It is impossible to record the events of the past
week 'without expressing a very strong sense of admiration at the way in which Mahmud Shevket Pasha, who has been in supreme military command, has acted. Ho has shown himself not only a capable military commander, but a man of character and good sense. It is an excellent thing that the triumphant Army should be in such hands as his rather than in those of some ambitious and unscrupulous soldier. Shevket Pasha, we believe, may be counted upon to continue his honourable, high- minded, and patriotic part, and to do his best to prevent the Army misusing its power. Similar commendation is, in our opinion, deserved by Enver Bey and his chief colleagues of the Committee of Union and Progress. They have shown true statesmanship as well as energy, and have exhibited no vindictive attitude towards their opponents. It would not be right to expect them not to punish those who have betrayed their oaths and jeopardised the cause of the nation, but if they are wise they will choose the minimum rather than the maximum of punishment.
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