Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-11
CrownPr ince of
Turkey Killed,
Says Authority
Death of Heir TO Throns
Claimed to Have Been De-
creed Account UnConceaEed
Hostility TO War

PARIS. April S.-CCorrespondence OF
the Associated Press.)-The question
whether the death of the Turkish Crown
Prince Yussof Izzedin was suicide or
assassination is no longer open to doubt,
according to an authority here on Otto
man affairs. who says:
THE prince was assassinated on the
first OF February irr his palace of Zind-
| jirli-ConyOu by his ordnance officer,
Hassan Bey."
Long before the war;" this authority
AYERS. when Enver Bey succeeded in
having a crown council instituted for
him, Prince Yussof was condemned to
die Since the war began he had been
more than ever eliminated from all in
| fiuence.
when the sultan fell III during the
summer of 1915. the eventuality of the
accession OF the prince preoccupied the
committee Of union and progress. His
hostility TO the war had been uncon-
cealed: his accession to the throne
meant the opposition of the monarch
to the projects OF the government and
menaced its existence.
1 cipal leaders Of the committee of I'M
ion and progress were secretly assem-
/ bled in the house Of the Sheikh III Is
/ lam, Hairi Effendi. Enver Bey, Talaat
| Pacha, Bedri Bey, the project of police;
| Hussein Djahid, vice president OF the
chamber, and Behaeddine Chakir, pri-
vate physician of the prince were pres
emit. Hussein Djahid called attention to
the difficulty of Turkeys situation at
the time. deprived of all means of re-
newing its supplies of ammunition and
consequently anxious as to the develop
ments of the Dardanelles campaign. In
those circumstances he pointed out the
presence on the throne of a prince
known TO have been opposed to the war
might be useful in obtaining favorable
peace from the allies. Others present
expressed the same view. 1t raised q
lively opposition, voiced by Enver Pa
/ cha To leave the way to the throne TO
Yussof might result in giving the COM
| nnittee a master, he argued. The Sec
ond heir, Prince Wahid Eddin, he OBJ
served, nourished no better sentiments
toward the committee. but it was impos-
sible to suppress everyone in the palace
and the death Of Yussof IZzedin must
/ certainly prove a salutary lesson.
THE deliberators separated without
taking a decision but they met again at
the same place a few days later when
four determined voices called for the
death Of Prince Yussof; they prevailed
over all resistance. but left the date tor
the execution 10 be determined later
according to the turn of events. There
/ upon came the Bulgarian accord with
I Turkey and intervention at the side OF
the allied empires. followed by the
/ evacuation of the Gallipoi peninsula
by the entente allies. The time was
/ considered propitious and on the hrs'
| Of February the prince was assasslnat-
I ed I'm his palace of Zindjirli-Coyou by
/ his ordnance officer, Hassan Bey. g.,
1T was oficially announced that the
csuse Of the princes death. suicide by
the opening of important veins in his
/ left arm. would be certified by TURKISH
and foreign doctors.
! swhen the certificate appeared there
were no names of foreign doctors sign
al and those of Turkish nationality were
All affliated with the government, WITH
Enver Bey or with the committee OF
union and progress.
| ssPrtnct Valid Eddin, the new hell
70 the throne, must by this time kno"
! vs-bat Is current information in Constan-
/ tinonIe now; that Yussof was assassl-
/ mated. and that he was assassinated by
order The day Of his condemnation
] Is known as well as the house Where
the verdict was rendered and the names
Of those who were present.