAN

/ in straitened circumstances; even the
Young Turks, when they were In pow
or. refusing to do anything for her. and
affecting to depreciate any services
which she and her husband may have
rendered them.
The couple live In obscure lodgings in
the shabby genteel Baker Street dis
trict OF London, and while they manage
now and again to secure a certain
amount of attention from neophytes of
the press. they receive none whatso-
ever from the English and French
authorities or from the diplomatic
chancelleries of Europe. The real
title OF the woman is plain Madam
Nouri Bey, and she has no right what
soever TO the title of princess o. to the
status of a member OF the Turkish
reigning house.
Her husband must nt be confound-
ed with the late Nouri Pasha, who
was the second and certainly the most
able of the Turkish plenipotentIaries
at the Peace Conference of the Hague
in 1899, and who at the time of his
demise. shortly before the overthrow
( of Abdul Hamid. was Under Secretary
OF State for Foreign Affairs at Con-
stantinople. He was OF French origin
and figured in the "Etat Presen: de la
NobIesse Franchise" and other standard
and authoritative rosters Of the cid
French aristocracy as the Marquis de
lChateauneut. His father had gone to
Turkey from France in connection
with some railroad contracts. yielded
II the urgent solicitations - Sultan.
Abdul Aziz 20 enter mis- service. be-
came a convert to Islam and died in
high fave with the Padishah as Re-
chad Pasha His son Nouri was edu-
Gated in France and Immediately on his
return TO Stambou entered the service
of the Sublime Porte. He married
Turkish lady and had two daughters
They. in 1907, attracted a consider
able amount Of attention by fleeing
from Constantinople. the French blood
in their veins rendering them unwiIl-
ing any longer to submit to the restric-
lions of Oriental harem life. Escorted
! by their old French governess, they
reached Belgrade, where they were ar
rested at the instance of their father. in
obedience to the peremptory orders
which he had received from Sultan
Abdul Hamid. But before Nouri Pasha
could reach the Servian capital, they
had managed to escape from the build
ing in which they were confined, and
to make their way across the river IN
small boat to the Hungarian shore.
where they were safe from further
pursuit. and proceeded to Paris
where they have since lived and
where they. after forming a close
friendship with Pierre Lott. furnished
to him the themes of several of his
best books and articles on harem life
in the Orient.
Their father subsequently managed
10 recover the favor of Abdul Hamid.
,ut towards the end of 1908 died very
suddenly one evening at his house at
Constantinopie after swallowing a
glass Of water from a pitcher wnlcn
had been placed for his use In MS
library There was no inquest-there
never is in Turkey. as 1t is considered
contrary to the laws of the Koran
There is no reason to believe that the
murder was instigated by sultan 40
dul Hamid. What is far more prooa-
bile is that the people responsible for
the crime were those evil rings sur
rounding Abdul Hamid who had every
reason to fear Nouri Pasha's frankness
with his sovereign, and his habit 0f
communicating to the latter matters
which it was not to their interest that
he should hear.
No European sovereign is just at
present the object OF greater amount
| of Misrepresentation than that most
upright and courageous of rulers. KING
Charles of Rumania- He IS held up 10
obIoouv. both in England and on this
side of the Atlantic. as a sort of black
mailer who is endeavoTinS 10 obtain
| territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT at The eX-
pense of the Balkan allies In tneir
war with Turkey. without having thus
far taken any part in the campaign or
contributed to its success.
1t is altogether wrong to compare
him 10 Naroleon III, who. after ls
Prussian victory over Austria in 1900
demanded of Bismarck territorial COM
pensation on the Rhine for Prussias
increase of territory, so as to -e-estao-
Iish the balance Of power. Bismarck
plaved Napoleon until some tune after
the end OF the war and then dened him
tn do his worst knowing that the op-
portunity had passed
King Charles is too clever to permit
this What he now demands {" IS
absolutely determined upon obtaining
is the reparation of a gross act OF IN
Justice to which Rumania Was sub
jected by the Berlin Congress in 1878
on that occasion. although hihs
Charles and his Runanian army had
saved the Russians from annihila-
award of the Rumanian -'ro- IT, "a ~
Ressarabia. Rumania receiving in sorry
corr ensatiott the crf the s'v All - !" 1
backward Turkish province or the
T..l., ucia. which she las cor vcrt.d into
a fourishing and civilized province.
But the Dobrudja is entirely sepa-
rated from the rest of Rumania by the
lower reaches of the Danube. The pan
ube interposes between he Dodrudja
and the remainder of Rumania long
border OF water and swamp many
miles wide. which effcc.uSnv hinders
unity and intercourse between the two
sections Of the country In case oil
an attack nv Bull ir
tiguous TO the whole wcste n frontier
Of the Dobrudja, this Ruman.aD pro-
vince could be overnight occupied BY
a bulgarian army. while IL would be
difficult IL not impossible for the Ru-
manian army to reach IL in time across
the mile wide swamps OF the lower
Danube What King Charles is now
demanding Is a strip Of territory barely