The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1913. ENVER BEY’S WORK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 24, 27 January 1913, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1913. ENVER BEY’S WORK.

The sensational upheaval in the Turkish Grand Council which culminated in the shooting of Nazim Pasha on the announcement that it had been decided to accept the Powers’ terms of peace, in view of recent happenings is not altogether surprising. So many things have happened of late in Constantinople. Enver Bey, the brilliant YVung Turk leader, who fired the fatal shot which took the life of the man described as “the brains of Turkey’s Army,” is only thirty-two years of age, but he has already made a name for himself in war and in revolution. He was commander-in-chief of the Turkish forces in Tripoli, and he played a big part in the revolution of 1908. After the 1908 revolution, in explaining Ids own position and the policy of the Committee of Union and Progress, he said to an interviewer: “You see me at work in a political bureau, but please understand that 1 am not a revolutionary leader, but a soldier compelled by circumstances to take my share in politics. lam here more by accident than by design. Though I have been a humble member of the League of Union and Progress for several years, I took no public action till I was denounced by the Palace spies as a conspirator, and ordered to report myself at Constantinople. Instead of obeying this order, I did as my comrade Niazi did, and escaped to the hills. This gave me a prominence which I was far from seeking. Happily, my brother officers know that ray only ambition is to work humbly for my country.” And now as leader of the revolt against submission to the dictation of the Powers, Enver Bey must be credited with creating a situation it will be difficult to overcome. If the new government maintains its attitude as regards the cession of Adrianople further bloodshed is certain, and with Russia’s threatened action and reported activity, the outlook is dark indeed.