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Show EN VE II PASHA A KING. Tin: el.etiiin of Eiiver Pasha, notorious notori-ous Young Turk party leader and pro-tii pro-tii rmau intriguer, as ''king'1 of Kurdistan, Kurdi-stan, would indicate that either the Turkish government or the allied powers pow-ers have been neglecting a very plain duty. Enver Pasha was war minister in the Turkish cabinet at tho outbreak of the war, continuing in that capacity until the fall of tlie. central powers and their allies, lie is charged with responsibility re-sponsibility for aligning Turkey on the side of tho Germanic empires. lie flod after the armistice was signed, making his way to Berlin. There ho was arrested ar-rested on demand of the reconstructed Turkish government, which demanded his extradition. Ho managed to escape and made his way to Transcaucasia. The new Turkish government, profes-sing profes-sing contrition, set about to punish those responsible for Turkish participation participa-tion in the war, and one or two Turks actually wero punished, ono by hanging. hang-ing. Enver Pasha, however, appears to have escaped any serious effort at apprehension. The associate of Tal-mat Tal-mat Bey and Djcmal Boy in the massacres mas-sacres in Armenia prepares to mount a throno in Kurdistan instead of a gibbet in Constantinople. The British control that region round about Kurdistan not controlled .by. tho government of Turkey. Kurdistan is -Mohammedan and subject to the authority au-thority of the caliphate. Enver Pasha will remain in Kurdistan as' "king" or fugitive only so long as the Turkish government or tho allied powers or both aro willing that this arch criminal goes unwhipped of justice. The news of his " enthronement " .ought to stir the supremo council to action. Enver Pasha's rightful place is a seat in the prisoner's doclc. m ' |