BLACKMAILING AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
DOWNFALL OF FEHIM PASHA. [United Peess Association. — Corrbight.] (Received Feb. 19, 7.50 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday. The Sultan paid Fehim Pasha, who is accused of blackmaiiiug, £7ZO a month as secret service money to enrol 140 spies, Fehim being entrusted with the mission of watching the heir-ap-parent, Reshad Effendi. On Friday the British Ambr^Mor showed the Sultan a document wJOEein Fehim, as the Sultan's Aide-de-'63mp, had threatened to murder a merchant who had sought British protection, utiles hepaid blackmail. This has turned the Sultan against Fehim, and the spies are being dispersed.
LONDON, Monday. The "Times" congratulates the German Ambassador at Constantinople on his firmness and energy, and says he has rendered signal service to Germany and tho Turkish people and civilisation. The paper dcelares that Fehim was the most powerful, most wicked, and most dreaded member of the infamous clique which had too long been allowed to govern the Sultan's palace and the Ottoman Empire.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 February 1907, Page 2
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158BLACKMAILING AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 February 1907, Page 2
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