Then it had been all for the Young Turks and reform; now it hankered after the old regime and was the last hope of the Orthodox.

It had no use for Enver and his friends, and it did not regard with pleasure the _beaux yeux_ of the Teuton.

It stood for Islam and the old ways, and might be described as a Conservative-Nationalist caucus.

But it was uncommon powerful in the provinces, and Enver and Talaat daren't meddle with it.

The dangerous thing about it was that it said nothing and apparently did nothing.