Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-07-19
Arab Pacha.


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1.-THE present ASPECT of the Eqyptian question. -
said .Judge Ratcheller. ait 40 transitory and its
isane 40 Uncertain. that IL would he impossible 10
decide whether this movement will result In the
amelioration or rnin of the condition of Eovnt
One thing 10 certain-that the original movement
of AraM pacha was that of n patriot seeking 10
relieve bis conntrvmen Of foreign onpression and
to establish what is popnlarly known as Home
Rule His nartisans style Themselves the National
marty and their watchword il. Egypt for the
Eovntiana The movement hears some analogy
to- that in Ireland and by many Arab is styled
the parnell of Epypt, Whether he il patriot or
a demagogue and bnlly depends on the stand
point OF those who estimate and Judge his actions
There ia no donbt that nine.tenths of the halter
class of the Fgyptians, Including the local Chris
| tians (Copts Syrians and Armenlans) sustain his
moyements Arab Pacha IL about fortv-fve
Years Of ACE. shouid saw. A pure Arab. and horn
| In Arabia uhiie bia nagenta we're ON a niiorin,.
| age to Mecca-hence his name, Arab. He has
risen from the lower ranks of the people to this
| present station and il what we would call here a
| self-made man lie received what we would term
| a common-school education, and then entered the
army in one of its lowest grades He gradually
advanced to the rank OF major He has always
manifested great desire for learning, and has
read extensively the histories of the western
governments and especially has studied the Gle.
ments Of their constitutional organization. lie Is
| said also to have mastered military science and
was an excellent officer, In fact SO good an officer
that Khedive Ismail contrary to the rule that
| none but Turks should occupy commanding posi-.
| tions in the Egyptian army, a few years ago ad.
vanced him to the grade of colonel (bey) and gave
| him command OF regiment At this point Arab be-
gan to manifest His sunerior oualities and pradu
ally succeeded in advancing two of his colleagues
| to the rank Of colonel and command OF regiments
Finding himself and two other Arabs In command
of nearly all the effective troops at Cairo, he be
gan to develop a plan for the promotion of Arabs
| instead of Turks or Circassians, to the higher
grades of the army. Hitherto the Khedives o.
| Egypt had taken care to surround themselves
| with a strong force Of Turks or Janssaries. Il
should be always understood that the Khedive',
| family and the governing Pachas OF Egypt ART
| Turks and that the population are Arabs, that tn,
two races are essentially different-that the Arab
| feel themselves superior, and are, in fact supe
| rior to the Turks The Arabs have schools ant
universities literature, art and architecture, ant
| most of the refining and civalizing influences o.
society, whereas the Turk is a Tartar, with NJ
literature, and only distinguished for brute force
and intrigue. In February 1880, the then minister
| of,war OF Egypt, a Turk, made number of promo
lions in the army advancing Turks to highe
grades, to the exclusion Of Arabs and at the SAINT
| time he dismissed numerous Arabs from his min
| istry and replaced them by Turks This brough
| out firm but respectful remonstrance from
that promotions should be made according t.
grade, and that the Arabs should receive the
share OF the positions and emouments of thu
| military administration. This remonstrance wal
| treated by the ministry as an act OF nsubordina
| ton, and Arab was ordered to report to the min
lister Of war for discipline. court martial wa
| then sitting to try him for insubordnation Be