TURKISH AFFAIRS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 229, 21 September 1908, Page 2

TURKISH AFFAIRS.

AX IRRIGATION SCHEME. ti «. ~ , L ° lul °", September 18 I lie lurkish Porte Ktas engaged Sir V'Jllia... Willoooks, formerlf g of thJ. Egyptian irrigation service, ;, rf wim of hve years. KIAMIL ESCAPES.

SHELTERED BY BRITAIN.

lWr ,!'"r nßl Ts me ihe Turkish- ' . i Pasha ; l""' Vmn h 18,1, nil Ki "- r "ill lasha, who years ago, as Grand fh. " " nt y PW'Mtinif «B»ln«f ) " "'t(-'''ferenee of the P,,]„Je in tllp .ovornnient. Ho even went to far s to recommend tl, e .Sultan to pnt the Conshtution in force; that is to So voluntarily what the Sultan has now Wn forced to do throng), fear of the nimy s revolt. But the Palace clique, now ejected was at that time too tiong, and K,a,n,.l Pasha was compelled to take refuge m the British Consulate at Smyrna till things were quieter \t various times Ktamil has lived in wile largely m England. During the recent ievol.it,,),, ]„* headquarters .were at Nerres in Macedonia, where he plotted unci planned, ami thence, dispatched his orders to tho officers of the army and 1 the reformers lie had brought under 1 his sway. The first strands of the web'' or revolt were spun from London and' mis, m both of which cities KiamilPasha is well known.

Miunil Pasha j s B5 yoara of „„,,_ an . Albanian by birth, Christian bv origin, | Moslem by conviction. At 17 Kiamil entered tlio Turkish Government scvvtet in ii very subordinate capacity, but l>v assiduity and perseverance attained the | position of second secretary to the Imperial Ottoman Embassy in London. After remaining in England some twr/ or three years he returned to Turkey, Mini was created a councillor of State.' ft is said that during the Transvaal win- Kiamil, accompanied 'bv about "0 other, vent to the British Embassy in Constantinople, and made prayers' for the success of the British arms—an action which further embroiled him at the Palace.

The Constantinople correspondent of Hie Daily Wail tells a story of an escape which Kiamil made from his enemies. Tie had been appointed Governor of Tripoli, but "considered tin's to be merely an attempt to hoodwink him, and' determined upon (light from Turkey. Rut he knew he was watched. Acoorfringlv, ho accepted the appointment, and ostensibly made preparations for do-' parturo to Tripoli. At that time he had a hous,, at Arnatitkeni on the Bosphorus, and also occupied rooms in Pcra. One evening in Mnv. about nine years ago, ho, having paid some visits to the city, instead of going home went to his

rooms in Pera, and carrying a light into the bedroom, pulled down the blind' and commenced to go throimh all the ceremony of disrobing, as if he were reI tiring to rest, taking good care thai' his shadow would bo thrown uiinn the blind. The rmlioo, who were walchinrf carefully, noted all this, and believed

that ho was safe for the night. ''About 1 a.m., however. TCinmil , emerged from Hie house, completely dis- | guised, and walked up to Taxini, where a_ carriage was in waiting, which drove him to a small landing-place near to' Arnaut-keui. where a .boat manned by English marines was awaiting him. Tiv this <hont he was rowed to the English' guardshin. and three days lntev tak«n to a British steamer bound for Loudon."

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