The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1882-08-09
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST o, 1882.
TIE STORY OF TIE EGYPTIAN TROUBLES,


No. 5.
the grinding rule Of the Moufettich,
it is declared to be exactly as des-
cribed in 5000 years papyrus,
recently transferred for the British
Museum--"The tax collector ar
rives; his agents are armed with
clubs; he has negroes with him who
carry whips. They all cry, Give
us your grain and he has no way
OF avoiding their extortionate de-
mands. Next the wretch is caught,
bound, and sent off to work without
wages for the state; his wife is
taken and chained; his children are
stripped and plundered."
But the removal of the Moufcttich
did not stay the progress of the Eu-
ropean inquisition. The commits
sioners had to report that the
revenue was still largely diverted
"par ordre superieur;" an Inter-
national Commission armed with the
fullest power was recommended, and
Lord Derby, December 10, 1877,
Informed the Khedive that this was
=" the only means left of extricating
him from his difficulties. The
Khedive nominally consented, and
the decree was issued, but he pro-
ceeded at once to plot against the
Commission and the Native Ministry
under Nubar Pasha. He convened
the "Chamber of Notables." He
communicated with the army. The
result was riot, Feb. 10, 1879, in
which the English Commissioner,
MIR. Rivers Wilson, and Nubar
Pasha were mobbed and assaulted
by soldiers and officers. The Khe-
dive declared that the national senti-
ment was opposed to recent changes,
dismissed his Ministers, and issued
a decree the main feature of which
was "the open and direct violation
OF acquired rights and of interna-
tional obligations. The various
European Commissioners resigned
in a body. For time the Khedive
was master. The European powers
we're at variance as to which should
act against the delinquent, and APP :
olication was made to the Sultan to
dismiss Ismail from his position.
lsmail during his reign had obtained
arge concessions from the Porte,
lot by the sword but by the purse.
N 1866 he purchased tirman ele-
'ating him in rank from "Wali," or :
'iceroy, to Khedive," or king.
n 1873 he purchased second
irman, making the dignity heredi.
airy in the person of the eldest son
# the reigning sovereign. Suisse y
uently 1smail obtained the right to
conclude treaties and to declare war ,
n his own authority. Thus the tie
etween Turkey and Egypt had been S
arrowed down to the mere payment
nd reception of a tribute. The
'orte, therefore, was only too happy :
0 seize the opportunity to recover,
y stroke Of the pen, the power z
hitch had been gradually lost. 1t
ndeavored to set aside the heredi-
ary principle, and to install Prince
laiim as Pasha, having, it is pre-
lmed, made his own terms with
lat Prince. And here we have the
xplanation of the attitude taken by =
he Porte towards Arab Pasha. y .
he Porte is not interested in r
,rengthening the hands of the here T
ltary Khedive, but will accept B
rabbi Pasha or any ruler who will N
AXE suitable concessions of au. -
lority to itself. To the dismissal
Ismail Pasha the Sultan had not
e smallest objection. The firman \,
as issued. The great powers were d
,ited, and Ismail retired to Naples d