The Times of Friday prints a remarkable letter from Ahmed
Djelaleddin Pasha, who for many years was the favourite of the Sultan of Turkey and his intimate counseller. Ahmed Pasha has lived in Egypt since he was discarded, and now writes in strong and pointed language of the need for reforms in Turkey and the utter impossibility of securing them under the present Administration. Discarded favourites are naturally suspect as to their motives, but the letter of Ahmed Pasha seems sincere enough. He states that his reason for writing to the British Press is that he wishes to set an example to his countrymen, who by following it might cease to be an inarticulate people. Europe must help Turkey; that is Turkey's only hope. But the help should not be given to Macedonia alone. Macedonia is the most distracted part of the Turkish Empire, no doubt; but in all the rest of the Empire the suffering of the people is so great that "it is imperative on the conscience of Europe to devise immediate
means for its suppression A second reign like that of the present Sultan has become an impossibility in Turkey."
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