, 1879-08-18
EGYPT.


Sp0nutttcE lT0lu ftfts EbFcs !uil pNsteu'aFa W
the r1usur there Of Dnhan bcy, Or, TO glyo him
the higher t!tlo recently conferred on him,
Da.au 1,s!,a by natura!!zcl American citizen
named Aftrzau. lllcshootlnE Of Dahau took plAco
on the Bo,lrsc at Alexandria, and the causes
yrhrl led to II run bacf come Years into tho old
flush and reckless tit,cs Of Egyptian tlt'anccs,
cotton speculation, anl Wild management.
btirza,l, the murderer, nn American clt!zen by
naturalization, Is a nativ0 0f Smyrna, anu fas
bccn for long time resident In Egyut at Alex
u,l!tla. lilo hns been for some years tho pub
ltalur of small financial slluct prepared for the
European tnai.s. About five ycars AGO he wrote
m article or n scrics Vi urt(clcs Oil Egyptian
finance, n subject with which hc was thoroughly
familiar. Trsc articles wcru very severe In tfler
srtStsns OF w. ", ,,,a 81 aafs "a oy ts
dprogatory to tho character Of the Eyrbttnn
Government. aflrzan showed the articles. or
drafts Of them, 10 tho Minister Of Finance, nn(
threatened to senl them to Europu ior p!'bllca.
lion unless he wns paid a certain SUN. Several
hundreds Ot pounds ~ Wntltsd at ONE, u!'d
nude other dc,,nl,tis. Tie kncllru Mt the titno
was ahaent at Constat.t!norie. mud the Altnistnr
Of Finance did mt fce! jlst!tIcd or ant'!:rzs'l
to pay this sum. So the articios were published
in ansno of the Continental Journals OF Etlropr,
and found their say into thu English press. On
the courso things huu taken, and upbraIdca the
Minister, snYpE Tint It wt1ltl have Drrll butter
II tbs sum nskea had been paid and the articles
t"rtainrI by tim Klun,yu. followed IN hia p]nn,
md Threatened to make otter md more da1'a+.-
| lug publications unless sttn of hush-tnoner
was paid him. The result WIS that, after d little
| limit thc naiacc OF tic Kbcttye, Nh arrcrn,eut
wnsnn,ie i,r Til. Finnnco Minister to NV Miriam
so u mout for r tnseo '' ycars ostensibiy 10 pn
III, 3,ia Gt,onrn, snrrt mi Tn cxnrrjsn s,trh in
| n,,"rrn NJ hi hn,i in bolstcrinr in Err,tian
nn.mns Tnc ,nnrr wns n wre;ly' nhu1t lila
a." RI II bdif shrnt If f,,nlsenu nuii nrtrtr1 mn
but one side Alrzau continued to publish
| III. rnrcr and rn.riyrd his salary nr
| hu.b,m.',,nv fran tnn {it,yrruu,rut. About twr
v"ars n.rn tic nrrcotncnt ran out MD Nlrzau
| tna,ic rycry cjtort to rel il roncwul 4 tcnpo-
rnrv rrrwnl wns effect etl. but tbls tuu stunprI.
Thrm,t.h t,nhan Hey finally Tic arrangement
rns "nstn ,ntnrei into. h,t 1T n murll i"sa rotc.
and .irulIr. nj tl,r coming iu OF tIu present Min
istrv list Winter, known as tho Franco English
W,u;strx @ II" n,v'nrns wrrc tiually 5Isenntin
| ,rt,. E,,r this atnn,,aru Miriam hnun ii.
Daian. rhc circumstances OF the bargain ur,l
! of TIC cla|t,y ii Miriam were well known TO TIC
,n,mhcrs nf tbr t;fnsi,lnr force about ,le ua1ace
NJ Tniro. a,I,l on ,se ijourse at Alexa,Ilria the
sw n,r1, y, we're Iani,ar ,I.urcs Since this e,ot,
paee list winter. accorilInc 10 rnn,or, Miriam
'as 5rsrtvci % no nay,norta Or money fran this
;og has Sesn s nasr .pss no M
ror.otiv ra" rny"rt ~ nncr 70 NV lin nuythi1.s.
isut Miriam c|nirnetl tat thero were some my
menss which should have couo through Dahan
hey troh TIC hneuiYo Pefsot'alty' DanAh i>as
or pnsha, The E'lrsioreu man, wns LAWYER r.
siltng at ALEX .l1ttr'a nli4 eihagea paFtRllv OF
wholly tn business Tor the G"ieFn'neut anu Tor
the Khedve. lie was a persotl of 1nose t'!ti
ordinary ability md one Of tue b"st sawycfa IN
Egypt, nt 1t isas ltilaerat1oi That lta Influence
with the khcdiyo was very great alll oli the
whole well used.
llu WIS IN thu habit OF being Mt tllc palace
every day when he was at Cairo, which wls II
considerable porllnn of tue ttn,c, and Of ElYing
thu KAedtve COUNSEL on legal nlattars. !le MP
pcared Ill the courts OIL tlle pArt Of Tho klett!Fu
and Of tl,e Gosernn,ons on nearly all inporta'p1t
casrs. lie was M Armenian Egyptian. He
may Enye been under ltulian protection. hut he
wns not IN Italian by brtl. as snrly DISPATCHES
md lator accounts published In American pm
pers havo stated. tle became ucaslantod with
Miriam as the counsel oi the khthtyc. lla tried
In every way to peaceahly utsnbnho Miriam of
his notion that tic tioycrn1ntnt Tns Ill my way
indebted to hin, hut sl!e claimant was loud.
Inu,ltlled uni administrative, anA lattcsly Ind
become somewhat lcsparato IN his nee0s. Thc
shooting tdok pluce IN Alexandria IN q much
ircuucntrd place, about 3 n'clocz III tiln utter
noun. Miriam met DAhan rlslia OIL td street
u.,I rcuewrd lis lntcFccsson for iaynrablo