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to yield to Grey. Yesterday the posters were, ' Turks yield. Place 

 themselves in the hands of Europe.' To-day it is, ' No surrender, 

 Young Turks in power.' This is the cheerfulest announcement we have 

 had for six months. 



" 2$tJi Jan. — Yet more from Constantinople. Nazim Pasha has 

 been shot while resisting the Revolutionists. He deserved his fate, 

 as he was one of those who brought about the military revolt of last 

 year, which placed Kiamil in power while his conduct of the campaign 

 has been inept. I have telegraphed to Shefket ' Felicitations. Votre 

 heureux retour au pouvoir. Allah Yensurak ! ' 



"26th Jan. (Sunday). — It turns out that Enver Bey took the lead 

 in bringing about the fall of Kiamil, going himself to the Porte, where 

 one of his aides-de-camp shot Nazim dead in the scuffle, and afterwards 

 to the Palace where he insisted on Shefket's appointment as Vizier. 

 Enver is just the man for the situation, with his experience of the war 

 in Tripoli, and jointly with Shefket may yet renew the campaign at 

 Chatalja. My belief, however, is that pressure will now be put on 

 Bulgaria to yield the point of Adrianople and that things will be settled 

 without more fighting between Turks and Bulgarians. Grey will be 

 angry, but that does not matter. Just now English attention is en- 

 grossed with Woman Suffrage and can spare very little for the male 

 affairs of Islam. I have written to Loulou Harcourt, who has been 

 making fun in the House of Grey and Lloyd George on this question, 

 congratulating him and saying, ' I rejoice to see that the principles of 

 the Crabbet Club still live.' [This probably marks the date of the 

 Agreement between Germany and Turkey and the eventual alliance.] 



" 1st Feb. — George Wyndham, writes from London, envying me 

 my happy life away from politics, but why does he grind on? He 

 wants me to come up and stay with him at Belgrave Square. It is 

 stated in the ' National Zeitung ' that an agreement had been come 

 to between England and Turkey that Egypt should be given autonomy 

 under English protection. The fall of Kiamil must have put an end 

 to this plan. 



" yth Feb. — The war has been renewed by the Balkan States and 

 is being well responded to by Mahmud Shefket and Enver Bey who 

 are giving it a frankly religious character. The Mullahs are preaching 

 in the Mosques at Constantinople. 



" gth Feb. (Sunday). — A violent attack by the Bulgarians is re- 

 ported at Gallipoli, and a bombardment of Adrianople. If Gallipoli 

 were taken by the Allies it would end the war, for Constantinople 

 would then be at the mercy of any fleet that might choose to threaten 

 a bombardment, but the thing is not done yet. 



"14th Feb. — A letter from Beauclerk dated 31st January. In it 

 he says ' Bouchier has been this morning with Sir Edward Grey and 



