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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10498, 5 July 1910, Page 4

It will be remembered that when the Young Turks captured Yildiz last year, besides jewels and treasures they entered into the possession of the whole collection of secret reports and delations which had accumulated there during over a quarter of a century, thanks.to the activity and industry of Abdul Hamid's secret agents. These archives of treachery, corruption, and intrigue have not vet been counted, but their bulk fills 360 odd cases which have been stored at the "War Office. A special commission is at present engaged in classifying and registering these reports, but has been able to examine only about half so far. This heritage of the old regime is threatening to prove a regular Pandora's box for the new Government. The archives contain evidence and records of the shame of so., many officials and others who yielded "to the corruption of tho secret service that their publication would create incredible confusion and general :nonstf-rnation. Very low officials under Abdul Hamid were able to resist the temptation to do a little spywork—it w:<s one of the only ways of securing ■•.advancement; and it is stated-that ma I :.v. .Deputies, Senators. Ambassadors. ■ even Ministers, as well as numerous less important officials have cause -.to dread the revelations of these recent reports* . - ..