1 JANUARY 1910, Page 9

On Tuesday Hilmi Pasha, the Turkish Grand Vizier, resigned in

response to the demands of the Parliamentary Party of the Committee of Union and Progress. The Sultan also accepted the resignation of the other members of the Cabinet. The debate on the Lynch arrangement as to the navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates, although Hilmi Pasha temporarily triumphed by making his policy a question of confidence, was the chief symptom of the strong antagonism to the Grand Vizier. The Times correspondent.-says that the Committee was never in sympathy with him. The customary statements have been issued that the Grand Vizier retired for reasons of health. Hakki Bey has been appointed to succeed him, and it is generally believed that there will be no change in policy.