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Show P jyiAN OF THE HOUR IN TURKEY i Enver Pasha, minister of war, leer of the Young Turk party and son-in-law of the sultan, stands forth just now as the most prominent figure fig-ure in the Ottoman empire. He is one of the four actual directors of the destinies of Turkey, and the most forceful of the three. ' He is said to be consumed by ambition and to believe be-lieve himself to be a man of destiny. He affects the genius of Napoleon, and dreams in secret of converting the actual Ottoman directory into a consulate. con-sulate. In the role of first consul he would then change the consulate into an empire, following the example of Bonaparte. Enver, who was born in Roumelia only thirty-five years ago, is the hero of the Tripolltan war. Also he was the assassin of Nazim Pasha, the generalissimo gen-eralissimo of the Turkish army. Nazim Naz-im belonged to the Old Turk party. Honest, patriotic and brave, he represented repre-sented tho var-a ioot in the Turk. His . h wav of empire to atrocious assassination doubtless was designee t of adver- the members of the directory. They nave Spilled door8 Tha aries ruthlessly and many shocking murf"L them intensely, so-4h news-People news-People hate them iitUrly and the s . at any time. The fnenA hat they have been slain would cause no surprise nd relatives, oi Nazim are many. |