Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

was signed at St
Assassination of James palace May
Sh.-l4 nj, 30. We had writ
A"Sa' ten so much when
dispatches from Constantinople an
nounced the assassination Of Mahmoud
Shevket Pasha. the Turkish grand vizier
and minister of war. and that he had
been succeeded in these functions by
Prince Said Hahn.
In this connection it may be asked if
Essad Pasha, who disappeared after the
fall of Scutari. proclaimed himself king.
then assassinated Hassan Ria Pasha.
and then was assassinated In turn. &C
cording to the press dispatches. has not
reappeared to play his part in the prom
ised retaliation for the assassination of
Nazim Pasha.
The Tribhna of Rome drags Essad from
behind the curtain that has hidden him
from view for some time, and writes of
him as late as the 10Th ultimo that les
sad Pasha was not assassinated that he
does not care to be king. but desires to
be named chief of the Albanians, with
full power" Be that as it may. Essad
was accused of assassinating Hassan Ria
sassination of Essad's friend. the late
generalissimo Maxim Pasha. II this Is
SO. as charged. it may be asked il Essad
has had a hand in the assassination OF
Mahmoud Shevket.
But to resume our reference to the pre-
llminary peace act at London. The Bull
garian and Turkish peace delegates
signed protocol providing for the prompt
removal OF their respective armies from
the field of recent operations.
On the same day. May 10. the Bulsa-
rian cabinet resigned to give place to a
coalition ministry representing all parties.
Dispatches from London and Vienna
continue policy Of sensational announce
ments seldom justified by facts. Reuters
agency has published the following to
guard the public against the alarm
sounded:
"Ali the Balkanic delegates protest en-
ergetically against the efforts of certain
foreign journals to foment resentment by
means of exaggerated and unjust infor-
nation concerning the relations of the al
lies. War would be crime and a folly.
War is eventually expected by small
number Of chauvinists. The Balkan
powers as last resort would appeal to
the tribunal at The Hague
l. =
Russia, Germany and France are en-
gagged i'm counselng the Balkan states to
peace and moderation
COunSelluQ France is the principal
creditor of the Balkan
Aoooe' states. including Turkey
and France declares that she will not lend
financial aid to any of those powers for
war. Servia, it is said, has already taken
the hint and has evinced a more concil-
iatory spirit
The London and Vienna sensationalists
June sent such dispatches as the follow
ing: War between the Balkan states is
hourly becoming more imminent
Servia and Greece will proclaim the an
nexation of the occupied Macedonian
mite casus belli. The only hopeful fea-
ture of the situation consists in the belief
that Bulgaria is lacking the sinews OF
war"
Bucharest dispatch (via London, rep
resents Roumania as mobilizng her
army, although it confesses that Rou-
mania has no understanding with any
of the allies. Now the statement of the
correspondent may be suspected. because
if it be true that Servia and Greece
have formed a coalition against Bull
garia ii is fair to assume that Rou-
mania has formed an understanding with
at least one of the allies, which could be
no other than Bulgaria.
But is it true that the allies have ar
rived at the point where they would
fight over the spoils Of war?
With such wise heads as DR.. Danef
and Nj. Venezelos at the head of their
respective ships of state war between
these nations is most improbable. In
fact, during an interview between NJ,
Sarafoff and NJ. VeneZe'os the probable
ity of war was secuted by BOTH
NJ VenezelOs remarked to NJ. Sarafon
that it was time to put stop to the
incidents by an amiable entente between
the allies concerning the partition Of the
conquered territory. 1t would be a dis
grace If. after cooperation against
common enemy. they would now engage
in q fratricdai warfare. 1t was desir-
able, in view Of the signature of peace.
that statesmen should sit round table
and settle their differences by mutual
concessions outside of the ultra-chau-
whist Should an agreement be impos-
sibie the solution OF the difficulty must
be referred to arbitration. And NJ. Vene-
zelos added:
eff there ever was q clear case for
arbitration the differences were betwee0
the allies, Who
Cousa nf the were allies, and
=. not enemies. The
Misunderstanding :,a.,a,;,r,