A MILITARY AGREEMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 30, 4 February 1913, Page 5

A MILITARY AGREEMENT.

j 1 LONDON, February 3. Mails from Sofia state that the term of the military agreement entered into between Austria and Roumania in September, 1900, has expired. Enver Bey. who led the recent coup > d'etat in Turkey, and who has now been compelled to flee from the Chataldja , I lines, is about 35 years of age. He be- - longs to a, wealthy and . influential old . family, and was on the staff of Hilmi I Pasha, Inspector-General of Macedonia

(afterwards Grand Vizier), when in July, 1908, Major Niazi Bey declared a revolution by retiring from Resna, his garrison town, with the battalion he commanded,! and was joined by Enver Bey. Niazi Bey has since retired, refusing anything beyond the ordinary pension. He was a "ranker" officer, and did not strike the imagination, nor did he gain the popularity which'fell to Enver Bey. The latter is a very smart and dashing looking man. He was later appointed military attache to the Turkish Embassy at Berlin, while a friend and fellow conspirator, Major Hakki Bey, was given a similar position at Vienna. When the counter revolution broke out in April, 1909, and the reactionary party got the upper hand for the moment at Constantinople, both Hakki Bey and Enver Bey rushed to join the army of Macedonia, which was favourable to the cause of the Young Turkey party, and accompanied it to the capitai. Enved Bey led a select body of men, who rushed the north side of the suburh which surrounded the Yildiz Kiosk, and took, a leading part in the capture of Constantinople. Then he returned to Berlin. When the Italian war broke out he attempted to get to Tripoli, but was too late. However, he worked his way in disguise through Egypt, visited El Senussi at Jarabub, and induced that famous religious leader to tend help in men and money. For several months Enver Bey commanded the Turco-Arabs outside Derna, and made things very uncomfortable for the strong Italian garrison, far superior in strength and resources to himself, and having the support of the fleet. Enver Bey has shown himself a first rate guerilla leader; whether he is a great military leader has to be proved. At any rate, he has a strong personality, is capable of inspiring enthusiasm for himself and hiH cause, and has the art of talking people over to his views, as well as charm of manner.