The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-16
THE REIeNING HOUSE IN EeYPE
The strong Character Of its Founder. Mehe
met An, and OF the Present viceroy.

met An. and OF the Present Viceroy,
Hr-p 1e Lonaon Tins.
ALEXANDRIA,, Jan. 18.-Ths day sixteen
years ago Said Pasha died somewhat suddenly;
his nephew. Ismail. tho present Viceroy and
Khcdivo. assembled the throne Of Egypt. and all
Ioyal FRyptlnns have now come TO Cairo TO c on
pratulnte his Highness on tho anniversary.
This modern Macedonian dynasty sesms ~
firmly planted on the banks OF the Milo as was
the ancient line OF the Ptolomics. The heredi-
tary succession is secured. the internal admlnis-
tration OF the country Ii independent oil the
Porte tribute Is almost the only proof oil depon-
dency and foreign attack Is impossible as long
rs the prese mt protection OF England ana FRANCE
| il extended to Egypt.
| Yet ninoty years ago the grandfather OF Ismail
| Pasha was a tobacco dealer at the little town OF
| Cavaa. in Albania; and II the first Napoleon
I had not stretched his conouering arms, across s
the Mediterranenn Mehemet All w33u u, rcSist
| tho French in Egypt. and his grandson wouu
not nov 90 rH ny be V srnneost OF he century
| Tho grandfather was born to be ruler q men.
From the position OF petty 2c ,h i9 Sa mum IN
| Egypt. He destroyed the power OF the NAME.
luke Beys % 3T ,he co Ty To- order
and obedience; he subdued tho savage races OF
the Soudan he conquered the ,hnai'c ,s srn
plnccs; he defeated the Turks and oveawed ihe
Sultan: and he would have certainly FOUNDED n
Turkey Itself. II the western powers; in $50,
had not checked his ambition and c9Rn ,nl INC
| limits OF his rule TO the valley OF the Niie. - ia,
| Thus thwarted. he turned his attohton 10 IN
ternal administration. but without Tue SAM am
| success. He cleaned out old canals maze new
ones. introduced tho cultivation Of cotton.
| organized military schools. and called IN Butuva
| mems to nssist him. He even tried 10 MAKO
Egypt a notwithstanding country and spent vast
sums on factories and machinery Dut ~, nu
a sdd n nn 5g sst law WHEN Would live after him
All his officials were Turks OF the old school ,,l
Sndd bis rue the Sd ESSpan any %y lie r5S
was that OF conqueror. not Iawgyes q mu ,,r
straior, His ineShgn5toie energy WIS cS ara
: | told of his blunders. ,.,,,,
i He insisted on the existence OF mineral weai..
Il In Egypt; would not listen TO engine n,eers who
a showed the country TO be pure 9lluv.GS deposit,
= and was not satisfied until vast noies had been
}. dug in many districts withor, result. He hnd q
% plan for utilizing the sto-se Of the Pyramids IN
:. the construction Of liable works. ans, only de-
/ sisted on proof ~ ne enormous cost Of des'ruc-
l. tion and tran, oort lie had mn Oriental con
l. tempt for hrnan life the canal from i,e Van
~ AuN", Lr9 was cohs,i III ~ from the fields
- and mnde 10 work. and $4,000 oil them hre sun
> 70 nave perished IRON s,cKVgsS tn Get Rid
: The Mameluke Boys, he inYlleu Veih 70 IL
sh palace. and when tho, we're assemD,e1 "A sn'
At. court yard ~ n,ld them all shot down wi!-"sS
u MeRemct All died in his elghte,h year. an,
his three immediate sncccssors,Iilorah IN 40
"a but his grandson. Ismid. hus the same intel
"a lectunl activity. He works late ana early. hn'
he | his mind Is crammcd with administrative De
GO | tall Before tho present regime he drove IN
= State coach single handed and all his 9linls
an tcrs were mere subordinate officials. lie ca
rol point 10 great results. When his grnndfathc
roi died the national revenue was barely three null
" lions; il il now varlously stated from elget |
'es ton The cXnorts were two millions IN value
he the imports n little over ono AMI hhlL Ihe
90 are now respectively thirteen millions and 81
Vs. There were only 200 miles of railway ~ MS ~
at ccssion: there are now | 200. and tsleRruphl
Il | communication has becn extended over lO.h
a. | niles The Supz Canal. the greatest engineer
Nv ing work of the century, has been cOnstrilcte'
lut and the network of local canals widely eN
me | tended. -.
Still NIL this material progress has not BEN
- fitted the people, who are absolutely crusn9d !
red a heavy public debt and are now croWding
nR Cairo to lny the tale 81 thor grievances beloi
IL the new Government In fact, real progr .
NV cannot 40 at railroad pace. and education. zoo
ra- laws, aud n fair administration are more clltT
ro- ciOus, though they require more time, thGn va
a. public works aud great extension OF torritqr
oh Indeed, might 80 further and say that nun
nee works which are not OF Il directly remunerAil
nav character ought never TO have been underlhk'
h., | I'm Egypt. At amy rate. when the history OF IN
lNo reign comes TO be written. the material ndvan
red | will be held of little count as set against U
sh | suffering of the people. Tho radeeming iealu!
- | will be the Slave Trade Convention, the 'st1
oh- lishmcnt OF real courts OF justice, the yridl
acts up the government Of central Africa INTO l
by hands % Col Gordon. aud the government
- E,,,pt itself into the hands II Nubar fashh al
NV his English and French coheASues