The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-18
WHO IS ARAB PASHA?

iii the CdDlcSTdIHs from Fey l. "A
brief description of this Egyptian
leader by Gen. Geo. 5. Batchelder,
who for several years has been a mem
Der of the international judicial tribu-
nal i'm Egypt. will not be uninterest-
ing. Gen. Batchelder formerly re-
sided at Saratoga and is now in this
country ON a visit. He says:
The original movement of Arab
Pas ha was that of a patriot seeking 10
relieve his countrymeB of foreign o.
preston, and to establish what l.
popularity known as home rule. Hi
partisans style themselves the national
party. and their watchward is Egypt
for the Egyptians" There is no
doubt that nine-tenths of the better
class of the Egyptians sustain his
movements.
Arab Pasha is about forty-fve
years of age, a pure Arab, and born
in Arabia while his parents were on
pilgrimage to Mecca-hence his name,
Arab. He has risen from the lower
ranks of the people to his present
station. and is what We would call
selfmade man. He is said to have
mastered military science, and was so
good an officer that Khedive Ismail.
contrary TO the rule that none but
Turks should occupy commanding
positions in the Egyptian army, few
years ago advanced him to the grade
of colonel (bey) and gave him COM
mand Off regiment. Finding him
self and two other Arabs i'm command
of nearly all the effective troops at
Cairo, he began TO develop plan for
the promotion of Arabs instead Of
Turks or Circassians to the higher
grades of the army. Hitherto the
khedives of Egypt had taken care to
eurround themselves with strong
force of Turks or Janissaries. 1t
should be always understood that the
khedive's family and the governing
Pashas of Egypt are Turks and that
he population are Arabs. that the
wo races are essentially different
hat the Arabs feel themselves supe-
ior. and are. in fact. superior to the
turks. The Arabs have schools and
universities, literature, art architec-
ure, and most of the refining and
ivilizing influences of society, whereas
be Turk is Tarter, with no litera-
ure, and only distinguished for brute
orce and intrigue.
In February, 1880, the then minis :
er of war of Egypt, a Turk, made a
lumber of promotions in the army.
dvancing Turks to higher grades, to :
be exclusion of Arabs, and at the same
imehe dismissed numerous Arabs
rom his ministry and replaced them 1
18th Turks. This broug ht out firm G
ut respectful remonstrance from
rabi and his associate colonies. This |
was treated by the min
'try as an act of insubOrdination, and !.
Irabi was ordered to report to the
linister of war for discipline. A
ourt martial was then sitting i
, try him for insubordination. Be
IRE leaving his regiment he told his !
len that If he didn't return soon they t
light know that he was being tried
,r having circulated and presented c
Ills remonstrance. He did not re- }
Urn, and his regiment went armed to j,
he ministry, broke open the doors,
rove out the Minister of War, over :
lrned the tables of the court. beat e
nd assailed the officers constituting :,
a, and bore Arab back in triumph to h
is quarters. This was the first overt :
ct on the part of the military or of b
rabi, and the government, instead :
Furnishing the offenders as such. s.
'mpromised with Arab and restored 4
i'm to his position, dismissing the v
[inister of War. G
Should the powers make terms with '
rabi he would probably not object a
the maintenance of a supervisory !,