According to the Times correspondent at Constantinople, the Turkish Ministry
will remain in office till the return of the Deputies from London in the third week of August. Mimi Psalm will probably then resign and be asked to form a new Cabinet more strongly 'Young Turk than the present, but" retaining the present Ministers of yinance and Education.' Fetid 'Pasha, who has lost the confidence of 'the CoMmittee;' will be replaced by Talaat Bey, and Rifaat Pasha is expected to retire from the Foreign Office. The 'final decision rests-- with the Central Committee at Selonica—which is believed to - include Niazi Bey, Sela,h-ed,Din Bey, and Djemal Bey, all' distinguished officers—and with the younger officers who
have passed through the military schools. Indeed, it 'is on'
the Army in the last resort that the power of the Committee is really based. For the rest, the Committee has not a clear=
out organisation or definite progtamme, and, while there is a consensus as to principle, considerable divergence of opinion prevails as to methods. Where Ministers enjoy the confidence of the organisation, as in the case of Djavid Bey, the Finance
Minister, they have a free hand. The Times correspondent admits a difficulty in arriving at the truth as to the condition
of the Army, but is on the whole inclined to believe that its tone has improved, though discipline is in some respects still relaxed. One thing is certain,—that many of the young school- trained officers are in closer touch with the rank-and-file than ever before.
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