New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23

placed in nv band-noi 10 speak irrcverenty-a
great political card, and this card Is the cteatI2n
| Of a national party Before the world my cry VIII
be- Ethiopia for the Ethioplans! This Is grand1
popular principle recognized by all the civiilIed
world. strongly insisted upon IN pInclple III upo
case Of other natonalites by Mr.. Sadstone, warmly
advocated by my cbum. Wiiul Grunt who repre-
sents the intelligent section OF the Aipihitn
| nation, and eminenty popular, not only with tne
| soldery whose suirages | control, but with the
| native inhabitants OF my own country, OF WHOM
| YOU. my excellent old friend are the most lnuen-
tial and powerful representative. | am, moreover
providcntially assisted by the extraordinary ii,
versity of personal interests and international Jeal-
ouscs of which our country is the focus, ana sonp
| of which, by deXterOus manpulatlOn: Slali
always he able 10 enlist in my favor. FIRST, 'neIp
are Gallina and Albinia, who are jealous o. eacn
others interests in this country, ana neImco,
whom sooner or later may contrivc 10 throw ~
apple of discord Secondly, there is my lnpeIlHt
suzerain, the Mogul OF Seiukia, who is indlghahC
| with both. and who certainly will take adVauItaso
OF national movement to intrigue against com
Thirdly, there is Prince QuHmarck, Who' ~ 70
lay trap for Gana will moi fali TO push ne.
il and so much the worse Tor A!nlhIa !. e tIar
| into it with her. FOurthy. there are the Oturl
great Continental Powers who are al leaous Gs o
Western Powers. and Will surely nlellulo 80 w
latter are so unwse as TO endcavor TO cocrce NE py
an armed intervention. Filthy, there Is Iue eA-
Prince Schamyl whose extraordinary powers 9i r. III
ng1S ana great Weaion ,,cb i for me Sixthly there
| is Howlim the rlghtfu heir TO the throne whom
NAV play on against Schamyl when inc tlne comes
TO betray the latter. Lastly, there is the pOy loot
mix whom NAV demOraZe and lntlmidate 10 such
m extent that he may ultimately see II IS his IN
te1est TO abandon his European hackers; ana pace
himself in my hands. Tell me, good old friend
excuse my using the Ethiopian Yernacular-whaV
do YOU think of my little game $50
Then Sedan replied: Friend Ethop, am old ID
years and experience. No man has passed through
greater pcrils more trying political Vlclsstudts
than have; and for the first time see day break
ing My son, your conception IS grand one go on
and prosper and keep me III the background uhlii
the right time comes. BE not too npetuous' ana
come to me for assistance when the sKeih ge's to3
entangled for you TO unravel You VIII nave hceu
of all your wits. Now go. and may Allah protect
Frmop'S MESSAGE TO THE MOGUL.
So Ethiop went his way, cheered and comfoIted
and he sent q secret emlssary 10 the clt\ OF inc
Golden Crescent. where the MOgui holds his Court
And his message to Mogul was rs follows. Alter
compliments" Ii may have appeared TO YOU
Father of the FaIthIul that recent events IN
Ethiopia have been directed against the aulh0fly OF
your Maesty-whOm God preserve and that III
the cndeavor 10 assert Ethiopian nationality nave
seemed 10 attack the principle of ScJukian
authority in the princpality, and unduiy 10 urge
the clans of the Ethiopian soldlery against thOse
of Seukian origin; but this was mere pima 10
avert suspicion from my real object which IS TO free
the country from GhaOurs, ana the accursed inter
ference IN our internal affairs OF the eioiho-
Callahan Board Of COntrOl, which may Alan con-
fonndi There Is no subject more Submissive TO your
Majesty than is your slave rs shall specify prove
# your Majesty will exert your potent influence
in nv favor with Prince QuIzmarck and the other
Powers of Europe. and cause them 10 understand
the iusult which is beng offered to your Majesty by
interference OF the foreigner I'D one OF tuc pos
sEthiopia for the Philippians disturb your
Majesty il mere catchword to rally the people
AGAINST the foreigner and has no significance a
against the Seliuk. | have explained this to that
distinguished Seukian general Omcr Sthki but
his mind is poisoned with suspicious against your
unworthy slave: therefore have taken the liberty
of addressing your Majesty directly. by means of
trusty cmissary, and place my life IN the hands OF
your Majesty.
side the trusty Mahmoud who Dre9idcs over the
lives and destlnics of countless houris and said TO
him Read this. q Mahmond, and tel me what
the dog of IN Ethiopian is really mp TO-"
And MahmOud, after respectfully alludlng 10 the
shadow of his imperial master and so forth, re
piled " The cur-may Allah give his carcass to the
vutures lis M to no good But III Inc meantime
and until that desirable event occurs 1t appears to
your slave that your Majesty may make use OF m,
as he suggests against the foreigner ana then be-
fore he becomes dangerous, there are many ways OF
dispos q of him. and Mahmoud gave suggestive
leer " so long the faithful Omer Stink IL there,
he canot do much narm without our knowing IT,"
Meantime EthOp had scarcely dispatched his
emIssary to the City of the Golden Crescent, when
he went of to TOOthplk. who was always horribly
nervous during his visits ana ne explained 10
| IoothpIk why certain changes III the Government
should be made. and warned hIln against ignoring
the popular sentiment IN favor OF Ethiopian nation
alitv and told him in Oriental phraSeOlogy, that
both Hammered and SnkhlswltS, the Albmlln and
Gallnan diplomatic agents, would prove broken
reeds TO trust 10 hen il came to pinch: and that
the national party. represented by himself and
Sedan Pacha, were his real friends. Hardly had
10 when
Toothplk to be cautious and not to believe every
thing that EthiOp said as he was apt TO take
sanpuinc view Of things but that 1t would be best
/ ia comet "A little rs lie doing himself. with
both parties and that though. Of course ii was not
pleasant To be dictated to by foreigners il was
sometimes better to bear the Ills one had than lily
In others that one knows not of. AT the same time
he reminded TOothpik that EthiOp was becoming a
power in the county and must lie conclllated with
good deal to the same effect which lett poor
TOothplk IN a more utterly perplexed ana bewiI-
dered condition than ever.
Willie this was going on, Ethiop haG private
audiences with Hammered and Sinkhlswlts He
told them both that the national movement was
directed solely against military interference on the
part Of Scuka, and that he had the walnest re-
gard for both Albinia and Gainia, and considered
the Board of Control the financial salvation OF the
country, though he admitted that some of the fol-
eigners paid salaries out OF all proportion to
the amount of work they did. IL is unnecessary to
! allnde to the confidential nsinuations which he
made with reference TO Galna, when dlscourSlng
| privately with Hammered or the covert sneers at
the expense of Albinla III which he INDUCED when
| dscOurSIng about Alblnia to Slnkhlswlts as /
should not like be the of illfeeling between
either the two countries or their representatives..
There was no more seductive beauty under
| Nahmoud's charge than Fatlma and when the
| chief eunuch had Withdrawn from the imperial
presence it was not unlrcquently his habit to seek
rel taxation in the company of this lovely creature,
| whose wit and intelligence often inspired those
political reflections which found such favor in the
| ewes of the Mogul. On the occasion 10 which |
| have lust alluded, when Mahmoud had done dis
GUESSING concerning EthOps letter with his
Majesty. he sought as usual the society of that
charmer And she, with the skill and deXterity for
| which the sex is celebrated, where pumping pro.
| cesses concerned, speedily extracted from him
| the details of the conversation which had Just
| passed. And the beautiful Fatima was the better
| able TO do this because she seemed 10 be provided
with some mysterious of ailluence and being
| of generous nature, she enjoyed many friends.
SERIOUS ASPECT OF AFFAIRS
| Meantime, the national party In Ethiopia con-
tinued 10 prosper. and EthlOp rose in rank and
power. the boy Toothpik becoming more and more
afraid of him. because he had reason to believe that
the upstart had influential friends i'll the City Of the
| Golden Crescent. And Sedan Pacha, seeing that
| things we're going well. became president of the
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