The New York herald., 1879-10-09

corded to Baker with the exception of acting as the
Khedive's representative at Khartoum and over the
Nile posts established by Baker. The latter Gordon
promptly transferred to other points those
rivers the policy of each successive Governor OF
.he Soudan apparently having been modelled
that OF Penelope. with reference to her web, each
undoing the work of his predecessor.
GORDON SETS TO WORK.
Chiefly through the zeal energy and courage OF
the American officers in the khedive's service who
were assigned to this duty in conjunction with
under the orders of Gordon. wide field of explora
ton and survey was opened during the first two
three years after Gordon's accepting this duty.
Colonel Charles Chaie Long in his vivid recital OF
his explorations discoveries and suerings. has told
what lie accomplished for which the geographical
societies of London. Paris and New York have done
him merited honor Colonel Colston. Colonel
Purdy. Major Prout and Colonel Mason explored diff
ferent tracts OF this acoaita and mapped them
out for future explorers. Colonel Wards expedition
to Juba and Colonel Graves expedition down the
Red Sea- which resulted in the establishment of the
lighthouse at Gardofon were equally honorable to
American skill and enterprise. which really
noissances land and water. Colonel Gordon
simply approved or sent these American officers
into the field. after which their discretion and
intelligence had to be their guides since no orders
or advice could reach them from headquarters. Tho
lated and In part published under supervision Of
General StOne chief OF staff ut Caro also Ameri-
can. But In 1876 new departure was made. Colonel
Gordon, created Gordon Pacha. went to England.
and on his return demanded much higher powers
and different position the price OF his retention
of his post. Supported in his claims has been
understood and proclaimed by the English Ministry.
he demanded nothing less than the absolute control
over the whole Soudan down to the EQUATOR inde-
pendently of the Khedive thus converting himself
into the Governor General under English protect
orste of tho newly invented uatoral empire which
he was to carve out OF these old and new provinces.
He further insisted that the the Soudan
should be applied to the administration Of that
country and not administered by the Egyptian gov
ernment including the revenue raised from taxes.
and that the Khedive should neither receive
tribute anything from or to this dominion. Against
these terms the khedive ut first rebelled but the
pressure from Downing street was too strong for
him to resist. his financial troubles then be-
ginning to press him sorely. and with profuse
protes atons and very bad grace he at last yielded
and Gordon Pacha went down triumphantly to
found his Equatorial empire.
JOHNS OPPOSITION
He met with difficulties from the commencement.
The war between Egypt and Abyssnia proved his
the offensive, instead OF rendering submission and
territory to the Khedive. beat his troops slaugh-
tered his generals, and threatened, he still does,
to take possession of Massowah. valuable port
the Red Sea, and other places Gordon did not take
the feld against the Ably ssinians-that done by
the Egyptian Commander-n-Chief. with Ameri-
can staff which finally saved him and his army
from determination; bat he tried his hand at nego-
tation with the Abyssinian King and tried it fruit
lessly Leaving the belligerents to fight out that
quarrel, Gordon passed to Khartoum, the capital
Of his kingdom. and for the last three years we
have had reports from time to time of his proceed
ings and supposed progress In extirpatrg par
tally suppressing the slave trade and improving
his charge by his own and the Egyptian govern
ments. The real net result Of those efforts Is ut
the recent auviceS from Cairo. which the
terprise Of tho HERALD has laid before its readers
during the last two weeks, from which Gordon
Pacha's utter failure to carry out his policy
continue In position bristling with difficulties of
all descriptions. has been made painfully evident.
The HERALDs information evidently comes from
some comrade friend OF Gordon q, who seeks to
put the best face his withdrawal. for credit is
given to him for improvements in which he had
agency. Your Cairene correspondent claims '4the
mapping of tract Of country larger than the
Southern States of America" of the fruits of
Gordons activity. 1t has been shown that nine
hao1
officers in the Khedives service. many of whom had
nothing to do with Gordon or his government. The
5000 miles OF telegraph line the work Of the
Khedive and Of General Stone.
sI.AvR TRADE SUPPRESSION A MYTH.
The suppression of tho slave trade is myth. not
reality, as every man who has recently visited
Egypt knows and AS the constant little between
Gordon's people and tho native chiefs abundantly
prove. Besides while processing to aid its abo-
ltion the late Khedve adroitly established now
form OF slavery III Egypt while apparently co-ope-
rating with Gordon. thus:-The bands of slaves
captured by Gordon his agents would be sent to
Cairo Upper Egypt. and there the Khedive would
enlist for life in his army the srappng Soudsnese
and girls disappeared into the harems. None Of
these liberated slaves ever found their way back
two full regiments Of these men. rs myself have
seen, numbering In all about five thousand men.
How many may have been enlisted elsewhere is
known only to the staff officers Of the Egyptian
army. But doubtless there thousands more.
Your correspondent also claims that the navigable
rivers in the Soudan have been kept free from sud
(matted grass. mud and timber which choke up
those rivers) through GordOn's efforts. The crodit
for he removal OF these deposits is chiefly due TO
the native Governor General of the Soudan before
Gordon Pacha, Eyoub Pacha, an extremely intelli-
gent and energetic native. who devoted himself to
this task most zealously and effectively. and to
whom justice should be done in this regard. 'The
Indian elephants imported to tame and teach the
Of our countryman. General Stone not of Gordon
Pacha his overzealous friend declares So that It
is truly said, If unconsciousy. that "dordons nve
civilization" in Central Africa. and very ghastly
and grinning skeleton. too. The statements of Cor
don himself rs to the situation are plain
and specific He declared his intention of
giving up his position and his work, assign
ing as his chief reason the want Of money to
carry on his government. He admitted that he had
tho Soudsn in debt about f300 900. ST. 500 OO0
although that province. when he took charge OF it,
was not only selfsupporting but contributed half
million of dollars per annum to the Egyptian ex-
chequer directly, besides several millions in
directly in trade and barter with Cairo. The deficit
for the present he estimates at f17000O and he
plaintvely asks, where is the money to come
from 70 since he has effectualy broken up tho
ivory trade and other trade which formerly provided
the money. by such ''victories' those OF Gessi.
Even Darfour and the provinces of tho Bahr el
Gszal -old Egyptian possessions--are to be aban-
doned. it seens. instead of provinces annexed
and the yssnan King il numbering at Egy pt
portals on the Red Sea- and threatening to deprive
her OF her best seaport by force OF arms. Renounc
ing the independents programme with which he set
out three years since, Gordon Pacha now saddles
Egypt with the responsibility of rcnouncing these
acquisitions and surrendering them back to barbar
ism and slave hunters. cooy saying. Egypt is not
In posltion now 10 MAINTAIN these countries and
all her ambition and splendid projects in Central
Africa arc to be abandoned"
AFRICAN JOINT STOCK ENTERPRIsR.
Gordon Pacha further admits the utter collapse Of
his own grand projects by saying further. ''I now
believe that Central Africa will bc opened by
any other way than by private enterprise" and pro-
poses kind OF joint stock trading any, two
OF them-Engish and Arnerican-to utilize Central
Africa. He says:-"An English company should
tabiish their trading posts from Zanzibar. and
American company should do the same, proceeding
up the Congo An outlay of fl0.000 would lead to
tho most surprising results and more could be most
advantageously placed aiterward. In England they
have already begun this work the Zanzibar coast
and 1 have taken OF their shares"
This purely commercial view of the country and its
advan tages and future destiny s sad abatement of
the swelling note with which the tatve of
British philanthropy and exploration set out three
years since TO cvze and evangclize Central Africa.
suppress its slave trade and hand it to civil
hzaton and Christianity. II reminds Of those
roads In our western country. commencing with u
broad carriage path, which oud in a squirrel track