A BLACKMAILING TURK.
How His fate Was Decided. Constantinople, Feb., 18. ’ The Sultan paid Fehim Pasha (who has been;exiled to a town in 1 Asia Minor) /750 a month secret ' service money to enrol 140 spies,. Fehim being -entrusted with the mission of watching the heir-ap-parent, Reshad Effeudi.On Friday the British Ambassador showed the Sultan a document wherein Fehim, as the Sultan’s aide-de-camp, threatened to murder a merchant (who had sought British protection) unless he paid blackmail. . , ■ 1 This turned the scale against Fehim, and his spies are being dispersed. ....V An Unscrupulous intriguer. London, February 18J ‘ ‘ The Times ’ ’ congratulates the German Ambassador on his firm-, ness and energy, and says he has rendered signal service to Ger many, the Turkish people, and civilisation. “The Times” declares that Fehim was the most dreaded member of the clique which has too long been allowed to govern the palace and the Empire.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3754, 21 February 1907, Page 3
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150A BLACKMAILING TURK. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3754, 21 February 1907, Page 3
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