The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-09-30
OUR FOREIGN LETTER.
From our own Correspondent1

From our own Correspondent1
CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 30.-From con-
versations with various former resi-
dents in Egypt and with men deeply
versed in the politics or commerce of
that country, | have gathered the con-
viction that the Egyptians of the next
ten years will prove more difficult to
govern than has been the case with
their ancestors from time immemorial.
Fanaticlsm lay dormant, and whatever
faults Ismail Pasha may have COM
mitted he certainly exerted himself
with success in rubbing off the edge of
Moslem fanaticism by accustoming
his subjects to Europeans and to west
ern notions and manners. But the
capabilities of intolerance and preiu-
dice in an Arabs heart are as great as
his ignorance, and the seed of religious
hatred having once been sown, the
Fellah of the future must not be ex-
pected to be quite as pliable as the
Fellah of the past. His blind awe of
the ruler of the land, his belief in the
power of the Franks and in the supe-
riority Of the Englishman have disap-
peared. He now thinks himself capa-
bic of ruling his own country, and,
unfortunately, he is not.
An acquaintance who knows Egypt
thoroughly, lately told me: 81 believe
in the good faith of Mr.. Gladstone
when he says he wishes to preserve the
authority of Egypt and desires nothing
for England, but circumstances may
be too strong for him, and may com
pei Great Britain further to do more
than she intends at present. To re-
create the status quo aute would be to
produce a situation full of dangers and
difficulties.
Great doubts are entertained as to
Fewfk Pasha proving honest in his
cooperation with England. He is a
thorough Mussulman at heart, and
little anecdotes savoring of perfidity
have been related to me. But the
worst of it is that he has lost all per-
sonal influence in his country by pu-
cillanimity and vacilliation, and is not
likely to regain it. His two chief
ministers, Sherif and Riaz, are hardly
likely to agree together for a long
time. Representatives Of the Egyp-
tian nation will not be ready tools Of
the intriguers, whose race will not die
out unless severe punishment is infilct-
ed on all the rebels. Leniency would,
in the opinion of my friends be the
most dangerous policy, and retard for
years the thorough pacification of the
inhabitants
When order is once re-established
we much hope that the girl schools
founded by Ismail Pasha will be called
into life again. The late Khedive
disbelieved in sudden changes, and
used to repeat, "You will never civil
lie Mussulmen before you have pro-
vided instructions for their mothers" "
In the same way he used to say, 'Put
an end to harems, eunuchs, female
slaves, and the whole system Of an
oriental household. Then the slave
trade will cease of itself"
11ChGID1duil NlIO SStN 81 iiluCIl VI
Goethe, and with an astounding mem
ory used to dot down on his return
home all the words that had fallen
from the illustrious mans lips, gives
us an account in his third volume Of a
conversation in the year 1927, on Feb.
Dist. The poet began by speaking Of
Alexander Won Humbolt's publication
on Cuba and Columbia, praised the
young author and showed an especial
interest in his ideas respecting the
piercing of the Isthmas Of Panama.
He said: ''It is a necessity for the
United States that American mer-
chantmen and men-of-war should be
able to sail straight into the Pacific
from the bay of Mexico, and | feel
sure that they will accomplish it, |
should wish to live to see it; but that
will not happen. Secondly, | should
like navigation from the Danube to
the Rhine to be rendered feasible, and
thirdly, | should like to see the En-
glish in possession of a canal across
the Isthmus Of Suez. To live long
enough to witness three such great
events, it would really be worth while
to put up with existence some fifty
years more"