The Irish standard., 1915-09-18
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-e-siou or me, I drew OF The SIP
r. You. who have seen that horrid
ght, know what 1t was that made me
1 ludder as looked!
Years ago had heard Of dark
I addition in the palace that the foot
g the sultan was not like a natural
! OF. that there was some revolving
! emish hereditary in the house of Os.
IN, which had to be concealed from
eyes. The moment had looked
on this foot I realized my dreadful
/ -uation. That Abdul-Aziz had been
Inflated by my household was little;
! It had stumbled upon the knowledge
one Of those palace secrets which
on the mothers of sultans hardly
re to whisper to each other; at the
7 re hint of which eunuchs stop their
rs and turn pale; to be suspected Of
p.aowing which means death.
There was only one alternative.
A. was the sultan's life or mine. de.
Parted instantly to the palace and
fought secret audience of the mother
pr Prince Murad.
/; I'VE arranged the matter swiftly.
Every moment was heavy with peril.
Fortunately. everything was ripe for
this revolution, which I had too LONG
delayed, and you are no doubt already
acquainted with the steps by which it
was carried out. As soon as Prince Mu.
rad had been proclaimed. and the
paths of allegiance had been taken, I
summoned the officer of the guard and
p dozen picked soldiers. and under
their escort, accompanied by the sui
tana, I forced way through the terri.
fled eunuchs into the presence of Alb
dul-Aziz. He had just set his seal to
p paper as we entered. I snatched Il
pup, and read. It was my death.war.
Fant!'
THE vizter trembled as he came to
this point. 1t was an experience to
pnnerve even brave man.
! "'Then informed Abdul-Aziz that
he had ceased to reign. He received
the news in perfect stupor. l pointed
to the soldiers and invited him to es.
cape the degradation of death at their
hands. He understood the situation,
and covered down on his couch,
shrinking from US in peculiar and
dreadful way. Then the sultana spoke
to him.
"'She had long intrigued for his
downfall, ana Knew that her SON
would not be safe while Abdul-Azis
lived. She urged him to preserve his
honor.
| "'Still he hesitated, and finally NUT
tered something about not having .
weapon Instantly the sultana
enatched sharp pair of scissors from
her waist. and thrust them into his
unwilling hands. Still he hung back.
1t was becoming shocking.
! FINALLY was compelled to order
one of the soldiers to advance with
lis sword drawn. Then at last, with Q
sob. the sultan thrust the steel points
into his arm at the place you saw
End the soldier was allowed to finish
the work.
"This was the vizier's account. In q
country like Turkey such things are
done every day. Nevertheless the af.
fair impressed me unpleasantly. I
Parted with Mehemed Rushdi with per.
feet courtesy, but did not take hin
hand.
However. as have said, was able.
in consequence of the secret which I
possessed to exert q powerful influ.
ence over the course of events, and
on the occasion Of my meeting Lord
Eeaconsfield at the conclusion of the
Eerlin treaty, he even went 80 far az
10 say to me:
II 1t had not been for you. baron.
The Russians would not have had Ia,
tun."
In u. g. and Great Brittany