TURKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 501, 7 May 1909, Page 5

TURKEY.

HILMI PASHA A'tjAWtfRAND VIZIR. , new s'helk-ul-is'Lam. bipmt'' pasha foreign minister^ faiViii&B'Wß—raisS'' isS'ocrATibN—cbWn'idHTT) (Rbc. May' 7, 0.37 a.ni.> ; donß'tatitlrtbiile, e. Hilmi Pasha,who ,was ; Giraiid' Vizier when the' coup- df the- CkjAsbaiitindpto garrison-forced"--litAfif- o'ut'of office, lias formcS; a l ' n'bV Cabinet Mollah Rabid; a' distinguished' theologian of liberal! vfeysy is'- Sheik-til-Islam; ire-place of Je&aWdiDinV .TM allo'oatlotf 1 '• of the' pri'hcfpW posts'is" a ; s folidtfsV . Craftd tfzier 1 . fiilmr'Pfis&a* ■ Hmmvism: 1 Moiraw sswd-.- ■. . Minister. fbV Foreign'- Affaffsr Kifftat' VM& . -iMitiisfo of the" liMiW■ F6nd Pa>s&ft Miitfstef' of Marine- * Vice'-^dmir'al' AM . Hiferii'efc. ',■-.-.■•■ Minisfe?' of : Waft SaliM' Fash'a 1 ;- Mini'sleV of Public' Instruction';-' Naifc •'■■ Bey . - : Naik Bey is" a- member of the- Comhiittee' of Umon'and'ProgMs.: ■'.."■< . tM of: i uitiiz 1 pa!i!aceT ;' ■■ ' (ReoV Mf:s-Q.i&p:ihy '■'•'' / ; .... ,_ Constantinople.'May 6 . The CottmisslSn whibh Palace discovered : .£iS6',<SSS\M rbank" note's-, a rosiif.^oilU' arii- receipts' for a million deposited' in'foreign'bank'si A m'An of nervous vitality-.- ■ ■•.• Hilmi Pasha-is 1 n'oif Grand- Vizier . (Prime Minister);, of Turkey for' the'' -sebdndAJimc; When Kiainil; Pasha/the first Grand Vizier under -' the 1 revived'. Constitution, fell; , Hilini succe'ede'd' Mm.--- Hilftft in" tinrn fell.when the CotetirntiflMe" ga'rrisdii' . effecte'd' its', aimed con'r/of April 13:- Tliiftp tno'Thir'd' Ar'my'Corfa! from' SaMikfi' rflarcTied As- the'' ConslitutioMi is*" fete* into" the e'afiitah- arid' #ut' the gain* sdri in-its', place';' tfttd • Hcftr Hilmi Pasha? is Brand.Vizier.again;., v . • -~, .' . ' Wheji- he sijee'eided., X iamll he wis' criticised adversely ..by ilie Constantinbple . corresnondent of. ''The Times.-."., it was.said that' when he waS .(ibvmi&t of Mhce'ddhia- he*' was"' a'' i:eac'tibri.aiy. and otjstfue'te'd' th' 6 reform* o"f the Pdwers,- Mr.-Jbhn'.Fb'M! Fr'aser", whfti t'otiK nig; Macedonia- inSt Hilflii.' aid' re'tfbW of' hiiti not', .unfavourablyI.'.1 .'. Mr*. Prasef writes": . , -. ■ , ."HilmiPashdj-thelriistf.edteQenerM-.6fMate dbniaV.jhforio ofitho.nldst striking and remark able Jt men.' Ho' 6iarids, betwe'e'ri-Turtfoy and the. European l PbVerVv.lt is his duty to" conciliate Europe,' but" yield as-little"'a'jf'.p&siKle. 1 am'.silre*"li6'Tias thS'triiS'interests' of .Turkey a( heart, tffld. w'buld Uf glatf to 'see' the""' Maceuofiiaii problem- settled," Wlf-.herealise! the' dbsoldte . ho>lessneSf' of the titst" wHiclf. His' Im'pe'fial .master has sot him. Hilmi PaSHa; is' tall-and ' tliinr bhtr with-a feverish': vitality.- H6 wotild ■ be thbught'haßgatd-werd it'nbt-fhat.'tlier ey«!skrigcj piercing,. Jiir|iiiMtorial—aro" full- of firb; They., attrsot,and-.they rivSt; , .",„' .: - Hilmi' is. a iremehdohs' .worker/ H«(" is" at his" i aMK;^at L aßy^reffij: i ..seM i secretaries', dis' . tares' alspatc'ne's, re'c'eives". constant stream" of tellers, smokes' efidlfe'ss' elgaretfe," dfiiikg id: numerable cupsVof .never takes exercise, keeps on working"till midnight'. He is a nervbus man:. _A.ll- the .time he is speaking hislohg fingers ate ttfitbhihg almost oo'iiviilslvely.- He ipeaks rapidly,' ■ but, nevbr, dogmatically; aljvays with an appeal' fo' ydiif intelligence, as a sensible man; that the vjew he- presents is the ■ : correct view. If;you,did not see him in a'fez vou would imdgihe ! ElU' to' b(f a 1 Jew. There . is a .SeitfHlc. totich-.about"his features"; Jffo.hiis biitiS" is. rtally an' Arab.- . .'Formerly hb.was 1 Qbverndr,in' Yemen, 1 arid ruled, w.itli a\ riod- of. irdn;'-. Now he ..rtiles Macedonia, with a skill that is woriderfuli Though. Wei iiridbr Uieeya;.of fdreigii i-cpftt ~ seritaHves, Jie is; .never lacking'-, in s'liavicji ' whilst. cbilstantly.:guarding- the.interests of- the Sultan.', I!br three, years' Hilmj-Piishd fins been Vicer.b,y,.ili /i all■ the'jafriug; better than; anyone ; ho\V'..futile. hrtye:been.tlie;eMeavbiirS to secure hiiylliing, ih tills 6f abiding £ranquilUtyi ' He.ydulft.retire frdm .all tlief brain'rfackiiie ; fcbmplieations were. he.hot cb'mmande'd by the Sultdn to reinaindt'His pbst'." . •