The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-07
ELECTION CABINET
FORMED BY TURKS
Sultan's Rescript Calls for
Arrangement to Convene
New Parliament.
YOUNGER ELEMENT WINS
Ballot to Be Taken at Erzerum
Away From Influence Of
Entente.

PARIS, OCt- IA new C3Dlnet mas
been formed in Turkey in succession to
the Ministry of Damad Ferid Pasha
which resigned recently. the new Grand
vizier being Gen. Ali Riza Pasha. The
rescript of the Sultan defines the mis-
sion of the new Cabinet as being to ar
range for the holding of elections and
converting Parliament.
The Constantinople despatch carrying
the foregoing announcement gives the
names of the rest of the Cabinet as fol-
lows:
Minister OF Foreign Affairs, Mustapha
Rechid Pasha; Minister OF War, Djemal
Pasha; Minister of the Interior, Damad
Sheriff Pasha; Minister of Justice,
Mustapha Bey; Minister Of Public
Works, Hamed Abouk Pasha; Minister
of Agriculture. Hadi Pasha; Minister of
Instruction. Said Bey.
Reason for Downfall.
The downfall OF the Government Is
attributed to the occupation of Konieh
by Nationalist forces under Mustapha
Renal, who, according to some esti-
mates, has 100000 men. He has set UT
a new Government at Erzerum and has
issued a call for the elections to q
new Parliament to be held there away
from the influence of the Entente
The press generally considers that ASH
| Minor has entirely escaped from thu
control of Constantinople and that th'
young Turks are regaining the uppe
| hand. Some of the papers point GU
that there is no force available to dea
with the refractory elements, others asl
whether the Entente Powers are sufil
GENTLY united and inclined to the neces
sary powerful intervention.
| French official circles direct attention
to the fact that .Ejema1 Pasha, the new
War Minister, 10 the political ally o
| orally are OF the opinion that the chang
IN the Cabinet may result in stabilizini
| the Government and extending Its au
| thority over greater territory.
| The Sultan's decree, according to tn
version received by the French authori
ties, outlines a policy. which appears t
embody an endeavor to reach an under
standing with the Nationalists.
| Nationalist Get Help.
| The capture of Konieh and the retire
ment of Damad Eerids Cabinet in re
Spouse to the uitimatum will, 1t 4
thought, give fresh impetus to the Ma
| tionalist movement and increase tn
| dangers of the situation, even thougl
the country may not be able to supper
important military operations. Som
papers believe that massacres are al
most sure to follow the present anarch
and that even the throne is threatene
by latest developments in Turkey.
The noon papers regard the Cabine
change as a last warning to the Su
preme Council and ask whether 1t l
time for a superficial investigation as t
the will of the population Of Asia Minor
Major-Gen. James G. Hartford, VIII
has been heading an American mission
/ to study the situation in Turkey and tn
Near East. has advised the Suprem
Council that he Is returning from Till
to Paris. He will probably arrive Il
about ten days.
General Hartford reached CONSTANT
nople early in September and after
brief stay in that place proceeded wit
the mission into Turkish Armenia. trav
cling first to Mardin, Turkey. He ha
now visited the Armenian region 4
former Russian Armenia, coming out 8
Tiflis, in the Caucasus.