The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-27
200 FOLLOWERS
OF KIAMIL PASHA
UNDER ARREST
Counter Revolutionary Plot Ex-
posed and Reign of Ter
ror Results
LONDON SEES LITTLE
HOPE OF BALKAN PEACE
Young Turks. Power Drunk, Are
for War-Allies to Respect
Armistice Pact Terms

CoNSTANTINoPLE. Jan. 27.-The
French reign OF terror was rivalled
IN Constantinople today, when whole
sale arrests were made among adher'
ents OF Kiamil Pasha. the deposed
grand yizier. at the behest OF Enyer
Bey. Turkeys man OF the hour"
More than 200 influential men. sus-
pected of fomenting the counter-rev.
dictionary plot, were jailed, and
among them were the minister or the
interior and the minister OF instruc-
ton. OF the Kiamll Pasha cabinet.
A military tribunal was declared
by the Young Turks, with Zekh Bey
as provisional president. and Turkey
WIS under military dictatorship. fAe
sultan is practically powerless and
Kiamil Pasha -himself Is under the
srictest surveillance by henchmen OF
Enver Bey. The revolutionists feared
10 arrest him in view OF the indignant
protest that went up from all quar-
tiers when Maxim Pasha was assassin
&c d. Constantinople. Is now convinced
that the aged commander-in-chief OF
the army was brutally murdered In
accordance with well organized plot
That the day would see bloody in
ternecine strife in Constantinople was
confidently expected. Three regi.
ments were reported to be on their
way 10 STEAMBOAT from the Chatalja
lines, 20 reinstate Kiamil Pasha and
his cabinet The highest army Of
ficers distrust Enver Bey. and are not
IN sympathy with the committee OF
Union and Progress cohorts. Also
the military men resented the murder
OF Maxim Pasha, and II il said that
they have determined TO overthrow
the new self-styled government"
The ambassadors OF the powers
have refused TO recognize the revolu-
tionary government" and will have
nothing to do with Enyer Bey They
openly snubbed Mahmud Shefket
Pasha, the Enver Bey grand vizier
and declined to discuss the Balkan
situation either formally or informal
". They have demanded that the
porte Immediately answer the Joint
note from the powers.
II was reported today, but not con-
firmed, that Russia is planning to In
tervene in Turkey, not waiting for
concerted action by the powers
Among ambassadors and diplomats,
IL became known today, there Is n
growing undercurrent OF suspicion
against Germany In the Turkish
crisis. II is limited that the Enver
Dey uprising was traceable to Ger
man secret diplomacy. Enver Bey
was for years attached TO the Turkish
embassy at Berlin, and fraternized
with high officials OF the German
army. Since his recall, he has fire.
quently visited the German capital
and has been In constant communities
ton with German officials.
The war loan OF $15,000,000 TO the
Enver Bey government by the Deuts-
ches-Orient bank did not tend TO allay
the suspicion that Germany at least
did not discountenance revolution and
was not averse to a renewal OF the
Balkan war.
Russia distrusts Germany, and it
was regarded as probable that the
Yumors concerning Germany. whether
true or false, caused the counter
rumor that Russia was preparing TO
intervene.
The notorious commune Of Paris
was recalled today when the military
tribune was put into operation. Wits
Zekki Bey installed as provisional
president OF the tribune and chief
Judge advocate of the military court
martial, Constantinople was under
the most drastic martial law.
The two ex-minlsters Of the Kiamil
Pasha' cabinet and the more than 200
other followers Of the deposed grand
vizier who were arrested, were
brought before Zekki Bey for trial
on charges that they were instigators
of the military revolt that threatened
10 upset the Enver Bey regime.