Alleges Plot Of Powers.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 25, 1913:
Cherif Pasha Says Austria and Germany Aided Young Turks.
    PARIS, Jan. 24.— Cherif Pasha, a friend of Kiamil Pasha and Nazim Pasha, in an interview to-night affirmed that Germany and Austria had been secretly working to bring about a return to power in Turkey of the Committee of Union and Progress. During Cherif's recent visit to Constantinople, he said, high German diplomats did their utmost to induce him to reconcile himself with the committee.
    Cherif further asserted that the Sultan would be dethroned in favor of the Crown Prince, who maintains close relations with Mahmoud Shefket Pasha, the new Grand Vizier. Cherif said he believed Turkey was certain to lose Constantinople and all her European empire, and that a counter-revolution was imminent, as the Arabs, Kurds, and Christians of Asia Minor were ready to fight against the return to power of their oppressors.