Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-16
PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.
How the Egyptians Conspire Against tho
Porte and the state-IsmaiPs Scheme and

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How the Egyptians Conspire Against tho
Porte and the state-IsmaiPs Scheme ana
It's Results.
| Special Correspondence of the Pioneer Press
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct 20.-As is generally
| known, when the late khedive of Egypt
Ismai, had reached the period Of life where
| men must, willingly or otherwise, think Of Q
successor to their honors and possessions. ho
conceived the idea Of obtaining from the sui
| tan the right Of succession for his eldest son.
This was bold stroke and worthy Of the de-
scendant of Mehemet Ali. 1t was to inaugur-
ate complete reversal Of all the traditions
and precedents of Turkish sovereign laws.
Hitherto departed sultan or khedive had
been succeeded by his nephew or
his brother, whichever happened to
be the Oldest. The Turks always look
upon the oldest members of family as being
lt5 head, not as we who look upon the eldest Of
| the eldest branch. Therefore the whole line
of brothers and that of nephews would have
to succeed to the throne; whether imperial or
vlce-regal, before the SONS, if the last men,
| toned happened to be Younger than the rest
Therefore Ismail could only look forward to
being succeeded by Hahn, who had SYSTEM
tically plotted against him and opposed his
policy. 1t was worth the trying, at least
| thought Ismail, and we shall see what circum-
tuned his demand. Abdul Aziz, the then
sultan, had been much impressed by
many things he had seen in his European
tour, and he had returned to Constantinoplo
| with the determination Of altering many of the
existing institutions of his country. Among
other things he determined forcibly, if he
could not otherwise succeed, to obtain an altera-
ton in the laws of Ottoman succession. The
opposition he had to encounter was immense,
SO great in fact that he never succeeded, and
there is little doubt that many looked favor
ably upon his deposition because they feared
| the spirit that was rampant with him, namely:
| to indiscriminately upset some of the
OLDEST Principles OF TURKISH SOVEREIGNTY.
Ismail knew, through his Constanti-
nople spies, of the intrigue the sultan was
carrying especially with the 'Mollahs,"
and also knowing that the sultan would be
glad to have precedent for what he was medi-
tating and being aware of the great scarcity OF
money in the capital Of the caliphs, he, by
most gigantic bride, probably the largest of
modern times, obtained a decree appointing
his son, instead of Hahn, his successor. The
time chosen aid the bride given settled the
question. Had Abdul Aziz lived he too would
| have obtained reverson of the order of sue
cession, especially as he working his
hardest, by surrounding him with harlots and
| debauchees, to make his nephew, Murad fafter-
| ward Murad w, the besotted animal he
| eventually proved to be. The success
| of IsmalPs scheme was soon followed by
| decree for the Punishment from Egypt Of
| Hahn Pasha. This was also bold step,
| worthy of Isnail, who, rascal though he was,
| had far greater amount of courage than usu-
| ally falls to the lot of Oriental sovereigns It
| was bold step, because Halims mother had
| been an Arab woman, and the clannlsh feeling
amongst the Bedouins was greatly to be
| feared Ismail had on previous occasion
seen the effects of this feeling Hahn had an
| estate called the Shubra, which Ismal had
long regarded as his Nabotli's vineyard, and
i he took steps to conhscate it But on the
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| he was Informed that the Shubra had been oc-
cupied during the night by nearly 10000
armed Bedoulns, who would not leave nor
be appeased until they had obtained
promise that Hahn should be left in fuil pos
SESSION of his property, However, Hahn was
! exied to Constantlnople where he has since re-
N aimed with the exception of a few months
| spent in France and England He had inn
| mense estates in Egypt which were left to him.
| aud he had also amassed a considerable for
| tune, so that exile was not really so very hard
| for him. 1t is of him that we shall specially
| speak.
| HE IS THE SON OF MEHEMET ALI
| and therefore an uncle of the ex-kheulVe. Over
from Egypt lived the life of all thwarted
Orientals, intriguing with all parties whatever
their object, with the sole idea
| OF advancing his individual inter-
est Arab was no stranger to his power
| OF intrigue and money persuasion, and sue
c3ssive Ottoman ministers have been coQuetted
with by him. The declared enemy of France.
| he is the secret enemy of England, who from
| the beginning looked upon INN in his true
| light, that of an adventurer with neither cour-
| age nor principles, and spendthrlft lavishlng
| his wealth upon concublnes and luxurious
modes of passing away his days. He sees
| plainly that tie old country has finally and
most absolutely now shut him out of all chances
| of becoming khedive, and it will be readily
| understood that his love for her ls now
proportional to his chances of sover-
eighty He has made the village of Roum-
ELL Hissar his home, and l must
| credit him with being selected q lovely spot
He Is gradually accommodating large property
in this and the neighboring village and will
succeed to deal more on the demise of his
sister Zeineb Hanoum, the wife of hiameI
| Pasha, deceased. This kiamel, during the re-
| volt of Mehemet Ali,
STOLE ALL THE EGYPTIAN PAPERS
| from the archives of the Porte and fled to
Egypt Mehemet Ali paid him by giving him
| his daughter in marriage, and when peace was
! made between Mehemet Ali and the Porte it
| was stipulated that Klamel should be allowed
| to return to Constantinople and to enjoy his
ease there, which he did to such purpose that
| he left on his decease one of the Ioveliest
tates on the Bosphorus to his wife, with re-
| version to Hahn.
Hahn has ostensibly one wife with issue,
two sons and a daughter, the aforementioned
| gracGd with all the loneliness of q Paul de
Kock French education. The sons are harm
| l6SS animals aS yet beSlueS tu0 WIG, uOW-
ever, the pasha has large establishment Of
| concubines and harlots. who serve the double
| purpose of being for him recreation and for
| the neishborhood a standing scandal He is
deeply IN debt, and well feeced by eunuchs
and women, and the innumerable "camp-
| followers of a pasha's establishment Out
| wardly a polished gentleman, with q good
French recommendation, he Is at heart as
| false and wicked as the sultan who just now
| favors him so highly, having looked upon him
| as probably a possibly necessary substitute for
| for Teik, the present khedive. Hahn has
| large amount Of money in English, French and
Egyptian stock and would be fully able to
| cover his expenses if he lived as a reasonable
! man. 1t was greatly the fear that he would
| spend the peoples money as he spent his own
that made him unpopular with the people of
| Cairo, aud they are fortunate to have escaped
| him. They are also fortunate III their present
ruler, as man with one wife and respecter
| of the rights of the people. One of Halim's
| spies, Ninet, Swiss, was the right hand Of
Arabi and it may yet transpire that Hahn so
| little gagged Arabis real intentions as to be-
lieve that if he got the upper hand in Egypt he
| would declare him, Hahn, khedive.
! 1t is we'll that such schemer should be shut
| down to the narrow and fixed limits of the
Bosphorus, for there is no knowing how much
harm he might cause should time and place
| afford the chance. 1t may be. claimed that he
has been robbed of birthright, but no one
| has yet claimed for him thai he is III any way
worthy to exercise that right and enjoy its
honors. VIM JEW, JR.
! A Flood of Wsdded Bliss.
Washington Star: The city is full of brides.
There hasn't been for, several years such .
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