The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-08-05
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SATURDAY, AUGUST s, 1882.
TIE s1usy q! Tsf eeYYslAN TROUBLES,

Turkish control and to sweep away
the dominant Mameluke military
caste. His successes over the Turk
ish armies Is a matter of history.
His victorious career was stayed
only by the Intervention Of the Eu-
ropean Powers, to whom Turkey
appealed. Still, however, Moham-
med transformed himself from a
mere Pasha-the position which his
predecessors had occupied-to an
independent potentate, owing a not
very we'll defined allegiance to a
Suezerain. His destruction Of the
Mamelukes is tale of the story
books. He collected an army at
Cairo to,chastise some tribes. The
Mameluke chieftains were invited to
the citadel to witness the ceremony
of the investing of his younger son
with pelisse, and with the COM
mand of the army. Once within the
fort the gates were closed, and fire
was opened upon the horsemen from
the walls. They could not reply.
Only one of the defenceless men
escaped, namely, Amin Bey, who
leaped from the parapet, his horse
being killed by the fall. The ways
Of Mohammed were rough and ready.
His justification is that the Name
lukes were a curse, and that it was a
question whether he should destroy
them or they should destroy him,
and while they oppressed and ruined
Egypt, his labors were directed to
serve the country. He opened
canals, settled the lands, and was
such a wise and benevolent despot as
Carlyle loves to depict. His grand
son Abbas, was mere voluptuary,
and reigned but three years. Said
Pasha, who followed, was Moham-
med's son, and had much of the
spirit Of his father. His reign is
remarkable, because he granted the
concession to NJ. de Lesseps for the
construction of the Suez Canal, and
because Egypt entered the foreign
market for the first time asking for a
loan of 1000, 900 for internal i'm
provements.
Said Pasha was succeeded by his
nephew. Whether Ismail Pasha OBJ
tanned the succession by fair means
or foul is likely to remain a matter
Of speculation for the historians, in
asmuch as there is great difference
of opinion about the character of the
accident" which cleared the way
for him to the throne. This incident
occurred in 1858. Said Pasha, the
then Vieeroy, gave great .fete at
Alexandria, TO which all members of
the Royal family were invited. Such
an invitation is equivalent to COM
mand. The party included Achmer,
the elder brother of Ismail, and also
the Prince HAHN, the youngest son
Of Mohammed Ali. Ismail was alb.
sent through sudden attack of ill
ness. The party travelled from
Cairo by special train. Midway be-
tween the two cities is famous
bridge over the Nile, built by Robert
Stephenson, with o drawbridge
which opens and shuts to permit the
passage of the river craft. AS the
train rushed down the slope the
English engineer saw to his horror
that the drawbridgc was open, leav-
ing ayawning space, while the river
ran deep and raging so feet below.
He did his best to avert the catastro.
phe, but in vain. Almost The only
survivor was Prince Hahn, who
forced open the door of the carriage
and took flying leap into the river
clear of the train. Prince Hahn is
described as worthy son of his
great father, both in physique and
intellect, and his is a name which
may be expected to be heard Of in
Egyptian history again. In 1879
he was put forward by the Sultan to
succeed the deposed .Ismail Rasha,
and the French are said to be favor
able to his claims to-day.
Thus the reign of Ismail had a sus-