The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-18

The Finance Minister or Egypt Tut TO Death
by tho Bew-string.

notifications introduced into Oriental manners |
by steam and the olnctric telegraph without in |
the slightest degroo soltening their ancient |
barbarity.
Who would ever have imagined that the harem |
could become financial speculation far more
profitable than the great horse brcOdng stables |
of England or Franrc2 In France. when you
wish to mako u great political or financial hit you
start Geographic agency in the East they esnb
lish harcm. Here they bring up young women
who are presented to dowagers of rank
and having thus introduced devoted emssarics
in every quarter whence reports are required,
Information is obtlncd which can los used 10
advantage The "rcporteress" il the latest
TRANSFORMATION Of tho odalisk and II was for
this business that the Egyptian MOl0efiSh, or
Finance Minister, raised on an average about
two or three hundred OF thom year in addi-
male or rather tho ncutcr gender destined for
more vulgar duties for in the East every thing
is done uniquely by the Indies.
The pivot OF this vast financial and gallant or
ganizatiOn was tho khc,iire r0lid5 tmother of
the kkh9dNcl that IL to say, NE only person
empire of maternal autocrncy
lsmall -Sadik commenced liie here about nf.
| teen years ago N u groom in the establishment
| Of this princess. and married one Of her odd-
! lpHFs, or chumbcrmads. This was the starting
| POINT OF u fortune elualled Ony m lis hronl-
glousnesS 10y the catastrophe III winch IT was
/ cndcd His wife retained the confidence of her
mistress and this groom. illherats as an OYSTER
soon managed to place with all the important
| dpwagers of the empire other creatures not
| less devoted ~ him. He was the successor
| of NJ Brav,t who. without being much more
| lrtt"rcd than the MOlgetish. or having ever
! learned single word of the language of
| tho country directed for many years all the
| Egyptian Executive departments thoir nominal
occupants hcng in II 'et 'lerks. But y "l"rk ~
| not 81 valuable as an odnlsk. The fortune OF
| VI. Bravct never exceeded four millions Of dol
| lnrs. Moreover. he was oAiraNagInt. anu diod
His su ',s'ssor attarhcl himself exclusively 10
| the khcdive-Vpde and became her iiictotum.
| lie csuthlis he'd a vast series Of agents. who's"
| duty it wis "a receive the propositions OF spec
uHtOrs coming rom Europe, according 10 their
| Importance. When the SUM was worth the
| trouble. he was addressed directly Then he
| s.nt out one Of the iumale coadutprs. OF whom
u al cgnplrte organization win his WIFE 1t
| IT. head Tho profits wcro shared religiously
with tho mother Of the khediVc. In this way,
~ less than fifteen yours he hmasscd n fortune
Of one hundr a and fifty millions of francs for
| his own share and that Of the Princess WIS GER
Moreover. NJ ono understood hotter than this
| f"liah. who could not read. and spok" no Eau
| roIean language tho advantages that could bc
derived from the Ncnaity oi the press and
knew better how To prevent The circulation oi
nNws that might sp9il Ms game We Europeans
circulating false news with the rapidity of light
ning. Moro modest, but more practical, the
Turks and Egy ptans have made use Of It 10 get
from tho West enormous sums Of money: hut
people always finish by gcti ng caught them
selves in these Intricate operations,
II was In vain that the NpWV1iSh purchased
the silence of all thu-e whose duty II was - in
form the public lie made his goose with the
golden eggs lay SO many times that the untOr-
tinato creature died long before some oi our
financial cpmpunics suspected It's iecruSe or
perceived that they We're only PAID WIN one
hand alter having been borrowed from with the
! other But. al all hazards. the Minister arranged
matters In such WAY that the khediNc was
never IN want oil money: and the skin with
which he managed Ia conceal his situation. tho
courage with which he showed n bold front to
some OF tho cunningcst of European iinanrlrrs
kept him in favor for u long time. But 1t WAS IN
vain that h" used his utmost "Ncrtion- y" cam"
| g. grief at last. Tho friendship of the Nirrroy
: the tl HI Nllltlt.- him
money increased. The fr-lril- " the NYItf-
T,f,Sh in the council had sanctioned more thnn
ON" suspicious Uprrli ION. ucN"rilrl. IS, they did
Mt hesitate 20 nsnuate t. the Khedivc that the
Montd,sh had no longer any other service 10
being charged in tho face Of Europe with all
their collective sins.
that his onl5 hope Of saving his head was in an
at of desperation. lie opposed the Goschcn
Independence 10 tie khedIve In this he re-
who gave him carte blanche. But. pressed IN
al sides. especially iy his sworn enemies Of the
Turkish party. 10 weak knowing that h'
Vas ABOUT L. 't Hahlcd oNrr ~ a Nlttm IT, ~
European creditors. he saw That his only safety
lay IN the overthrow OF the \lceroy himself.
Having no 7uppon neApet irom hls e'n."su =.
he established rela' with three oiilD r. ~
the army whose disconrent and diSaii"ction
rapidly made. and the 10Th of last november was
d'cided upon as the day Tor the deposition of
ON The 9th. the Khcdive told his Minister that
h. was going IN give himself MP 20 the mercy oi
the European creditors. brcau-r hr saw no elnoI
possibility of preserving the thronc Tn Mn
irtrr replied that Ia XIV" up the right of not pny-
INK WAS only 10 os.upy the throne npminaily
The NrrroN be ann" angry, ana bitterly blamed
the Minister Tor all the TACT, which had
l.r ed him To accept ia" Cos hen prpc'i IN,
carried out ihnorlor- II ~ mast'r Thru"N
! day in open cuunclthe khediyrtnok M ho same
T.Vltian laan 49, iii lii ti"t"niifr. IN a ~
= uatlon from which 1t WIS necessary ." rNiricnt,
and. passing in rc,I.w AN his a,t-. la1 mn,
dn,Hy e showing ,na c aI ,s %nS gSyeo
hlhy docs not Brighten me. Il io-m9rrow Their
shall Boo applied To- Us the Cuu-'.tutlp ON that the
sultan promises To nll his subjects. Mi admit
ny r"epuneinulty. Opto this tay nobody II r.
! Sponsihe but our master. ami l tender my
, IhrN icrroy booamc pale with rage: but thl,
I daring uueranre WAS received with IA cold 81
- fence, and the Minister saw that II was all oven
, inform his 'sliow comspiro rs / n, ,hatimc hnC
, arrived but the thing was pnt on III the neN
4 | day. Then there occurred what always occur
! $ lZud with panic. revealed everything to th'
u and ordered his son llussoin Minister Of War
, t. assemble his most loyal guards. and To- ar
~ r.Si the ulVGf'Sh when he gayn hun the signal
Al the same time he -'nt Tor the atter, who hr
10 trnycd none OF the nplrrhcnsiOne b" really felt
IA" Nireroy demanded hls portfolio. which ih'
l. Minister gave him, aitnr which he went 10 hi'
:, on g 1t was ciorh IN me morning. Scarce
u ly had he arrived there when his carriage wn
, SURROUNDED by tweny guards Of the Niceroy
y who made him get into another carriage Mus
. Apha Pdshn. Governor Of Cairo, entered tn
! carriage with him. while Prince Huss.i in
- wat toned the proceedings from distance. Tn
u carriage WAS driven toward vessel an'hor"'
. mar M palP.c 81 ,He~'r'h. The pr'S9ner wa
4 w. ennurhs II lhr Vrcrov raii, v"l ne GOV
T. trnpr of Cairo. VINO pm thr N1uPdtsh into thri
han IT, purns II TIM th" hH"4NG nur
4 hi- nj, "n'. i1r w. Gi,.i Must MIS-, a ..uum
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