Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-27
OLD EGYPT
Present Condition Of Pr
Realm.
Ancient It e'andeur Con. TO s...,
'''''9 p, that IA, a O-i'tlsss o. s.na,h
Present Condition sf N.Y. 4.
Country.

its best s dsss to Egypt esyI., Was Deto,.
Io,ooo,OOO, and it was the s,S
most prosperous monarchy ii S y
before Rome came 10 ,nthe ~
rivaled Babylon and Ninsrue l'oct =
days, and when Amn tno e'ea N d.
It contained over GO, Ooo 90 i hiet,as
and the grandest library on ,inaaeia
the world. The modern Es v1sS.iOs
possessing none Of the anc;sSH y, nOsS
Is sun q country far from dsss, .asies
resources and population. FsTas
Per, rom the cascades Of ths < ~
the sea- contains about so c Ass
miles OF cultivabIe and irr;c,m. ,qas
the Nile valley, and a nonniS, Se 10:
$4,000. This is less than ,SS q /.
Massachusetts, and not mncS T Ana I
population OF the State Of Sa"Ha
but the productive quality ~ y iSo
Is such that il might s.rts We ~
9,OoC,"o: The annual exports - ss
britain alone ten years ago sn ~o'r
to So, 25O,WO, while the imna... 'ia.
Great Britain to Egypt wers 'l r., y,
co., 900, showing a heavy by oN n
trade IN favor OF Egypt. Sinc.
opening OF the Suez canal Esyn,s,,
ports to England have derIi6asi saa
than Sp,W0,"n. and the imno,,. " =
than Sl2,WO,ur. The y,Ii.r ~
lower Nile is not all OF Egypt ,b w u
Is all that Is vital. The Ehc,ijyo az
over region on the upper Nlls co v ia
an AREA Of l,5oo,uo : llare mil.
embracing barharou, population ~. ~
Oo,oCo. This has been sc,,uin.I br y
quest since ls7S, AMI incmd,. Snt,ss
and Darfur. Nubia is that e,,s sea
which the ancient, called En-
These conquests may be- made y,lria
by the construction Of RAILWAY. -
that will require European captsl "
The present dynasty va, fnunJ,,,.
the usurper, Mchemet Ali. He w,,,
pointed pasha, or governor, by the
tan Of Turkey in lsn6, and five N,,, :,
ter he compelled his master 10 M
him viceroy. This title WAS c,p,;H'y
through the descendants Of Msbsrs
All down To the nth, l,mail. who ,
1865, received the title Of kheIy.,.r
Misr, which means king. The c,,I.
ton Of this promotion was thu -.
khedive should pay an annual tribv,.g
S,UO,W0 TO the Sultan, the former T.,
butte being but Sl,sp0,UOo. Tn, =
course, Isl heavy tax on the ,.-,,,
The allowance for the SUPPORT Of N.
Khedive, or king is So. go year a.,
for his relatives S660,0o0. But th, ,,
Khedive, lsmail, contracted pryu.
debts amounting 10 more than 81 ,pn
COO and otherwise so wasted IA 81
stance Of the country tina, In I.s
when France and England, Tor the b..
lection Of their people who held EsI.
tian securities, appointed each a.
officer to control and regulate the in.
ances Of Egypt, they found an asr,.
gate Of public and private debt amogr.
ing TO $50, 10000. l,malI was dcp,~!
and his son Tewfik, the pr>cn, KhNiiu
became his successor. These fn,nr /,
complications led Ia the prc~n. drnia,
ties; these and the NOLAN
mcdan hatred Of Christian. 40:
foreigners. The rapid dccIa,
Of Egyptian trade with England
formerly her best customer, j. attHbg, 1
to the SucZ cana, which enables pa.
land to trade Oh better terms with IN ID
and her Oriental possessions. Andthl
fact Is the secret ofthc aversion 9th
Egyptians TO the canal and their aro
est purpose to destroy II II they can