Show TWO W WAR AR YEARS YEA INs IN I II I s CONSTANTINOPLE I I i By Dr Harry I II II I Copyright 1918 I t ENVER PASHA PASHA ASSASSIN ASSASSIN SIN CHIEF CHAPTER IX Continued From Yesterday a has already formed its own H HISTORY opinion as to how much free freewill freewill will there was In Abdul Abul death about The Tho opinions of or different people Prince death only differ differ dif dif- fer as to whether ho he was murdered or compelled to commit suicide On ln suicide was the tho Ironical and frank comment of oC one ono clever Old Turk We Ve will leave lea it at that The Tho funeral of oC the tho successor to the throne was wis a a most Interesting sight I sent ent an on article on it to m my paper at atthe atthe atthe the time which of or course had on only 1 sll slight ht allusions to anything er very CT very of or a sinister character but it did not find favor or a with tho thA censor ensor at the Berlin Berlin Ber Der- lin foreign office The Tho editorial staff of the paper Inper evidently e saw what I J was driving at and wrote to me mec We c have revised and touched up your our report so as at least to save sa the most l essential part of or it but even the altered version did not pass the c censors censor's blue pencil But Dut I had at nt an any rate the tho moral satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- faction action of oC l knowing that of oC all 11 the papers papers papers pa pa- pers with correspondents In tho the Turkish Turkish Turk Turk- ish capital mine the Zei- Zei Z I tung tunC was the only one that could publish nothing not a single line about this important and hl highly sensational I occurrence for or I simply wrote nothing more That was surely sureh clear enough When in 1913 after the unsuccessful counter revolution re Mahmud Pasha was assassinated and I was going to be buried hurled in Constantinople the Committee Issued l invitations Ir days da beforehand to all nil foreign orel n personages This time nothing of oC the sort happened happened hap hap- and even the press representatives tives were not invited to be present On tho the former occasion everything e possible possible possible pos pos- sible was wal done b by putting or off the In Interment Interment interment In- In as long as possible and repeatedly re repeatedly re- re publishing the date ato b by lengthening lengthening length length- ening the route of the funeral procession procession sion to give II several se thou thousands of people people people peo peo- an opportunity of taking part Dart art Inthe in inthe inthe the ceremony Speedy d Burial Arranged the authorities This time however el arranged ed the tho burial with all spee speed an anthe and the vcr very next day ar after the sensational occurrence the bo body was hurried b by the shortest way through the park to the mausoleum of Sultan Mah- Mah mud The coffin coCin had been quietly quiet quietly qui qui- et etly brought In the tJI t twilight ht the evening evening evening even even- ing before from the kiosk of ot kuyu kuru on the other side of or Pera on the tho Maslak hill hili to the top of tho the Along t Tie the e whole route however wherever orthe the tho public ha had I access access access ac ac- ac- ac cess there were lines of or police and soldiers and the bright uniforms of or orthe the police who were Inserted Insert d In groups of twenty between e cr every single row of or orthe the procession of or ministers members of or the committee and delegates who walked behind the tho coffin cortin were really the thc most conspicuous thing in the whole ceremony Enver Ener Pa Pasha ha passed quite close to me and neither I I. I nor m my companions could fall fail to note the Ill Ill- concealed expression of oC satisfaction on his ills face The most beautiful thing about this whole funeral however howe was the visit paid me b by the secretary general general of or orthe the senate the minute after I had reached home and find I Y had driven b by bythe bythe the shortest wa way With Ith a zeal that might have surprised even the simplest minded I of oC men he be offered to tell rice nie me about the princes prince's life lingering long and going into exhaustive detail over o the tho well known facts of oC his nervous ailment Then blushing at his hiM own awkwardness and importunity he begged me mc most earnestly to publish his version of all the details and circumstances circumstances circumstances cir cir- of this tragic occurrence which no other paper will Ill h be In a position position position tion to publish Naturally atur it was wn never ne written n A Sl Specimen So once more in the late summer of or Enver En Pasha Paha who was so fond o of discovering conspiracies and nd political movements mo In order to get rid rill of or his enemies an and go o scot free r c himself Im had hada a fresh tresh opportunity of or reflecting with even more moro foundation than then usual on th the firmness of or his position and an the tune security of ot his own II life e. e It is perhaps time lime now to give gl a more comprehensive description of or this man We e ha have already mentioned In connection connection con con- whit the failure of or his Caucasus offensive o that Enver has been extraordinarily extraordinarily extra extra- ordinarily overestimated o in J Europe Th The Tho famous amous Enver is neither a prominent prominent prominent prom prom- Intellectual leader nor a good organizer organizer-In In this tills direction ho Is far ar surpassed by Djmal Pasha Pasha nor nor an nn Important strategist In Tn military ru matters matters mat mat- utters ut- ut hi his positive qualities are aro personal courage optimism and consequently initiative which is never nc daunted b by fear of or consequences also cold blooded ness and determination but he is 18 s en entirely entirely en- en lacking inching ln In judgment power lower of or discrimination and largeness eness of conception con con- From the tho German point of ot view clew he ho Is particularly valuable for his unquestioning and unconditional as association association association as- as with the thc central powers his readiness to do anything that will further their cause caus Ills his 1111 pliability ab and ami his zeal In accommodating himself even en to the most trenchant reforms reform But it Is just these qualities that makes maltes enemies for tor him retired military men and amon among tho the people Regarded ared from froma a a personal point of o view clew Enver er Pash Is In spite of the thc fulsome praise showered on him by hr Germans Inspired bv hy that most pliant Implement German militarism one ono of oC the most repugnant subjects ever er produced by Turkey Even Een froma from Crom froma Croma a purely external point of oC view hl his appearance does not at all Correspond with the picture of or him generally accepted nc- nc ac accepted In Germany German from flattering re reports reports reports re- re ports and falsified photographs Small mall mallof of or stature with quite an ordinary face ace he looks rather as one o of m my journalIstic journalistic journalistic journal journal- colleagues said lIl like e a gardeners bo boy than a vice general an and war minister minister min min- I ister ter and anyone who ever er has the op opportunity opportunity OP- OP I have so often orten had of or looking looking look look- in ing really closely at him will certainly be repelled b by his look of or vanity and cunning It was really rean most painful to have ha to listen to him he hc has alwa always been bern a ball bail and monotonous speaker In the senate and the tho lower house at atthe atthe atthe the conclusion of or the Dardanelles campaign campaign cam cam- reading his report In a weak halting voice but with the disdainful er E third word tone of oC a dictator Every was an I Even E the Turkish Press accorded cd this parliamentary speech a fairly frosty rost reception Liar and Murderer Besides this Enver is one ono of or the most cold cold-bloo cold blooded ed liars Imaginable Time and again there hn has been Veen een no necessity for or him to sa say certain things in parliament or to make certain promises but hut apparently he found cynical enjo enjoyment In him making in the people and parliament feel teel their whole Inferiority In h his s e eyes es What hat can one think for example of or such performances performances performances perform perform- ances as this At the tho end o of when hen the discussion about military service ser for tor those who ha had paid tho the exemption tax bedel betIe was going on he gave ga an unsolicited and solemn as assurance assurance as- as before the whole house that he had no Intention whatever of calling callIng callIng call- call Ing up tip certain classes until the bill had been finally passed nn and that it would show that he was really de desirous desirous de- de sirous of oC sparing commercial life as asfar asfar asfar far as possible in the calling up of men Exactly l two hours after this speech the drum rum resounded through all nil the of Stamboul and Pern Pera calling up all those clas classes over which Ever cr hn had as nl yet et no power of or Jurisdiction and which h ho sal said ho he wanted to keep back because to tear teal them awn away from their employment would mean the complete disorganization 1 tion of the already sadly disordered commercial life of oC the thc country country- Tills This was opinion too loo an and ho he offered a firm re resistance to Enver's Invers plan which it appears had been introduced Introduced Introduced Intro Intro- by hy command of or the time German gov gov- In Tn this case however resistance resist resist- juice nce ance was useless and antI had to give gl W way I to r military necessity If It Lever cr sa said something something- in Parliament this Parliament this at any an rate was the general conclusion one conclusIon one might bo ho quite certain that exactly th time the I opposite would tal take e place lie He has now gained for himself l the tho reputation o of be being being hc- hc ing InS a liar and a mur murderer among all those who are not followers of or the committee Set t Up tip An As no nn Idol In Ill contrast to Talaat who la is Is' Is at Ip least lt intelligent enough to keep up lip appearances and cunning cunning- enough to hold himself well 11 In the background in inmon ers Ern personal lack of or Integrity mon money matters I is a subject of oC most shameful knowledge In Constantinople It Is pretty prett well generally rall known how he hP has lias ma made e u. u use e of oC his position as military dictator to gain possession for himself of oC property worth thousands thousands' of or pounds and anti how In his hits financial dealings with Germany German hundreds s have found th their lr W way into his own pocket pocket- up till tho the winter of 1915 1916 accor accordIng according accord accord- Ing to an estimate from confidential Turl Turkish circles and from German sources I J will not name nam he had al nl already nl- nl read ready managed to collect something like pounds reckoned in English Eng Eng- En English lish money monc This son Hon of oC a form former lowly lowly low low- ly h in ire the time service of oC the theroa roa roads l' l and bridges board whose mother moth moth- er cr as I have ha been assured by h Turks Turl s sIn In the case casc piled plied in Stamboul the time much despised trade tr of oC out layer o of corpses now lives Ji In his Konak in more than princely luxury with flowers flow flow- ers ors and silver sHYer and gold on his table having ha married out of oC pure pUle ambition a ver very plain looking princess That is the trite true portrait of or this much coddled darling of oC the Young Turks s and latterly lat lat- latterly terl terly o of the tho German people as 8 well This is the l Idol ol of oC so man many admiring German women who are arc bewitched b by I his more than adventurous career and the halo surrounding sura him which he has enhanced by bv every known and unknown unI unknown un un- known means menns of r self I Continued Tomorrow |