The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1882-09-30
Foreign Letter.

commerce OF that country, | have
gathered the convection that the
Egypt ons OF the next ten years
will provo more d fficalt to govern
than has been tho ease with theI"
ancestors from time immemorial.
Fanatielsm lay dormant, and what
ever faults lsma;l Pasha may have
comm ted he certainly exerted him
self with success in rubbing off the
edge of Moslem fanatieism by aec0
tomng his subjects to Europeans
and to Western notions and man
ners, But the capabilities of intol-
erance and prejudice in an Arabs
heart eae rs great IS bis ignorance,
and the seed OF re 'gious hatred hav-
lag once been sown the Fellah OF
the future mrs. not be ex oee,ed to
be quite as plilble as the Fe ah of
the past. II; bind awe of the lu-
Ter OF the land, his belief in the pow
er Of the Frar ks and in the superi-
GRITTY of the Erglishman have d s
appeared. He now thinks himself
capable of ruling his own country,
and, unfortunately, he is not.
An Acquaintance who knows
Egypt thoroughly lately told me ::
al boliese IN The good faith OF Mr..
Gladstone when he says that he
wishes to preserve the autonomy t
Egypt and desires nothing for Ems
land, but circumstances may be too
strong tor him, and may compel
Grast 1S,dtain fnpthor to do no move
than she intends at present. To
re-create the s'atvJ quo ante would
be TO produce q situation fell of dan
gers and difficulties"
Great doubts are entertained rs
to ToWdk Pashas proving honest in
his cooperation with England, He
is thorough Mussulman at heart,
and litto aneedo. d savorng OF per.
fd'ty have been related TO me. But
the worst is that he has lost oil per-
sonal influence IN his country by
puCiO' animity and vaoillation, and is
not likely to regain il, His two
chief Ministers, Sherlf and Raj, are
hardly likely to az &c together for
a long time. Representa- YES OF the
Egyptian ration will not be- "cady
tools of the intllguers, whose race
will not die out unless severe pun
ishment is inflicted on all the rebels.
Lcn'eney oul 4, in the opinion Of
my i.He DIS, be tho most dangerous
policy, and retald for yea rs the
thorough pae dcation of the inhabi.
tants.
Whom order is orce re established
we must hope that the girl schools
founded by Isnail Pasha will be
called into l;fe again. The late
KhediSe disbeieved in sudden
changes aad used TO repeat "You
will never c.vilize Mus,ulmen before
you have provided instruction for
their mothers II the same way
he used TO say "Put an end to ha,
99Ts, eunichs, female slaves, and the
whole system of al oriental house
hold. Then the slave trade will
cease OF itsel'."
Eckerman, WAC saw 80 mucA OF
Goethe, and with an astounding
memory use 10 dot down on his
return home a the words that has
iallon from the 'llusllous mans
lips, gives us an account IN his third
volume of q converse on in the
year 1929, On Feb. 81. Tho poet
began by speaking OF Alexander
Won Humbolt's publicltiol on Cuba
AID COLUMBIA, praised the young au.
thor and showed M especial inter.
est in his ideas respecting tho p ,rc.
ing Of the lsthmus OF Psnama. lie
lid at is a necS ssity for tho Uni.
ted States that American merchant.
men and men.ot-wa~ should be able
to SAT- straight into the Pacific from
tho bay Of Mexico, and feel sure
that they will accomplish 1t. |
should wish to liYo to SEQ it but
that will not happen. Secondly l
should like navigation from the
Danube to the Rhine to b. rendered
feasible and, thirdly, | should like
to 500 the English in possession Of q
Canal across the lsthmus Of Suez.