, 1876-04-24

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daily becoming moro mud moro apparent. So
long M England was Oil friendly relations
with Turkey and was bound to hcr by bonds
which havo since boon tlishonorc1, ahe noyor
gave my publicity to tho renl condition of
Egypt but since the craoities OF Turkiah
misrule hayc boen forced upon tho attention
Of tho world, since tho Turks have failotl to
pay their English orcditorH and hayo sguan-
dered both principal and interest Of tho 1non-
ey England loaned them, a,lt1 since the gilt
tcring Turkish bubble has burst, tho English
press has begun to discuss tho real condition
Of Egypt in very suggestive manner. HAY
ing acquired a rory direct interest in Egypt
by the purchase of the suoz Canal ehases it
now begins to appear ast If aho wero prepnr-
ing to acquire proprietary interest in tie
whole country. Ono Of tho most notable
aud significant Of tho recont papers upon tho
actsial condition Of Egypt appears in that In
tucntial journal, tho tortmghtiy Rtpie,o for
April, in Which the writer, who las
lived long iii TINT country, brings out
some faots which are not gonoral1y known Of
tho evils TINT alnicttho Egyptian people. The
first Of these is slavery. The khetliyo him
srlf ia tho largest slavo-owncr in Egypt. This
writer says: There is not ono Of tho al
most nulnberless palaces Of His Itghness and
his sons nnd Pashas which ia not full to
orortlowing of slaves OF both sexes, md they
arc to DO found in privato houses throughout
tho whole length Of tho land Of Egypt. The
khcGive hfn1aclf continually buys then,."
African slavea Gnu only DO brought into
Egypt by way OF suez or tho Nile, and one
single word from tho Viceroy could stop tho
Importation OF singlo slaveinto Egypt or ar-
rest tholr progress at any point on thoir way
to Cairo. That word however, has nevor
been spoken" Second, in addition to this
system of slavery, there is q syston Of forced
labor which In Utmost ns e1acting. The poor
Of TINT country generally aro liablo to forced
labor, first, upon tho public works, and
second, upon tho ostntea and in
tho sugar manufactures OF tho Ahediyc.
For tho first service, tho people rccoivo
nothing; mud for tho second, moro nominal
payment Which is sometimes made and ao1no-
times not. Whenever tho Khotlivo wants
laborers. ho collects thom en- nasae, and tloy
labor under tho lash of tho taskmaster like n
| slavo. Third, tho CONSUMPTION il both whole
salo and brutal. The writer claims that at
tho present time tho conscription is being
carried Oh in tho most arbitrary manner.
He says: SIN tho sillageH mon aro simply
seized by force, chainod or welded together
in wooden stooks,-a brutal practice, of
which have soen examples within the last
few dnys,--anl dragged to the nearest bar
racks, to 10 dealt with by the Turkish officers
md American Generals from the United
States, who have followed tho baso example
Of HoHAnT PASTA, in selling thoir swords to
VOTE INC WILL OF oosPos fonf1h, the
cohascatson u l"'iu "oa property to tAe
Aneua'on ~, use ID anot1er ~, nl'soFS ot tno Egyp.
| .A'uS' "A.n 'n' 4>4ouso "oe7 = .l''c' oi
'ana t.la' IL plons,''8 ~ NM 10 no'1nea tho
o"nes 'ns'] ~ Wallis ~ anu .1e o"nor mus1
seA ~ ~ t'm III ''aa"'lon h1eo ~ the
Ahe''i'o i,nse'i' y, "hon id "ai''s cafne1s or
aon1o's' tn0 country Poop1c "ro compolioa to
orlns tneh III W soine appothtoo place,
"nose tney afo soi]eo oy INC 9o'esn'
mens on'ee's' aao p'1'o LUZ VI 1'ot' II. tno lh-
| spoe'oe 'oN'"s'o..' ''7 tlo caso may oe' Inc
laSt VI '"o Eeyp',"n n'so'ios' 1no cono'na-
lion oi "1'cli III a1'nos1 as a'sastfoua as tho
soVen plaques o. eht'ta'ts' IS tho oppressive
syste.u ol ta4atloh WHICH IN chAsacseflstlo OF
IulA@n t'l" eseFS~neto' tne 1gYpIan rel
'aA il"s ~ tAY ios 'nu 4'na Ao occupies s1o
erJe7'0H" III Bo'o- I'efy aouse' Palm tree,
aon1ey, can1ol, o&' no1Se' anu encep Is taxed
oo'ro' a"t'es nave ooon estaollshed IN alithe
largo to"ns' anu TAO donkey boys have to
pay INK on every "oo1a'" ot clover tneif
aohkoSs c"t' inofo 's oven ta1 upon tho
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