We note with extreme satisfaction that the Turkish Govern- ment
have released Ariz All Bey, generally known as El
lifaari (the Egyptian), who had made a great name for himself as a leader of the Arabs in Cyrenaica, and was recognized by the Italians as a gallant and humane antagonist. He was arrested more than two months ago on a tiumpedop charge, and was condemned to death by Court-Martial, the sentence being subsequently commuted to one of fifteen years' penal servitude. Enver Pasha, in an interview with Aziz All before his release, assured him that he never expected the Court- Martial to take the view which it took of the gallant officer's action in Cyrenaica. This tardy declaiation is bard to reConcile with the attitude of a Government which Enver is generally believed to dominate, or with Enver's alleged personal hostility to Aziz Ali, but it may be welcomed as a frank admission of error. The decision has been hailed with relief not only in Egypt, where Asia All is deservedly respected, but throughout the Moslem world. Nothing is said as to our official inter- vention at the Porte, but we may feel sure that such intervention took place and has been noted in Egypt. To be towed astern of the British Empire is not without its compensations— especially if one wants justice from a Turkish tribunal. We may add that the Governor of Cairo, who is Aziz Ali's brother- in-law, has publicly expressed his deep gratitude to the Times for its strenuous exertions in the cause of justice. Aziz All has himself made similar acknowledgments.
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