TURKEY

Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1916, Page 5

TURKEY

THE MURDER OF PRINCE YUSSUF. AT UNSPEAKABLE ENVER'S INSTANCE. Received Feb. 20, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 19. Mr. Martin Donohoe, reporting from Athens, says he has viewed the story of Prince Yussuf's death, and there is little (ioubt that he was assassinated at the Instigation of Enver Pasha. The Prince was found in the palace, lying in a corridor between the harem and the bathroom. A vein had been opened in his left arm, and he had been allowed to bleed to death. The body was covered with bruises. Everything indicated that the Prince made a desperate struggle for life. He was waylaid in the corridor, and his cries were heard in the harem, but no one offered help, though several slaves made an alarm. Before he died the Prince was made aware that his life was in danger, iai the plans for his assassination had been well laid. He was always armed and had a revolver in his bedroom, but he failed to take the weapon into the corridor. Passers-by heard piteous shouts tor help. The murks on the throat showed that his assailants had naif choked him to stifle his cries. There was deep enmity between the ?rincc and Enver Pasha, and the latter has not scrupled to remove his enemies from his path. The climax was reached a few weeks ago when Prince Yussuf said: "Beware; your hour is approachtag." Enter Pasha never forgave him