TURKISH CABINET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 5

TURKISH CABINET.

THE RECENT;CHANaES,; ; K)>; VOTE OF CENSURE. ON GRAND - ..' '•■/■ ,"'■ VIIIER,>- •. V v :;.'-':.- KlAinii PASHA; EESIGNS.. v .; ■ (BT TBLEGiiIPII—riIESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIdHT.) ,■ \ Constantinople! February; 14. ;■ In; connection, with' the recent- changesHn the Cabinet, niadeby l him, : Kiamil 'Pasha, the Grand Vizier,; has refused to, attend Par--iiament, and give an. explanation '. before Wednesday next; , ,\ ;,:;: ■•■■:■.;:':■■'.■ ..j . ;.The Chamber, by.195 to sis a vote of censure ;onhim.,;. There, waa - a stormy sitting, .extending, over :six; hours,.,., The vote was. superfluous, as prior to the end of, the sitting Kiamil:,Pashar'had.tendered to,the. Saltan, his .resignation,"alleging 1 that the Chamber had ,a dead set against him—this being, due to. the. influence of the Committee of Union-, arid on ;'the ground that He, had dismissed colleagues who enjoyed, its; confidence.; .:;;';:; V,v. :v The committee.: deny. that' they: intended. Youssouf Izzedin ; to". supersede ■ the Sultan, and add that so long as the Sultan; respects the /Constitution.' the committee' will "respect his.life and rights. ~.■; ■; ■■'.■-.'■ \,' ; '■: •,■:>.';■; The' Chamber. asked the Sultan to appoint a Grand Vizier .deserving the confidenco; of. the -nation.v V■"-'-■ .V : ,.■■■■•':, : . :■ ;; ■" " ■ :■'.' '.■" .- : ■■■■..'.;■ ■■!■-■'• ' ■' ; ' : -- ■"■•'- ■'- THE NEW MIN ISTRY. I"^ "'■-■■ "... STATE OF-'POPULAR FEEUNG.: v ; V .":'■■ ;ANGLOPffILE;POLICY;M.; n\}: i : 's;. : ;' (Rec..February^,: 10.22 v. V . : ; Constantinople/ February, 15. :' ;: HilmiPashajyMinisterfor.the Interior, in;Kiamil Pasha's Cabinet, 'formed a Ministry, including Ali.Kizavas Slinister for .whose v removal caused 'the t crisis., Kifaat: Pasha, the ambassador, in. London,';: has ; . been appointed ■ Minister :. forForeign. Affairs... The ; Ministers -for Public Works;,' Commerce,-and Justice in ' : .'-K- ';..;■;;.;•;■'.;;'; /V--^■■^.-■■' '■''■-';: , ; - : - : ; -. : ;-. "":':■■ /-:• ;^'/ ; ;^. ; ■-"■■ London, February •Iβ.';'. , - 'ißeutef.states'. that' popular ■demonstrations: of confidence, in':Kiam'ii;Pasha have strained.with' difficulty, 1 though Kiamil.Pasha' declines' ovations. ii '■. the: interest of; public. 'prder.-';;""">,-■: ' ■: ',■.,;■'; V; ,'y ; ; '!;\The;pnbii6 vie\v.with;;much.';cbn'oern..the' in--terforence of' an. irresponsible' body:' like, the' . Committee; ':.;:■ i/.h *.>;' : ' ; :"'•■;'■" ■■,;■'.'■',■;.''■'"■:■•-':;.,; ;,: .;t;;.

;'■■■'■"The Times''-.- ,; Constantinople, cbrrespon-; dent ' states;;' that -many, memiers/of the Chamber.voted-.against :.their:-'coriyio.tions|iii obedience to the veiled ■-:;-. ■'!/ . The : Young^Turkish Party have issueds-a special; manifesto -insisting on.;..their' Anglophile' policy, ■; and declaring'! that this.is.' iii conformity with,the 'desires of thelOttomaii Nationalists/ '"-'"i" ■ --V .-,".■ i.v";.:;-;.' '-.' :■■:)'■ ' v..;>:-: -'-. '■ -.:;:

"CAMPAIGN; AGAINST; kIAMIL' PASHA; - ■■■"■Writing'; pn,Decembei::' 22, : the Constantinople borrospondent ;bf.. : : ..the.'. '■"■ Standard"'isays irr:. '.■ "Witli tlie.opening of Parliament on Tanrs-. day; the. era. .of.- party: g6verninent;dairned on , the Ottoman , Empire.. Tho revolution.came so unexjpe'otedly,; its: bourse.has-run.so; smoothly as ' regards the absence of any serious; reaotion'ar.y.;ppnbsition, that/the -deputies-found;-them-: selves-duly elected l and in.'pgcupatjon.of .their seats ;in parliament; before; the , question ,■ of party .'divisions-could; be even.' discussed; '■■'. It'. . would I appear, however, that;; this state'- ..of affairs ' is to lie immediately reinedi«d,.'and" tliafc the' .Committee:.;.of ;■ Union,;: a'n'd .''Progress' ;-Jemiet'.-:(Club).is. about :to.proride,.deputies with :an of"fakini■'sides'- for;;'or : against; the.., Government; v ■ For ■. purposes: ..of ■ 'party;division, the' present Cabinet may ■.Kβ , said to-;oonsist of' Kiamil'Pasha..alphe..- The,e?igen-cies'ol-his provisional'- administration "impelled' him tp centralise the, Government in his own;haiids 'mpro '.than-' would.;bd . the-'case ;.under, normal conditions; .; -.': The :; parties, : therefore, .divide, themselves into .supporters 'and bpppnents;bf'. Kiamil Pasha.; ,Tho-.Oppositibh! have, not-gone so faryet as fo--'name-their leader.; or future Grand.Vizier, , though/it. .is understood: .that Hussein Hilmi; Pasha,.the. present .Minis-' ter.'of;.tho Interibri: will have : that honour;:v>

•'. ; ; -: ; ■;. Popular /Support: for Kiamil. I). ■ " Of: ; ,tlier.(ieputies l ; it i'is'said 1 (that fully a j hundred.-1 out oftvthe : two\'hundred;;;and; : fifty , odd' are pledged to.support'the , programme':of,: the Committee of Union 'and Progress.',".A vote. 1 of want, of confidence , : will. :beV proposed.' so 'soon as the validity' of - the elections : of the , deputies has been .'established. .-As this matter'-: already -in hand,''haying divided' itself into.five,commissions for the purpose^.the scru:tiny.' should : :soon ;be completed. /The 7 "mass, of the: people,: Christian and Mohammedan,:'are. :proJfianul; •mostlv,-it>.must.:.,be allowed,;'be-: cause Kiamil Paslui. stands; for 'an-. Anglophile policy, -and '\ the people:.are ■enthusiastically" Anglophile, fit -would :thus .appear .that ithe. anti-Kiamil;; campaign .is.:.far A ':i'roni .being" a popular .movement;:. Bather it wquldseom-'that i fc ; is confined to the local.Committee ."of 3Jni°n_ and Progress.V. If.the inere : foreigner-.tTiesvto" examine'closely the. the: Opposition ..leaders'; heV.fin'ds:' , himself;- somewhat -at a loss , to understand or appreciate the arguments'.put before, .him.'; Many assertions are' made ;' JCiamil. : Pasha's, polioy 'is'.Spoken .of: as -weak,'.arid.there is no ; lack : of-: arguments-,by way of .criticism, :but,-. : 6n';the"'other : hand,'-nq definite . counter-project: is suggested; no: c'onstrubtiye..programme is-put; forward,: andlthe,- ' feeling inevitably: remains that some motiveexists, .some: secret .-object is in ..view jo which expression ,is not: given. These-.leaders. of: the , Opposition : have got no ; gpod. case; against Kia-. mil Pasha,' and: the' question niust 'be a.personal one. The:• splendid^work donerby tho .Union:.and: Progre'ss'-Club", .through"their .various 'committees,; is . well ■ known,■ and has. justly earned the' praise aud.:.re'spect A'of :.the: civilised world.-' -No doubt can exist as'.to the patriotism and absolute disinterestedness of the ;vast. majority- of,.this organisation.:/ The last proof. given Vof their good,judgment : was- the' uecisiorij that, the committeea/should no longer, interfere , directly . with the'. Government, -; and that .the-'Jemiet'-should: cease t6 .exist,.'asia revolutionary., body,- becbniin'g instead purely and solely a political.club.iJTp-dayi the Salonika , and Jlqnastir,branches (formerly.the executive revolutionary", centres), meet only': for'- party purposes, "and are'represented-in the capital'by three, delegates. :■..", ...... '; '-

-.'; . '■■■ Ambitious Local- Members": " J :v : ''~"" With .regard. to 'the'.Kjairiil YPasha■:campaign, .vthore, is : some reason: io; : suppose .that, these' 'delegates,' encouraged by.ambitious local members, have launched put l on a prograiniiio. ■far in.advance'of the majority of the members, and: perhaps beyond .their., actual ,1 instructions. The visit paid by.twoof them. io his Majesty, the Sultan,, to demand the removal of Kamil Pasha, is in/direct conflict,.with the-commit-"tee's \ decision no longer to intervene directly' with;. , the governing body. .' In -other [ respects also the methods.■ followed.by the representatives and the small group, they have formed differ widely, froin those,"heretofore associated with the committee....The entire'absence of per-' sonal interest is.noi" longer so , obvious. Various names tentatively. put forward latterly, for office' comprised, two or three 'of this group This group propounds the theory that the British policy, in .Turkey requires' the maintenance: of luamil Pasha, and, therefore, the British press are, always favourable, to him. , - Thev' themselves are far from: being Ahglopho'be. but they, do not believe that the recommendation that; luamil Pasha should be' maintained- in any. event, till the. conference, meets, is reallv ; . The situation 1 is full of interest". It.is not everyday one. is given"the' opportunity of seeing -a', young nation, working oiit its own. salvation .against, a world -that is mostly .hostile, and very greedy/. But the.result may : be awaited with confidence." ■.'..-. . '•.-. .