National Republican., 1882-07-08
ALL ABOUT EGYPT.
FROM ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE.
fhe Old Land OF Mystery Under Mohammedan
Rule-Why the Country is In Such
Terrible Condition at Present
What il Most Needs

10 the Editor OF THE REPUBLICAN;
From conversation lately with different persons
ON the present affairs and revolution in Egypt,
and also from article in the New York Herald
recently, have observed that very erroneous
opinions exist as to the origin and cause Of the
trouble which now engage the attention OF nearly
all the powers. 1 have, therefore, thought that
n number Of your readers who did not have the
opportunity TO be acquainted with these matters
may desire to learn some Of Its details. The land
Of Egypt
THE LAND OF MYSTERY
The home of our civilizationi The country where
those great sciences were propagated and culu-
vated which produced such immense results to
tho human race-geometry, mathematics, archi-
Through the many vicissitudes Egypt had under.
gone during so many ages Il remained the seat OF
Cheops built eeatufies beioros s'he the patTarcS
Abraham, journeyed along the banks of the Nile
Is one Of their achievements and monument to
the perfection of their sciences; 1t is the
most perfect building the earth contains,
and cannot be excelled by the hands OF man
great nttainmens Of their sages, discoverers poets
and philosophers. Then came the withering blast
rant Mohammedans Their first doings was the de-
structon Of that inestimable library. This is the
cable The leaders OF these fanatlcai hories reas-
oned thus: If these works are not the Koran they
are useless and must be destroyed; and Destroyed
away to heat the public baths, and the destruction
took whole week TO accomplish, SO immense was
TINT collection. Egypt has ever since remained
under
MoHAMMEDAN RULE.
and rctrograded accordingly. Saracen or Turk,
Calab or Sultan, Viceroy or Pacha, made no diff
foronce; happiness TO their people was not the aim
of those rulers, but only ACKNOWLEDGMENT to them.
selves. The late Vieetoy, the Khedve Ismnil
Pasha, formed no exception 10 this rule. 1t is a
well known fact that whenever he required money
10 e on he
people. He exacted seven years taxes in advance,
and shortly after he ordered another tax, and
when any of the unfortunate fallahs agricultural
population) complained, and declared their ina
bilily to pay, they would be numerically thrown
down, most barbarously bnstinadoed and tortured
TO make them confess ii they had concealed
money or property Many times theirlitte house.
hold goods the very pots & ioT cooking h Ell de5 IL
realize the money so unjusuy demanded When
his Highness coveted any land for It's fertility or
acquired the proprietors, whose ancestors, per-
haps, bad lived there for ages, would be expelled
without compensation by
THE LAW OF FORCE
1t has oflen been said that the late Khediye was
the greatest landed proprietor on earth; This is
ne but 90 you think that ht he paid Gf his nsS land
first travelled through the interior of Egypt won
dered to see state Of poverty where ] Thought 70
find prosperity If not wealth. soon learned the
cause, and was then not surprised. The cause is
this: They despoiled by the rapacious grasp of
mattress to rest upon That ancient race of Arabs
living on the borders of the Nile Is industrious,
IN the on Which, Proy
idence has placed them If they were not con-
stanty deprived of the fruits OF their labor by him
who should be their protector, and to whom they
should look for encouragement TO improve the
mental and physical condition of themselves and
families But no; they are only permitted to sow,
not to reap the harvest.
THE GENETous WORDS
uttered by Henry ~ of France-"I hope that
every peasant throughout my dominion will have
hen in his pot every Sunday sentiment
that never found harmony in the heart of the
Khediye Of Egypt. The immense debt he SO reck-
lessly contracted with foreign capitalists is an un-
bearable burden to sustain for so small popula-
tion as Egypt contains, and one constantly hears
tho expression of feeling in Cairo and Alexandria
that the country is ruined. The so.called i'm
gardens, and streets has retarded the progress of
the country, instead of advancing it. These ex-
penditures were premature, and not needed or
wanted, If he first had endeavored TO i'm;
Pasha might gradually have enabled his
people to bear increased taxationl for improve
for his Highness. He must shine and be admired,
no matter at what cost. These costly alterations
mss admrs hs sp b hs
looked on with dsmay, and had to suffer ior it..
Wheneyer he required money for his immense
they came down on the poor poverty cursed fall
lahs, who were constantly trembling under the
lash of extortion 1t is not only the farming pop
ulation that is now suffering IL Is throughout the
whole land
THE LOWER CLERKS AND OFFICIALS
nave SuCn miSeraDly small salaries that IL Is In
possible for them to procure decent, nourishing
food for the amounts received; and they often
have TO wait months before they can obtain even
that due them. All the money than can be
scraped together in the country goes TO pay for
the whims and fancies Of his Highness and TO pay
interest on the foreign debt. The Khedive never
permits his humble subjects to approach him. In
this manner he escapes hearing the myriad COM
plants of those who are so deeply suffering. In
deed, there Is everything rotten in the state of
Egypt. AT last the Khedive, lsmael Pasha, was
deposed, and compelled by the foreign powers to
leave Egypt. However, the wounds he inflicted
on the country by his misrule were too deep TO be
ea@ with stp os D{ hs me-
Louis XVI suffered the consequences of the
crimes and outrageous oppression of his predeces-
sors.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
Tewft Pasha succeeded his father as Khedve, and
he now suffers the consequences Of his fathers
wrong doings The suffering and hardship so long
endured has at last eliminated in deep hatred by
the Arabs and Copts against their ruling power.
The very name of Khedive has become odious
n and this sentiment has extended also to the for
mail Pasha in his reckless course, advanced
money al ruinous interest, and became power in
the state not IN conformity with the doctrine. of
equal rights but to the ruin of the native popula-
tion. TO get their little bills paid for money ad
vanced to the former Khedive, the foreign pow
ers will probably have to collect them
pect that If Arab Bey attains full power the debt
will be repudiated as having been contracted
and even without their having been accorded any
voice in the spending of the moneys. To show
the. disregard Of the old Rhedive to the will and
piira's Needle to forsiSp country. III It had Stood
ON the shore Of the Mediterranean for thousands of
years. and, had not only become part Of their tra-
Such are The various causes of the present uprising
Schiller truly said " Fear not the free man; fear
the slave when he shall break his chains"
J. CARIsES.