Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-08
Arabi'a Views OF the Egyptian
Troubles.
From His Talk with a London Telsgrap
Correspondent.

HEum his lax Win q LOnuon IeleErhpu
Correspondent.
None of you" said Arab, "can
understand Egypt or Egyptian poll
tics. We in many ways resemble
Mexico. You call yourselves the
champions Of liberty, and would send
US back into the most abject serfdom.
You are great and powerful; but |
cannot respect you. This Tewfk, in
whose aus you have made so grand a
display, is utterly contemptible-well
meaning, possibly, like Louis XVI,
but a prey to the worst advisers. He
is not so bad as his father, [ admit,
oor so silly and useless as his brother;
but the wickedness of his c0unsellors
makes up for such deficiencies. You
restore Tew6k in spite OF the unani-
nous desire of a country to the con
trary. On your head be our misery,
then. | do not like you, but | am
obligedto respectyOur power; knowing
what | now know, | see how vain were
my hopes, and can only be proud to
think that miserable Egypt
could stand against your strength for
nearly sixty days. If you great
European powers choose to dictate,
We have no option but to obey. Then
Egyptian liberty is but a dream2 Yes,
ala! since the so called champions of
liberty side against the oppressed.
Two days before your bombardment
Tew6k loaded me with honors and
called me friend. | have not, nor
ever had any personal hate against the
Hhedive. The Khedlve is nothing in
himself, but always the servant OF
another. If you Ike to give him a
tltOr who will whisper TO him all may
g. we'll, but if not the Turkish and
Circasssian regime will be re-establish
ed, aud the bastinado be rampant as
Of yOre, and it will be your doing,
What would | wish to dO2 | woul
wish 10 be banished from Egypt for
ever. My heart is sick of Egypt. [
would live quietly in Europe with my
family, and trouble no one any more,
for my dream is passed and / was
deceived. Quietly? Ha, ha! How
could | live otherwise? Liars say that
| filed my purse when in Office; | am
a very poor man; have only one little
house ear Zagazig, where | was born;
my place at Cairo is not mine-was
only let to me as Minister. | am very
poor indeed, and if you set me free,
shall have to work for my living and
my family. But you will give us up
to our enemies-I feel a presentiment
Of that" he concluded quietly, "and
it will soon be all overall over"
when we declared war did you
think we we're in earnest?" l asked
idly.
mol" replied Arab, with empha-
Sis, and that was one of the most
dreadful moments in my lite. Your
Seymour sent me a message hat he
would lombard the city Of Alexandra
at eight next morning. laughed, for
| thought half the wealth Of Alexan-
d.ia is English, and they will surely
not wreck their own property. | lay
awake all night thinking, growing
surer and more sure; and dawn came,
and eight o'clock struck, and there
was no unusual noise, and l breathed
freely, and turned to sleep. At halt
past eight | heard the first gun, and it
set me shivering, for | heard in it the
knell Of established hopes, and won
dered who would win the victory.
You are a great nation" he repeated
You a afford to be generous and
great to Cetewayo "a slave- and surely
should be to me. Treat me as you
treated Cetewayo, and | will be salts
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