ASSASSINATION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 13 June 1913, Page 5

ASSASSINATION.

IHAHMUD SHEVKET PASHA.

TURKISH GRAND YIEZIER.

(Received Jv.no 12, L la.in.) CUNSTANTiXOI'IiK. -Juno 11

. Mali mud Shevket I'u.iiia, Grand Viscier and Mini star tor War, wa-a proceeding to the Porto in a motor car, when two men in another car approached from an opposite direction and fired revolvers at ShVvket, who was killed immediately. Ibrahim Bey, Shevket Pasha's aide-do-camp, was also killed. [Mahmud Shevket Pasha gained a considerable reputation, by li'.n march with tha Salonika Army Corps upon Constantinople which let! to the deposition of Abdul Hamid. He was Minister for War in Hakki Pasha's Cabinet in January, 1911, and at one time was freely mentioned as a possible successor to lr.s chief. He retained office when the Cabinet fell in September, 191.1, on the outbreak of the war with 'ltaly, but finally left the Seraskiorato in August, 1912, when he Jaado way for Nazim Pasha, who was assassinated in January la.st. Shevket. again becoming Grand Vizier. He was an Arab of Bagdad.]

OFFICIAL STATEMENT

MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED

THE NEW GRAND VIZIER

/Received June 12. 2 p.m.)

CONSTANTINOPLE, June 11. It is officially stated that Shevket Pasha m s leaving the Ministry of War, ajnd had reached the Beyagid Divanvula square, when his car was? compelled to stop on the road for repairs. Then unknown men in another car fired ten shots, mortally wounding Shevket and Ibrahim B Q y. Thev were taken to the Ministry of War, where Shevket died half an hour later. Three arrests have been made. Martial law has been proclaimed. Said Pasha becomes Grand Vizier. [Said Pasha wys Grand under the old Hamidian regime, and was tho first to hold that office .under the new constitutional regime, but th? Young Turks doubted his fitness for such a post in. the early days of their cause, . and brought about his dismissal. He has been described as an upright and honest man, of nan-Islamic-tendencies. Kiamil Pasha is Turkey's veteran stat?smrtn. He is nearly 90 years of age. As second Grand Vizier, during the first neriod of the hew constitutional regime in 1908. he guided th« Empire through troubled waters, but tlie Young Turks, believing that he had become the dupe of reactionaries, ordered his dismissal in February, 1909.']

, FALL ON THE BOURSE

ARMY REMAINS CALM

FURTHER DETAILS

• The news has caused the most intense excitement in the wif&s,' and a sharp fall on the Bourse, but military precautions. have prevented disorders. The .army at Constantinople ana Chateldja remained oalm. _ The assassins' motor car vraa lound in a garage north of Pera. The relatives of the owner have been arrested and tniide' incriminating admissions. The crime was at first attributed to Circassian's revenge for Naiim Pasha's assassination on January •23rd but it is now apparent that it is the result of a political more against the Young Turkish party: : The Porte for three weeks''was avraro of a plot to assassinate Sfiet-' ket Pasha -and the principal Youiiß Turks. Members ofcthe Union of Progress declare that the Young Turks aro masters of the situation. Tho newspapers point • out _ thai Shefkefc Pasha, from' the' beginning of tho Italian war, anticipated thfcßalkans' attack, and kept 150,000 soldiers bejofld their term of service. Kftimil Paaba dismissed this foroe chiefly for el«crtioßeeaing purposes, gbefkefc PaAa also favoured a defensive campaign nntil the resorves were concentrated at ChatAldja i but Nasun paaha was resolved on taking the. offensive.

ELEVEN ABIUSST9 MADE.

(Received Last Nigiht 11.55 o'clock.) CONSTANTINOPLE* June 12. Wnhra Bey states as they left the. Square he heard an explosion, and thought the tyre had burst. The next moment Shefket Pasha ■ fell forirards. He took .him in his arma and saw that his fabe was covered w blood. The shots oontinued. He attempted to arrest the assassins, but failed. As they escaped, one of the assassins in the back of - the car re? peatedly fired. Eleven arrests have been made, chiefly of keepers of gambling dens. A PROFOUND SENSATION. THE ATTA€K~DRSCRIBED. ONE ARREST MADE. (Received Last Night, 11.55 o'clock.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jtme 12. The outrage has caused a profound impression. . , Sine® Nassim Pasha's death, hbevket Pasha hap, been virtually under sentenoe of death. After the first few days he dispensed with a guard, and frequently drove in an open carnage unattended! or with a single akle-de-oajnp. He sometimes alignted at the door of a safe at Stamboul -where his enemies were reported to congregate. • Yesterday he was going to the, Porte with his aide-de-camps, Echre Bev and Ibrahim Bey, in a car, and stopped near a motor car four persons drawn up by the road 8 < Two of the men stood up with revolvers in each hand. _ Shevket Paafea and Ibrahim Bey were struok by the first shots. _ Shevket'b boily-servant and driver jumped from the box tw late. to prevent the three men mfc the car. They smashed the windows, firing ten shots. Shevket Paaha was hit five times. Echr* Bay escaped by a , Ha diwr his revolver whwb mieeea £r». H« iwdeod Shevket Pa«h& s revolver fro«a hia pocket, but this was Finally tiu MsaasiM drove off, «x cepi » tame innkeeper, named Xfljw" Tewfik, wi® was too late to *»rd the oal'. Be was arrested whtie tkrowmfi rarrolverw into ® dram. Wtm ShevkeT Pasha's cor reached Awlfimtfitry of War, Ibrahim was Arffa^^ketPasha dying.