New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15
TOPICS IN STAMBOUL.
N0slEM HOPES CRUSHED AT TEl-EL-KEblh
a NOTABLE GOLDEN WEDDING

..oono IN Egypt has been to convince the TURKS
tb,, the Moslem contest With all Chris'endoin is
rot narhans AS desirable as they thought Inc
,,ooDIe had staked all their hopes upon the success
nf the Ecvptians They were in the habit OF leel-
inc that Arab was OF supernatural power-perhaps
tbe foreruaner of the great Mehdi. They oiteh
said 10 themselves that Turkish troops being IN the
employ of corrupt Government, might be delea'e"'
hut that Arab troops being pine and holy in char
acter. mnst have the Divine aid in this struggle
Moreover they have been told that the Arab horse
mo, are the finest cavalry in the world and are
sure 70 ID stroy the English who. as is well known
cannot fight on land outside of the range of their
;ronclads. Again they regard Egypt as the centre
of Islam. the main support Of the holy city at
Mecca Hence all Islam will rally to Inc deIence
of this granary of the faithful. Into the must oi
such dreams and beliefs came the kilograms one
after another describing the utter destruction OF
the Egyptian army and the occupation Oh the
country and there came upon the people
great fear which has entirely disslpated' III thiS
repion at least the wild vaporings about the
itrepressible conflict to begin. The change
that has come over the popular mind is so great
that one may we'll wonder If there has been at any
time real danger of popular uprsings IN behalf OF
Islam One might easily be convinced that the
stories of evil intentions among the Moslem popu-
latIon were f0olishness. Yet ] have notlced
nscuIiar circumstance: This is the season for con-
Aaqrations in Constantlnope. fire occurs nearly
every night. When Christian houses burn nothing
in particular is noticeable. But when Mosiem
nouses burn there are always explosions OF Huinu-
milton from within the buildings II the mousse
that burns is that of rich man or pacha there
are sure TO be twenty OF thirty explosions of loaded
muskets and other heavier explosions from the
rims. This curious fact shows that the Moslems
have been arming But the Moslems of this city
ore thoroughly cowed now. The effect of the Eng
lsh victory could not have been more complete had
Tel -Kebir been the sole defence OF Constantnope
One can see in the collapse Of the Egyptian fan
atics and their outside supporters an evidence OF
the weakness, of Islam The cause was one when
appealed to the most sacred feelings OF all these
countries Every effort made TO arouse the
latent fanatIcism of the whole Mediterranean
Mabometanism. Yet no one did more than to
nrepare for a rising. No willing to rlsk de-
feat by rising before Arab Pacha should defeat the
English II is evident that. with "A large party OF
blind fanatics Islam also contains larger party OF
men who count the cost and cannot be relied upon
"a risk their heads for their religion This fact
with the existence of internal strifes among
Mosleu and with the lack of intelligent leadership
will lead European statesmen 10 make less acconht
than heretofore of the MOsleu masses. The threat
ola conflict between all Chlistendom and all Islam
loses its force.
The defeat of the Egyptians has all the effect
FOR the II omenf of a defeat Of Islam in war with
Chrstendom. and the people will be for some time
quite desparing. Now is the time when Mr.
Gladstone il he were so minded, might force The
Turkish Government with small pressure into the
acceptance of some fundamental reforms III ASIA
Minor The people declare that England Is about
to take the reform of Asia Minor in hand, and that
Russia has promised the Sultan aid against England
in this emergency Yet England is so feared that
all newspapers here. and many pacbas, talk as If
they had all experienced conversion to the English
view of policy. Both editors and dignitari"s
however get out alone sometimes and relieve their
feelings by good round oath or two, and already
measures are on foot to tnwart the English plans
for the reorganization of Egvpt. Arab is gone, the
loUe of making Egpyt simple Pachalic is forever
gone and the Khedive Tewlik is left master OF the
field. But TewGk is under English influence and is
therefore dstasteful as Khedve to all Europe
except England and is hateful TO Turkish
statesmen The feeling here is that little comfort
is TO be found in taking revenge upon the Khedive
for Arabis fall. Hence have reason to know that
certain high parties have undertaken to excite in
various parts of Egypt popular demonstrations
against the Khedive 1'ewfk. They thus hope to
force England TO believe that there is popular
dislike for the Khedve which ought to be attended
10. The plan is thus to depose Tewfk in the hour
of his triumph and to inveigle England into
consenting to the appointment OF Hahn Pacha as
Khcdive Of Egypt. flalim Pacha is the candidate
whom the French Government would support for
the position. He is as French as TewhK is English
in his tastes. He is hail-fellow. well-met with
everybody, has some culture, many good parts
thorough ability to carry himself rs becomes "a
prince bat he is prodigal toward his pleasures and
Il =.
these intrigues that the Egyptian question has
passed out OF. one difficult phase into another. i
suspect that the English look with far less
complacency upon the second phase of the struggle
than they did upon that which simple, open
warfare.
Ii any of Amerca's great capitalists wish to
invest In Turkish securities, there is an opportunity
The Minister of Finance. in looking up the
Possibilities is thinking of trying to borrow money
In Ameriea-on good security
social event Of unique interest here and perhaps
not without interest 10 of your readers was an
American golden wedding. celebrated among the
Turks. The Rev. Elias Riggs, DID,, LID, of the
American mission here, was married on September
Is 1882, and so reached this week the Afteth
anniversary Of that happy event The sons the
Rev Edward Riggs. of the Theological Seminary at
harsovan, Asia Minor; the Rev. James Riggs. of
NianiOfu, n. D., auu tfOleSSOf CHarleS IOBSb, VI
the Central Turkey College. and the daughter, Mrs.
DIR. Trowbridge. wife of the president of the
Central Turkey College at Aintab, syria. had come
with their families 10 join in the celebration The
vhte-hared father and mother, with their children
and grandchildren, formed family group of
swenty-one souls. The house was thronged all day
with callers of half dozen nationalities who
offered congratulations in many tongues. In the
evening number of family friends dropped In and
listened to "reminiscences by DR.. Riggs and
Addresses Of cong, atulatiOn from many Of those