Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-21
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The Washington Post publishes the follow
ing interview With Mr.. Wolf, consul-general
to Egypt: 81 think" said the consul general,
shat the condition of Egypt is not as unset
tied az 1t is represented in the newspapers.
At least l know that prior to two months
ago very much OF the turbulency reported as
existing then, did exist only in the letters
of correspondents. In Cairo and Alexandria,
with their cosmopolitan population, all man
ner Of rumors fly thickly around, and press
Correspondents, without troubling themselves
to Investigate or sift out the truth, would tele-
with the effect of stimulating speculation on
the Bourse"
MIR. Wolf, what was the actual condition
OF Egypt when you left?'
I'm what respectW
well, what is the condition of the COM
| mon people"
The common people are happier and
more prosperous than they have been for
generations. Their burdens are lighter;
they are less oppressed. They pay taxes, but
do SO with the assured conviction that those
taxes will not be levied again."
us this due to native financial genius?"
No, 1t is owing to highlands influence in
the financial matters of Egypt. England
deserves great deal of credit for the man
ner in which this part of the government is
administered"
What is the cause OF the difference be-
tween Arab Pasha and the khedive?"
Arab Pasha is the head OF the national
party, whose slogan is Egypt for the Egyp-
tians.' They desire that all the Offices shall
be filled with native Egyptians, that native
Egyptians, while bearing the burden, should
enjoy the honors and receive the emoluments
OF state. In many respects this is a laud-
able policy. The khedive ia not opposed to
this, but holds, and justly holds, that the
people must be educated up to such a condi-
ton OF affairs. 1t is not in humanity to
throw off at one gigantic effort the weakness,
the vices, the incapacities which centuries Of
oppression and misrule-foreign oppression
and misruie, be it remembered-have i'm
pressed upon the national character. don't
want to be understood as mallgning the
character OF the fellaheen, or native people
OF Egypt. They are singularly honest,
truthful, abstemious, hospitable, generous,
courteous. But 1t must be remembered tn at
they have had foreign masters for many CEN
turtles who did all their thinking and per-
mitted them simply to live and bear burdens
for their masters. Besides, Egypt is in the
Orient, where intrigue is at home and -four
ishes as luxuriously as the papyrus seeds in
the M arshes OF the Nile. Arab Pasha and
the national party want republic-the khe-
dive sees that they are not fitted for such a
government, and will not be for hundred
years."
HOW ABOUT this chamber OF Notables OF
which we have heard so much lately?"
THE Chamber of Notables is a represen-
tative body, but not in the sense that we or
the English or other Europeans understand a
| representative body. 1t is composed of rep.
resentative men of the different provinces ap-
pointed by the shieks OF the villages, and is
great onward step in the progress of mod
ern civilization for the Egyptian"
is Arab Pasha a man calculated to lead
the national party to the realization of their
ideas?"
well. he is poet, philosopher, a fam
attic, educated, intellectual, with much force
and many graces of character, but ne lacks
! physical courage, it is asserted"
And the khedive, what can he do at this
| juncture?"
''The khedive is a highly educated man,
| fully alive 10 the highest requirements OF
modern civilization-hss but enc wife and
no concubines, while his father, the famous
Ismael Pasha, had six or seven hundred,
This fact illustrates his desire to keep
abreast of the requirements OF modern civil
ization. He has been planting schools
through the country, schools which teach the
| fellaheen the arts and sciences taught in
| England, Germany, France and this country.
| The khedive is sincerely devoted TO the
interests of his country. But he is powtrless.
The army is with Arab Pasha."
ana IOre1gn powers!
"My opinion is that foreign powers desire
the peace, prosperity and independence, or
practical independence, OF Egypt so she can
| work out her destinies herself. Germany,
France, Eugland, neither will permit the
| other to seize the country if such thought
was had England denies she has any such
| idea. All she wants is the complete indie
pendence of commerce. think she is honest
| Turkey will not be permitted to enter the
L.. l.
great powers will see that when he leaves
Constantinople it is not to enter either Cairo
or Alexandria"
"Do you think Russia has any look toward
Egypt"
II think none.H
"Aud Constantinople-?"
"The destinies of Constantinople will be
settled rather at Varsin than st. Petersburg.
Bismarck is analvzing this problem, and 1
think within five years, it may be len, the
| Teuton and the Slav will begin, over this one
point, the contest that will not be ended
until one or the other goes out in blackness
| and darkness forever"
"You predict gloomy future for Egypt p"
mo, l do not predict it. There may be
gloom in the future-aH nations and ages
have known it-all may again. There is one
factor in this Egyptian problem which gives
promise of future light. The Board of
Missions of the United Presbyterian Church
of this country are doing great and good
work-doing it quietly, unostentatiously,
unsel6shly y, and doing it thoroughly and we'll
They are educating the Egyptians in the
principles of honor and morality. / do not
mean that they are doing any denomina-
tional work, but the influence OF the princi-
pies they are disseminating is vast, beneficial
and widely spreading. The Egyptian fella-
heen are regarding this country with respect
and intelligent consideration. The example
of our institutions Will in course of time
produce an effect that cannot but be good"