The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-12
PRICE THREE CENTS.
AN AST0NISHED EGYPTIAN.
Tus DdRK LAND or THE NILE AND
., 'GLITEN ED AMERICA.

| , 're Most A pcisxf
.'.e"'"'""Ne I" ono ~ 'Inria su
Of Governments tsiows with ~
| Over Republic Of Quo Hundred Y.er~
:" want 10 shake hands with vou" s,,d
the Hon. Edward Eliis. the E-yptinn Comma.
sionert Ia the Centennial Exhibition when a re-
pottcr accosted him In the Holman Hous YES
torday. "I like the way YOU Atoer,cans shsks
hands. There's a whole soul IN the yerv cras,.
suppose We sit down. I have been TRAVELLING
about your wonderful city all day, and an
tired"
Inc Egyptian Is rather below the medium
stciule' spare developed. ana wears au air Of
perfect nominal oce, strlSinaly st vsrisncc vita
the blusterug seli-lmportunco OF some Amori-
can on ;ials. HIS complexion Is dark; his brow
broad and lofty; his features distinctly ohis-
cllcd, and bis tios urc deeply set and brilliant
The iniost semulance Of n moustacho adorns
his p. witch clves him a peculiarly Youthful
appearance. lie is apparently thiriy years old.
He WIS dressed In plan Enpah suit Of
tweed, over which thrown heavy slrtout
buuuned to the chin. 81 nlnOHt freeze" be
ch ttcred. "Yout climate Is 80 Intense, and I
hate fires We don't b vo fires In Egypt nd
Whenever ] como in ont ot the cold 10 one Of
your uig, rlizing 1es the beat gpes through me
like glowing kutves. | sh u - South II n gets
nv colder. " ell, you want to know what We
: rc going tn DO AZ your CCntcnn l. We ire To-
ing 10 make a noise IA re, think q ir (;overn-
menL has Already AT pruur atcd ~ 20 u stcrilng
toward It's share 10 the gr Htest snow the world
has ever seen. sud We VIII sud other sums 10
that amount. We have a personal interest Ia
thls cXhbtion Of Yankee industries, and re-
gard IL s. our OSn IL certain sense. We shan
br NO enough lignt out ~ our warm little
Coz ntry beyond the seas TO seriously
ni s' dark ark ss Essot'' ihl. us Is GT ny % sss
ttin, away from homo, and am almost be-
VI Il red. To think that America could accom-
plsn 20 much III one hundtcd year. w.ne Bgypt
nus rested IN tue shadow of thousands Is IN r.
veilOus. j cannot comprehend II. | adn.iru
Your country more than can cXpres.. Yous
re-Ources ae unsurn ssed. your Institutions ad-
mlrahle. aud your laws excellent. like the
Amt ri ans. They uuick. Our peut Ia ars
different. Amer cans live ana act day; Egyp-
tians Tomorrow. IL an American d ,ter..'nes
10 do n hung. h does It, " eiore an Egyp-
tian could dec de whether he had ready made uy
his lnind b "tit
"Yuu are surprised at my knowledge Of your
language. knOw i've languages. but ike
America when return hons next year / shaIi
publish It III Arabic, and try 10 stir our peopis
up soue. Egypt has only begun to live md
move Within the pa,t seven years. We are
- railway, sever steamers on the Nile, a good
neal OF az irultu inacninery, aud we are COO
and iouni aims In Cairo ma Alexandra In truly
American etylc. lhe Khodive Is pushing n rail-
road from Alex 'ndris into the he ,rt OF Africa,
and We hope to develop line Of commerce be-
tween 5, 'udan aud New York bv way Of Alex n
dria. We already have ships running u Con-
stantInoi lie aud Males. when | get back homo,
| sh Il endeavor 10 introduce your two-story
steuniO 1ats on tue Nile. IKE Two story
sL-aunO It's.
NO. do not wish to talk about yolr Prest-
| dent ODd administration. had rather talk
about your country: bout your beauti al skies,
| your tlgntatIona, your hills anu valleys and
| houses aud t'eople and your newspapers. Yes,
| your ue~spssers are the Uiost wonderful feA-
turee OF the country. cannot realize how yosS
| Journals can present sucn An extent ana vsutsty
| Of nUws every dav, ana eve1 two or three ttmos
tsy. WY, your sun papcr contains more Ia
| terestr2 matter IN one issue than II the papors
| tn Cairo would have in week. Our people do
| not lake urh interest In IOuruHl ExNDttnpn
| arc too INDECENT to read newspapers, out | am
| goins u revOluiinnze popular sentiment on my
| retuIn 10y telling them what | sw here,
| hud holding up Amer,c "a examples for them
t. copy. II Is >tran- o to mo To see DeUple toad-
| ing the papers In the streei cars. l am afraid
| that will never happen in Egypt. Aud. thon,
| your newspaper ofices are perfect y ilaces. Irs
| IRE mere shnpe, not much largrr tn "a one OF
| your sticet cars. | cannot easily giow accus-
| toned to your Yeni oy. rtures Of hospitality.
! an pressed with invitations to due out, nd
| sttend the the ire, Hndi ids IN the 7 ,rk, aud 10
| al seems 50 very str ,nge. We uie muun more
quiet In "ur II spu-lliOns ! shall out ali of this
| IN INV look, and l intend TO mention you aud
/ EE Sun ~ It. | feel hAttercd, and want 70
! n-k YOU ~ try anu come over to Egypt some
| day and see me-. shall remain Ia the Unl cd
Site, a war and then re- uin to our fostss
| President, the h Oc0iuc.'