Ottoman Diplomats

Synopsis

Etienne Carathéodory Effendi informs Assim Pacha about the conversation he had with Jules Malou, who assured him that the new government would not give up on its international relations, nor on its neutrality. Malou promised a conciliatory policy in all spheres, and friendship and benevolence towards Belgium’s friends and allies. He particularly emphasized his sympathies and those of the other Catholics for the Ottoman Empire. He stressed the good relations between the previous Malou government and the Ottoman legation, and wished to continue on the same track. Carathéodory replied that he was glad to hear such precious assurances. According to Carathéodory, the sympathies of the Ottoman Empire for Belgium were evident. He remembered the cordial relations with the previous Malou government, and wished to strike them up again. In his report, Carathéodory remarks that the Catholics were in power during the last war (the Russo-Turkish War). He reminds Assim Pacha that, in those days, they kept their sympathy and continued their moral and material support for the Ottoman Empire. He refers to the correct attitude of the previous Malou government during the Brialmont Affair. According to Carathéodory, it was safe to say that Malou’s assurances were sincere and that the past ensured the future. At the end of their conversation, Carathéodory gave Malou the Medjidie decoration in name of the Sultan (to whom he suggested this idea, in order to confirm the sympathies of the Ottoman Empire for Malou).

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