Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-07-19
YANKEE In EGYPT.
PAsHA MENTALLY PHO
"%"GRAHsD BY A PHIPADEL-
pHIAN-AMERICA 0. H,

PHIAN-A1EEBICA D. N,
7, Cairo, to which ancient city thu
hlss prophet Is marching his legibps' -
iaip' iniU Arab Pasha, on the 22dof F6brnary
,Sa S,n Americans and Egyptians Joined
Ssnuttbusiastically snt in celebrating the ami
euvSarv of Washington's birthday.
Hmong the prominent natives was the
pasSa who now leads the rebelliOua
Arsbs @si against the English, and Of the
an'ericans there was one Philadelphian,
TdUord L, Wilson, who had been jour
neving nav through the Holy Land, pressing
;n;o h1s service the Eastern sun and
camera, to bring back to his native
country some Photographic views Of
Hriantal interest for book which he IL
to publish ,,u w.,.
terday, bronsed and bearded with travel,
"are enthusiastic over the Americans.
On the occasion of the celebration an
Eovptian band played all the American
nafioral airs, frequently breaking into
a spread- eagle speech with Yankee
Do6dle.' or destroying the fine point of
Az oratorical effort with sudden out.
hrrtt of Hail Colum bia'. The Khedive
was invited to join US in doing honor
10 tbe Father of his country, but Tewfik
coud not accept, 80 he sent Arab Bey-
PasLa, as he now calls himself with
ssyeral other army officers.
nLet me describe this man," contin-
ned the artist, with his minds eye on q
brain photograph OF the rebellious
Egyptian, "Picture a tail, heaVy-taced
man, sullen, swarthy, with only o
pretty clear eye to soften the general
harsineSs OF expression and a black
mOustache to hide not particularly
finely carved mouth. Iis legs are un.
attractive as his face The underpinning
looks too frail foe the rest of the body.
He is a bulky man, not pussy or Fal
statlian in girth, but broad, thick
cbes.ed fellow, built on the lobster pat |
tern Take him from his heavy head to |
hisspindle legs, Ar abb Pasha reminds |
Cne more of negro than the agreeable |
and pleasant faced gentleman one
meets among the Arabs and Egyptians. |
On the occasion OF fthecelebration Mr.. |
Wilson said several young officers
spoke loudly in their praise of Ameri- |
cans, and talked as II they were roste d
in The history of the country. Arab
made brief extempore speech in
which Mr.. Wilson said he talked as ifl
be greatly admired Washington and
hoped some day to be the Washington
of Egypt himself. His dress was sloven-
y on this occasion, and his manDers
were brusque and anything but attract
ive "Take him all in, said Mr.. Will
son, summing up his impression in
swords, you would never notice him in
a crowd. In fact" said the speaker,
''he has the air OF person who regards
himself as very big Indian, an opin-
ion a stranger would not be likely to
concur in by any means at the first
blush"
In speaking of the wonderful influ-
eDce Arabi exerts over his troops, Mr..
Wilson related little story in which
heexplained the positive effects OF the
power certain of the priests have over
the tanatical and superstitious people.
In Cairo is located the famous Moham-
medan college where young men are
educated for the priesthood. While
many graduate not all by any means
aSSume holy orders. But the fact of {
having been prepared for the calling in. l
vests them for all time with power 7
over the populace that foreigners can
not understand. Arab Pasha was :,
brought up in this college and is q firm !
beIlever in the Koran. In his Journey !,
lngs along the Nile, Mr.. Wilson was &C .
COmpanied by Mahommed Achmed EE.
lendi Hadaijah, silk merchant of
hn cd t. l
college with Arab. "Is frequently oc-
cured continued the artist, "That our Ii
dragomen would fall disputes over n
Trivial matters and would act as If q
tGeir ,9e rage was unbonnded. 1t made no .
9lnerence however great the turmoil or n
40w heated the belligerents, Enfendi IL
hadalJah could quell the trouble and a
scatter the participants by simply rails d
mildly. ri
Il ns manner was always of the kind
lteSH, MS eye tender and his face bsnev- q
Ulent, Dut his presence among the lowly II
was sulnClent to insure the profound. 3,
osI respect. | knew he was not priest
anu IN a friendly way would endeavor
70 obtain from him the underlying
reason of his manifest power. but he IL
.ulned .u my inquiries away with smile al
%n. ~no wave OF his hand, as if it were m
Iot So De talked about So it is with Itt
hsa9l. ha' ne was prepared for the priest s,
noTu ,S",l ana MS followers invest him, in ii
Snolt rellglous zeal, with invincible In,
tiON" POMeIs II and probably sacred inspira- di
inv " neu caravans meet upon the scorch N
af,os s O%nus H the sheikhs and dragomen, Y,
se' S;Se having passed the usual cOurte- V,
oF ot's, oegin to enquire as to the nativity TN
due a, Sae travellers. The dialogue is con. Sa
aTSIeu " T. something like this !: "Is your's
a I French party ?" mo" "EnpIisb
%Yes y no" "Ah, Americans 2"
cana ue' .. "Ah. you don't say SO, Ameri- FIR
Stmr5r ana the swarthy face of the
in on,j, AFSo Is immediately wreathed frc
fatbomeS' LOT u his heat, for some un- rh,
less oio Str".o reason, away in the b1und- do
a tenTas tT'Cnes C9s OF burning sand be nurses I wI
tsro ,ouueF nH ieeIing for the sons and dauph. W.
sm III ~ columbia. Mr.. Wilson fonnd ~ Voe
ont m T,H nS sL9ikh at the Pyramids who, inv inv
him vi pure spontaneous admiration for ns ns
tha the T. personally and naturally, without MS@l M
him him S.g3test hope of reward. followed an
nanu 20 cairo and continued in bjs com. on
America Swo weeks. When they parted y
with Ivan ~ and Arab hugged each other
Onsn, warmth only found in the
trying anu anu born OF friendship under 49,;
an
stricken with Paralyuts, osr oSI
-4dSJ evening a 6rar,ox - -,