TURKISH AFFAIRS.
the new ministry. A FAVORABLE IMPRESSION. United Press Association, Copyrichi (Received August 3, 11.13 p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, August 3. The Turkish Ministers of War, Marine, Foreign, Affairs, Education and Finance are unchanged. Said Pasha as the appointee for several new Ministers, but .the impression Is that the Cabinet is only transitory. The constitution declares that all Ottomans are equal regardless of race or religion. „ . Izzot Pasha, who is denounced as Turkoy’s “evil genius,” escaped from Constantinople aboard the British ship Maria, was stopped at the Dardanelles pending communication with tho British Embassy regarding his surrender. ' , , , Tho Sultan’s recent action and language, combined with the fall of the hated Palace officials, has favorably impressed the Liberals, who are crying to porsuade twenty thousand in Macedonia to support the Sultan ae the constitutional monarch. . Nine thousand troops at Constantinople and tho fleet support the constitution. ' . , 1 T One thousand time : expircd soldiers at Adrianople mutinied, desiring to proceed to Constantinople to rescue the Sultan.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2260, 4 August 1908, Page 3
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163TURKISH AFFAIRS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2260, 4 August 1908, Page 3
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