The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
CHERIF PASHA LONG
FOE OF YOUNG TURKS
Attempt to Kill Him Believed
TO Have Been Planned in
Constantinople.
LIFE OFTEN ENDANGERED
Opposition to Present Turkish
Government Now Has Head
quarters in Paris.
LIFE OFTEN ENDANGERED
special Gable Despatch, TO THE srs.

not. according to the revelations that
have followed in the wake of the incident,
an Isolated crime. but part OF con-
spiracy engineered from Constan,nople to
eXtermInate the most active opponents in
Paris Of the present Turkish adminlstra-
zion. This city has always been Srcat
centre for refugees from Ottoman polit-
ical strife and OF disseminated factions OF
the empire
Here some Of the most saiient plans for
the revolution OF 1908 were laid and here
Ahmed Ria Bey wagcd his newspaper
campaign against the Hamidian regime
and explained to the world at large the
reforms that his party demanded. The
Young Turks have likewise found here
the most aggressive enemies OF the rather
high handed Government. ANA irritated, If
not frightened. by the opposition that
Cherif Pasha has crystaliized they have
sought 10 extend 10 Paris. * is charged
the same means of meeting II that they
have tried in Constantinople. In assassi-
nation they have merely followed the ex-
ample of Abdul Hamid. that great master
In the art OF disposing of too active
political enemy.
In Cher!f Pasha the Young Turks. or
more properly speaking the Committee nj
Union and Progress. have a foe of no
mean worth. lie has long been recog
nized as one OF the most patriotic men Of
the country He was at one time a menu
Der OF the organization that he is now at
lacking, and he IL one of the bralniest
men OF the Opposition Or Liberal party.
He started paper at Constautirople. and
when he began to express opinions at
variance with the views of the committee
his paper was suppressed. He started his
paper again and IL met with the same
fate After one or two other attempts
a number Of very ominous warnings and
m effort TO kill him he moved his office
10 Paris
Paper Now Printed in Parts.
Tie paper is now appearing in French
and is called the Nechronticttc. Cherif
through its columns claims that there is
now strong opposition party in Turkey
and that the greatest difficulties that II
encounters are due TO the lack OF liberty
OF the press. lie wants to secure liberty
Of expression both in press and publ:
meetings. the suppression Of courts-nar-
..al and tho real application Of the Con-
stitution. He demands the revision OF oil
trials hitherto Illegally held. the founda-
ton OF banks for the advancement Of
agricultural and commercial interests IT
the country, the absolute equality of all
classes and elements OF the population be-
fore the law and an improved system
OF education.
These very things were what the Young
Turks promised to give Turkey. Instead.
according to Cherif Pasha, they have es-
,abished an autocracy more calling than
that which existed in the time or Abdul
Hamid, whom they overthrow. lie mas
waged his warfare relentlessly. HIS pa
per has been sent all over the world
and In spite of the strong censorship has
been circulated throughout the Ottoman
Empire, even In Constantinople In Gov.
eminent offices right under the noses OF
the very men whom he has 30 vigorously
,tttacked.
Cherif Pasha is an unusually interest
ing man. He has Il charming personality
and his service as a diplomat has given
him q wide acquaintance with men and
interests to whom Turkish affairs are I'M
portant He II the son of the late SAID
Pasha, who was one Of the chief advisers
~ Abdul Hamid and who was the frst
Grand Nzicr under the new Constitu-
lion.
Cherif when scarcely more than boy
was a rabid advocate OF reforms ne
became so closely associated with the
m>vement to better the condition OF his
country that he was called to the fildil
Kiosk and would have been bowstringed
or sacked and dropped into the Bosporus
bu, for the fortunate appearance ana
intercession of his father. lie was
hrsl,y sent as Ambassador TO Stockholm.
but the opinion in official circles was
that the assignment was practically an
honorable exile.
Denounced New Regime.
When the constitution was proclaimed
10 returned to Constantinople ana AT
'lrst took an active part In the counciis
~ the Committee of Union and Progress
His break with this organization came
when it began to suppress newspapers
that opposed the Government in some or
lts measures. He declared then that the
lew regime was as oppressive rs the old.
He married Princess Emanine. II
daughter of Prince Hahn whom many
Ottomans considered rightfully entitled
10 be Khedive OF Egypt. He is. thus. the
hrother-in-law Of Prince Said Hahn. the
present Grand Vizier OF Turkey. In spite
OF their political differences Prince Hahn
and Cherif Pasha have always been tho
warmest friends. His daughters have re-
ceved a Western education and training,
and they as we'll as his son share In their
fathers opinions and are assisting In MS
propaganda
Soon after his arrival in Paris Cherif
wrote an article for the Revue, which was
looked upon as the first authoritative
statement OF the conditions In Turkey
under the new regime and OF the OPP
prcsslve rule OF the Young Turk party.
lie described the unfltness OF the army
for actual service, q description that later
events proved to be true. and exposed
the au.ocratic control Of the ruling COM
mittee. Among other things he declared
that the committee had made away with
most Of the property confiscated from
he old Yildiz clique without any legal
: sentence and that II had never made any
accounting OF the spolls-
No Denial Was Made.
The editor of the Revue In preface
gave his reasons for publishing the ar
ticle and said that he was ready at any
Ntne to give prominence to an authorized
Ieiitatlon OF the charges. hut none
APPEARED 20 have been forthcoming.
Azln Bey. who IL credited with Or
eanizng tho system OF spies TO watch
the Turkish colony Of Paris. came here
atter his dismissal from the police ser.
wee OF Constantnople at tho demand OF
Russia, The general opinion is that his
REPORTS 10 the committee forced him into
action before he had really laid his plans
'o' getting Cherif Pasha out OF the way.
This view Of the affair Is taken as an
indication of the desperation Of the COM
Hittee' for II In no secret that against
the powerful attack that IL being made
on II, II must defend itself energeticall;
ana successfully without delay or II will
soon be swept out OF existence. In Con-
stantinople crimes OF violence have played
an important part In recent political af-
iairs ana have cost Turkey the lives OF
s'ms or tts most able men