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Show TURKISH C RFw N PRMCEMURDERED Revolted Against Dictatorship of Young Turks and Was Re- moved as Dangerous. Paris, Feb, 2,6 a. m. "Yussof Izze-din, Izze-din, whatever may be said, was assassinated as-sassinated by his suite by order of the Committee of Union and Progress " said Cherlf Pasha, who, with Prince Sabah Edin, directs tho personal movement of the Turkish opposition, to a reporter for Matin. "Lately Yussof Yus-sof had revolted against the dictatorship dicta-torship of the Young Turks. Ho became be-came dangerouB and he has been removed. re-moved. His successor and cousin, Vahid Enid, is even more hostile to' the Young TurkB than was Yussof. I should like to make prediction regarding regard-ing the length of his life," said Cherif Pasha in conclusion. A dispatch from Constantinople to Router's Telegram company, dated February 2, announced the report that Yussof Issedln, heir apparent to the Turkish throne, had committed suicide. sui-cide. Later details supplied from the same source said that tho prince took his life by opening a vein in his left arm, that a statement declaring he had met death by suicide was signed by all the principal doctors in Constantinople, Con-stantinople, and that the prince was buried at Stamboul on tho day following follow-ing his death. Yussof Izzpdin, who was born at Constantinople October 9, 1857, was a first cousin of the present sultan. Vehid Edin, who is mentioned as the new heir apparent, was born at Constantinople, Con-stantinople, January 12, 1861, and is the brother of the present sultan. |