Daily globe., 1882-11-09
IN INTERVIEW WITH ARABI.
What He Has to Say # His O,rm and
Egypt's Troubles.
[London Telegraph. |

London Telegraph.
ssNone of you," said Arab, lean under
stand Egypt or Egyptian politics. We in
many ways resemble Mexico. You cal
yourselves the champions of liberty, and
would send Us back into the most abjecl
serfdom. You are great and powerful but
1 cannot respect you. This Tewfk, i,
whose cause you have made so grand a dis
p3ar Is ut.erly coutem ptibie-well- ll-rean
ing possibly AXE Louis XVI. but a ptey Il
the worst advisers. He is not so bad a.
his father. l admit, nor so silly and useles:
as his brother, the wickedness of his coun
selors makes up for such deficiencies. Yor
restore Tewfik in spite of such unanimous
desire of q country to the contrary: or
your head be our misery. then. do moi
like you but am obliged to respect your
power: knowing what do know, see how
vain were my hopes, and l 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 q
dream? Yes, alas. sine the so-called cham
pions of liberty side against the oppressed
Two days before your bombardment Tew
fix loaded rle with honors, and called me
friend. have not, nor ever had. any person
al hate against the khedivc. The khedIve is
nothing III himself, but always the servant
of another. If you like to give him tutor
who will whisper to him, all may go well
but if not the Turkish and Circassian
regime will be established and the basti-
nado be rampant as Of yore, and 1t will be
i 10 lDo
would wish TO be banishei from Egypt
forever. My heart is SICK of Egypt.
would live quietly in Europe with my fam
lily, and trouble no one any more, for my
dream is passed, and I was deceived
Quietly: Ha, ha! How could l live
otherwise: Liars say that l filed my purse
when in office. l am very poor
man: have only one little house near Tag
azig, where was born; my palace at Cairo
is not mine-was only let to me as minis
ter. I am very poor. indeed; and # you
set me free. shall have to work for my liv-
ing and nay family. But you Will give Us
up to our enemies. ! feel a presentiment
OF that ne concluded, quietly, "and 1t WILL
soon be all overall over"
when we declared war did you think
we were IN earuest:" [ asked, idly.
FerIlttl AraU1, VIII CIl p.itioto
<'and that was one of the most dreadful
moments in my life. Your Seymour sent
me q message that he would bomba-d the
city OF Ale1a adcia at 3 the next morning
1 laughed. for [ thought half the wealth of
Alexandria 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 8
O'Clock struck, and there was no unusual
noise, and I breathed freely and turned to
sleep At $50 7 heard the first gun, and
it set ne shivering, for I heard in it the
knell of established hopes, and wondered
who would win the vivtory. 'You are a
grcat nation." he repeated. 'You can
afford 10 be generous and great to Cete-
wayo-a savage-and surely should be TO
me. Treat me as you treated Cetewayo:
and l Will be satisfied"