The New York herald., 1879-09-19

aud Is not a miserable hyprid. Ike SO many SEMI
| rEwYIK's INAUGURAL.
Translated from the Arabic this address reads
thus
providence having willed. through its pure grace
and goodness. place in our hands the government
of Egypt. have been honored by the reception OF
order to this effect from sovereign master the
| Grand sultan, whom may Allah make victorious.
This only be compensated by our loyal
OF the functions of this high position and for
which invoke the aid of the Most High. We
persuaded that the Khedive's government should be
a constitutional one. with responsible Ministers.
We have adopted this as our line OF conduct and will
never deviate theretron.
Now that in consequence of the exigencies OF the
situation. you have adopted new form of Ministry,
which has been placed under your President.
public functionsres, anu that they will intro
duce hereafter good conduct into the admins
traion. Also that they will learn that the only
wealth that OF the soul; that honor depends
integrity. the best ornament is loyalty and the
this exordium, in which fruits well flowers
not cking ana pregnant inue,does conveyed in Ori-
entail phrase well understood by his audience. the
young khcdive proceeds to business A synopsis of
his recommendations will suffice to show his inten-
tions ana purposes. First he declares "it is impor-
tant 20 endeavor in advance Of every other matter,
to solve the financial questions, which the fruit
full sources OF general trouble; to give every his
due aud watch over public expenditure II is true
that this is difficult at this critical We
hope however, to emerge safely through salutary
measures which you and the Ministry may DEVISE"
Second--"We are next bound to ame,iorate the
diton of the public tribunals. for they the
refuge of the rights OF ALL tie resort of the weak for
unjust" Third-"Public education should also
claim care, and should necessarily occupy
ourselves in promoting 1t in order to develop native
intelligence by improving the schools and plac-
ing them under proper regulations" Fourth
public works and extend the area Of agricultural
improvement, in which to be found the
chief source Of the wealt of our country" Fifth
commerce. too. should claim care, and
should grant 1t the most complete liberty. as the
best mode of its increase" Sixth-"Equslly inn
portant s 1t to improve the administration Of all
government departments,
existing public discontents. These believe
be the adopted. just. necessary ana sani-
| tary, by all the great Powers of the world We
trust. then that you will to the tull extent OF your
power conduct the affairs Of the State. giving all
your heart and all intelligence to this great
work. May Allah direct YOU on the pathway of right
and of prosperity. tor He alone is the unerring
| guide. MEHEMET TEWFIk."
This message was addressed to his first Council,
since which time modification has taken place in
the constitution OF that body-the Khedive himself
acting as its head. Short as the term of his reign
has been. already change OF Ministry has been
xet hs las introduced neither Europeans nor
Europeanized Egyptians into his councils. Nubar
Pacha-the fdcle P'Inceps OF the latter-he refuses
to accept; but has recalled from bsnishment RiaZ
Pacha of Nubars disciples. it is said for
the purpose OF giving hum a public position.
! On the other hand, Cherif Pacha. the head of
the native party has been removed from the Minis
try, that no fixed policy in this regard
have been yet determined on. The other note
worthy members Of his Ministry are, Zoulhkar
Pacha, an old employe of Said Pacha. who speaks
French and the Khedive's brother-in-law. q young
man, Mansour Pacha. The rest respectable
tive Pachas. The following paragraph, taken from
the Refo,me, the French journal published Cairo
| lot 1lth August will show what mere stock-job
bng concern the French and English governments
making OF Egyptian adm:nistration:-"M. Wad-
agreement proposed by Messrs. Rothschild
declaring the public domain mortgaged to
them inviolablo by other creditors NM
nomination of the two European inspectors and
the organization OF the new Egyptian ministry to
place the amount of the loan due the public do
main at the disposition OF the Khedive." Which
being interpreted means that the money is intended
for the bondholder, not the Egyptian government
or people, although the latter dying OF starva-
ton! The same journal announces the arrival from
Europe OF Mr.. Fitzgerald English Sub-Comptroller
OF the Public Debt, also paid S25.000 per annum.
The lions share OF the punder of Egypt has fallen
into English hands. with few Frenchmen thrown
in give to the mess of pottage, far the
offices concerned An Englishman is at the head
of the customs. with salary Of $4,000 per
five years. An Englisuman is at the head Of
the Post Office. who was formerly subordinate
i'll the English Post Othce with equally large
pay. The ports. the arsenals. tho lighthouses
all under English control The receipt and dis
., .he iahes anu PTorc ues are unaei
The railways. of which there 120O miles.
under an Knglishinan. an old Indian officer. named
Marriott. who knows nothing Of the country. the
people the language He also gets his $2J 900 per
annun. Under this foreign management these for.
mer sources of revenue have ceased i'll great part
to be selfsupporting. The Wiison-De Bligneres
combination with its army Of well paid foreign
ployes, transplanted into q country which they
know little the moon, form another swarm
locusts to eat the substance of this impover-
lshe country, aud the new Khedive's remonstrances
are needed as little as those or the old.
PoPUIL.
But, strange rs IL may seem, there Is q new voice
now being heard IN Egypt. a voice unheard for
many centuries in 'the Old House OF Bondage" as
the Scriptures termed it. The voice OF tho people
from mufied whisper is beginning to make itself
heard in the management OF public affairs. and
threatens soon to control them. The creation OF a
bly, the educational advancement made Under Ismall
who sowed that good seed with liberal hand have
produced public opinion where all was slavisn
submission hitherto. and the party of young Egypt,
whose cry is Egypt for the Egyptians" has its
organs in the native press IA new crea-
tion) and its acknowledged leaders in the Par.
Lament. When Ismail spoke or this power behind
the throne and threatened to use it II pushed too
far Europe derided him and took no heed of his
threat But toward the close of his reign he rallied
! it TO his support, dehed the Allied Powers and the
Porte and compelled them to accept his own terms,
with the alternative OF armed resistance, sustained
by his people. i'll the event OF their refusal. He
riel his point aud has left his that party his
legacy. Other influences have also been work in
creating that public opinion. Tne partisans of
Prince Him. whose claims to the throne have
been set aside, have been at work to produce
1t. Tney employed a Levantine teacher of
Arabic, James Sanna by name. to disseminate carl
people ut the coffee houses, where they most resort.
and kind OF Arab lunch grew out OF this-the cir
eulation OF which immensely Increased after Isnail
with the blue spectacles. has become popu-
lar in Cairo and Alexandria among the natives. as
Pasqun at Rome, and has helped TO create public
sentiment in the Masses At the commencement of
Ismails reign. and tor years subsequent. but
papers published in Arabic, and the circ,i-
laton of these limited to government employees.
Now there ut least dozen Arab newsp tpers,
with crcuiatons of several thousands and the free
criticisms Of these papers orally transmitted
throughout the country. the Arabs being
the most conversational and gossippy Of ali
people, and quick In acquiring new ideas
for the Egyptian is totally different animal from
the stolid aud sensual TURK. with whom he is too
| often confounded. Centuries of bondage and drudg-
cry have quelled his inquisitive spirit his
vivscity or duiled the quickness of his apptehen-
sion in youth early manhood The rising gen.
Grafton. under its exceptional advantages promises
to be great improvement the preceding ones,
and Tewnk will give his AID to the advancement of
his people. The Arab Is the Rrenchman OF tho East.
He is not savage beast like the Turk.
who can neither be tanned civilized,
but acquires information with rapidity
which has surprised his teachers in the Khediva
schools, with whom l have frequently converscd.
Hence every true friend OF humanity, justice and
progress should echo the cry Egypt for the Egyp-
tians, regardless of tho European money lenders,