LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE CRISIS IN TURKEY.
[To THIO EDITOR OF THE " SPROTATOR."1 SIR,—I beg your kindness to declare the gratitude of my countrymen for your sympathetic comments in last week's Spectator on the circumstances resulting in the fall of Kiamil Pasha. It was in no way a change of programme of the Committee of Union and Progress—who simply defend the Constitution—which has resulted in the change of Viziers. We still value, and are anxious to retain, the goodwill and support of the British nation. Mini Pasha, you will find, will prove quite as warm a friend to England as his pre- decessor. We have never dissented from the foreign policy of Kiarnil Pasha, or doubted his ability, probity, courage, or patriotism. It was his own fault that he came into conflict with the Chamber by dismissing Ali Riza Pasha, on grounds Which his Excellency must now realise were wholly inadequate, without consulting the Cabinet. I hope, Sir, that Englishmen will not condemn the Chamber for selecting Ministers from the permanent Civil Service. We Lave no other choice at Present, as the young Army officers and civilians who have. saved Turkey and guided her destinies for seven months lack administrative experience, and therefore depend upon the best of the existing officials of experience for putting their reform
policy into practice. If mistakes are made, we ask your
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